Dream House

**Murder after Midnight** · 12-20-2015, 05:52 PM

1823 Windside Drive, West Bloomfield, MI For Sale | Trulia.com

Yep. Unfortunately, this is gonna be a little out of my price range lol, I usually see comparable houses in this location for double or more......

Anyway what's the pro's and con's to living on the water? I love water sports so i would be in love with this. Anybody here live on the water?

Post your dreams houses............

**35th-ANV-SS** · 12-20-2015, 06:09 PM

Can't say I'm crazy about that house. A toilet in front of a door? What the hell is that about? Plus a 1 car garage? No way man. My opinion is bigger is not better when it comes to houses. A huge house with just you in it...you won't be able to maintain it. You'll find you won't use half of it either. More property, more property taxes. Living on the water - bugs, especially mosquitoes. You'll have to deal with an influx of people during the summer months unless it's a private lake. Houses are always way more expensive than what they're actually worth because they're on the water. Pros....access to the water for boating, tubing, fishing, swimming, etc.

Do you currently own a boat? If not, they're money pits. Jet skis might be a different story. Don't own one.

**Murder after Midnight** · 12-20-2015, 08:16 PM

Originally Posted by 35th-ANV-SS

Can't say I'm crazy about that house. A toilet in front of a door? What the hell is that about? Plus a 1 car garage? No way man. My opinion is bigger is not better when it comes to houses. A huge house with just you in it...you won't be able to maintain it. You'll find you won't use half of it either. More property, more property taxes. Living on the water - bugs, especially mosquitoes. You'll have to deal with an influx of people during the summer months unless it's a private lake. Houses are always way more expensive than what they're actually worth because they're on the water. Pros....access to the water for boating, tubing, fishing, swimming, etc.

Do you currently own a boat? If not, they're money pits. Jet skis might be a different story. Don't own one.

I do....you must of missed my boat thread, and i hope to get some skis soon, the garage is a 2 car. BTW that's what maids are for lol...........bigger is not always better?
hahahah ok................remember this is the "dream house" my dream isn't gonna be practical lol

**35th-ANV-SS** · 12-20-2015, 08:25 PM

If we're not being practical, then I'll take this lake house:

http://www.homedit.com/dream-lake-house-in-nevada/

**Murder after Midnight** · 12-20-2015, 09:51 PM

Originally Posted by 35th-ANV-SS

If we're not being practical, then I'll take this lake house:

Dream Lake House in Nevada

lol WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

**5.0THIS** · 12-20-2015, 10:32 PM

I could probably compromise my lifestyle enough to live in this shack:

**Blakbird24** · 12-21-2015, 06:44 AM

I'm still confounded by this "boats are money pits" thing. I've owned boats for over 10 years, and my dad owned boats for my entire life. None were the slightest bit problematic. The only explanation I can think of is that that saying refers to the guys that find a boat for $500 with the intentions of fixing it up. No shit it's going to be expensive. Same as with fixing up old cars. The truth is, if you go out and buy a new boat or nice used boat, just as you would a car, there's no reason to expect it to be any less reliable than the comparable car.

Sorry, just had to rant about something i've never understood.

**Zinergy** · 12-21-2015, 07:24 AM

I look at dream houses sometimes. Mine have about 2500 square feet and a garage of equal size. They also need about 200 acres. If I am paying 750k+ I don't want to see my neighbors..... or hear them.

**35th-ANV-SS** · 12-21-2015, 07:44 AM

Originally Posted by Blakbird24

I'm still confounded by this "boats are money pits" thing. I've owned boats for over 10 years, and my dad owned boats for my entire life. None were the slightest bit problematic. The only explanation I can think of is that that saying refers to the guys that find a boat for $500 with the intentions of fixing it up. No shit it's going to be expensive. Same as with fixing up old cars. The truth is, if you go out and buy a new boat or nice used boat, just as you would a car, there's no reason to expect it to be any less reliable than the comparable car.

Sorry, just had to rant about something i've never understood.

It's expensive to own one is what I was referring to, not so much sinking money into one to get it to work or enjoy. I'm not sure how much you use your boat, or what size it is for that matter, but you can easily spend a few hundred dollars every weekend just in gas alone if you're having fun out on the lake all weekend.

The average person, even with a good job isn't going to be going out and spending 30+ grand (or a lot more depending on what size and options you want) on a new lake boat, so yes, most will buy used and need to fix things here and there. For example, our boat required a few new lights...and the speedometer didn't work. Everything else was pretty much perfect. If you ever priced anything for a boat you know it's all absurdly expensive, regardless of what it is.

**67CamaroRSSS** · 12-21-2015, 07:54 AM

Originally Posted by 35th-ANV-SS

If we're not being practical, then I'll take this lake house:

Dream Lake House in Nevada

File this under "Doesn't anybody proofread anymore?

From the article: "Made out of glass, concrete and steal"... I wonder what they "stole" to make it out of???

