Baymule
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Thats a great idea!
I hear this is the place to be
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Just a little suggestion, plastic grocery bags make good packing material. I've used dishtowels, other linens, to pad fragiles, too.
Ridgetop
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My DH was the same way until I listed all the equipment we had and totalled up the cost to replace even the least of the stuff we would need. LOL Glad your husband is on board now. Also, if you decide to sell that equipment later down the road, it will bring more at the new location than it would in CA.
OMG! I would love to have a basement again. Our first house (my grandparents' house built in 1920) had a basement and I loved it. We also had an attic which I also loved. Without a basement or attic you have to have connex containers. LOL
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That's a great point. I actually didn't know the equipment would be worth more there. Thanks for that tip!
I've never had a basement and it's a dream. It was one of the "wants" I had when looking. If we didn't get one I'd just cry a little (Ok.Ok. A LOT) but I never dreamed we'd get a full walk out basement. It even has a hidey hole build in it. I can't wait to be able to save produce far longer and have our food down there so it will keep even longer. I can't wait! Another dream was an upstairs but if I had to choose I think I'd have chosen the basement. I'm going to have an entire processing area and all the bigger equipment will be permanently out instead of in a little storage shed and having to pack it in and out when I need it. I'm super excited!
Mini Horses
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One of my grands house was on a hill and the basement was actually in ground on 3 sides, open on fourth. Made it perfect to walk in/out, carry on produce, etc. of course, stairs inside.
I live in flatlands
and no basements. Yeah, I'd love one.
I live in flatlands
and no basements. Yeah, I'd love one.
Baymule
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Practilly nobody has basements in the south. Here on my place, the water table is too high. At certain times of the year, can't even dig a post hole without it filling up with water. Wait too long and the ground dried to the consistency of concrete. LOL
A doublewide manufactured home doesn't have a lot going for it. Redneck dream home!
A doublewide manufactured home doesn't have a lot going for it. Redneck dream home!
It's HOME.Practilly nobody has basements in the south. Here on my place, the water table is too high. At certain times of the year, can't even dig a post hole without it filling up with water. Wait too long and the ground dried to the consistency of concrete. LOL
A doublewide manufactured home doesn't have a lot going for it. Redneck dream home!
We owned a singlewide before we got our sitebuilt house. It's a "God intervened" story, will share someday.
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P.S. Basements can be nice, but growing up our house's basement was wet, musty.
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I'm on a hill too. There is a basement, but the previous owners turned it into living space. So I've got the proverbial 34 yr old son living down there. There is the furnace and water heater room tho. It stays very cool in there. so that is where all my canned and dehydrated goods are.
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This sounds like the same kind. In ground on 3 sides and open on the end. The drawback is no access from the house. At least not yet. We are told it had one but you'd knock your head on the steel beams as you went down the steps so the current owners closed it off with plans of putting a better access in but that didn't happen before they decided it was time to move. Being as most of our storage is in barns and shed even walking down and around to the door to get in will still be more convenient than we have now.One of my grands house was on a hill and the basement was actually in ground on 3 sides, open on fourth. Made it perfect to walk in/out, carry on produce, etc. of course, stairs inside.
I live in flatlands
Holy cow! I can't imagine that kind of ground water. We pretty much stay concrete year round here. Getting used to actual seasons and water is sure going to take some adjusting. Y'all may hear me squeal from your homes the first time it snows so prepare yourselves.Practilly nobody has basements in the south. Here on my place, the water table is too high. At certain times of the year, can't even dig a post hole without it filling up with water. Wait too long and the ground dried to the consistency of concrete. LOL
A doublewide manufactured home doesn't have a lot going for it. Redneck dream home!
Hey our new home is a double wide manufactured home! 
I resemble that! That is a beautiful home!!!
We had looked at several places where the basement was made into living spaces. It's a good idea but I'd rather the space for processing and storage for food etc. Most places we looked at had that moist feeling and some had everything up on blocks because it clearly got very wet. This one is dry as can be which is amazing. I don't know enough about them to know if it's dry because it isn't block but poured concrete or why it's dry. We have a lot of learning coming for sure. I suspect at some point my in-laws will end up moving there with us. Not sure if it will be in our house or having a second home built. Time will tell. Hopefully we are settled in before that day comes.