**Zinergy** · 12-21-2015, 08:16 AM

Originally Posted by 35th-ANV-SS

It's expensive to own one is what I was referring to, not so much sinking money into one to get it to work or enjoy. I'm not sure how much you use your boat, or what size it is for that matter, but you can easily spend a few hundred dollars every weekend just in gas alone if you're having fun out on the lake all weekend.

The average person, even with a good job isn't going to be going out and spending 30+ grand (or a lot more depending on what size and options you want) on a new lake boat, so yes, most will buy used and need to fix things here and there. For example, our boat required a few new lights...and the speedometer didn't work. Everything else was pretty much perfect. If you ever priced anything for a boat you know it's all absurdly expensive, regardless of what it is.

Everything is a little different on a boat. Being on water and what not things need to be engineered differently in most cases. That makes them more expensive as most people need a car... not so much a boat. I agree though I get sticker shock when I look at new boat engines. I can literally have a 2, 3 or 4 small blocks built for the price of a new marine engine. Even more so now that most are 4 stroke which makes them even more pricey. A new Honda 115hp is 11-15k depending on area and model.

***SMWS6TA*** · 12-21-2015, 10:15 AM

Boat motors are at least 1/2 to 2/3rds the cost of a boat. My Dad's pontoon boat has sat since Spring because his motor grenade after he took it to a shop for service. They did an oil change, plugs, etc. Next day in the middle of crossing a lake to get to one of his fishing hole's.....boom. He had to pay someone $300 to tow him back to the doc. Never knew there were ppl that do that sort of business, let alone raping ppl in price. And of course when he took it to the shop they washed their hands but offer a slightly reduce labor rate if they fix it. Kinda hard to do when the block is cracked.

**Zinergy** · 12-21-2015, 11:14 AM

Originally Posted by SMWS6TA

Boat motors are at least 1/2 to 2/3rds the cost of a boat. My Dad's pontoon boat has sat since Spring because his motor grenade after he took it to a shop for service. They did an oil change, plugs, etc. Next day in the middle of crossing a lake to get to one of his fishing hole's.....boom. He had to pay someone $300 to tow him back to the doc. Never knew there were ppl that do that sort of business, let alone raping ppl in price. And of course when he took it to the shop they washed their hands but offer a slightly reduce labor rate if they fix it. Kinda hard to do when the block is cracked.

That sucks, it must have been a lake with no one on it as most boaters will tow you back to shore free of charge. There are services in WI that tow vehicles out of lakes. They bring out a specialized light weight tube chassis vehicle with huge tires or treads that displace the weight over a large area and pull stuff off the ice. They charge 1,000 dollars every time they have to use the vehicle. But it beats the DNR giving you thousands in fines for polluting the lake.

**35th-ANV-SS** · 12-21-2015, 11:18 AM

I understand why the cost is high. I'm not complaining about it. I'm just informing.

**Zinergy** · 12-21-2015, 11:24 AM

Originally Posted by 35th-ANV-SS

I understand why the cost is high. I'm not complaining about it. I'm just informing.

I try not to but I think 15k for a 115hp outboard is insane. But I'm also cheap.

**Firebirdjones** · 12-21-2015, 11:43 AM

Originally Posted by Murder after Midnight

1823 Windside Drive, West Bloomfield, MI For Sale | Trulia.com

Yep. Unfortunately, this is gonna be a little out of my price range lol, I usually see comparable houses in this location for double or more......

Anyway what's the pro's and con's to living on the water? I love water sports so i would be in love with this. Anybody here live on the water?

Post your dreams houses............

That's on the wrong side of the country for me, too cold over there, even though I grew up in Cinci, we still got some of that snow off those lakes up there and it wasn't fun. I wouldn't want to be anywhere near the water up there either, nasty snow blows in from the north. Pretty in the summer time, which is short lived, that's about it.

My idea of a dream house is a big garage with a lift and a paint booth where I can work and not be bothered, all located in a warm dry climate. Did that, I'm happy.

Only place I think I might be happier would be a house over on the new proposed Lake Havasu drag strip community DRAG STRIP
All I need to do is pick up my house and garage and move it over there

Then again, they are also currently building a dragstrip 5 minutes from my current house, so I may be golden after all.

**Zinergy** · 12-21-2015, 12:08 PM

The lake weather goes both ways. Sometimes it dumps lake effect weather on you and sometimes it sucks the storms out over it and you get far less of a storm than those a few miles away or more. It also keeps you cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter.

**Murder after Midnight** · 12-21-2015, 12:22 PM

Originally Posted by Zinergy

I try not to but I think 15k for a 115hp outboard is insane. But I'm also cheap.

why are they so much to rebuild?

**Zinergy** · 12-21-2015, 12:26 PM

That 11-15k price is brand new. But for 15k I can buy an entire Honda car with 115hp engine. Like I said marine engines are expensive. They are built well though and made to run at constant high rpms. They are also engineered for the water. Sealed up, water injections, water cooled headers etc.

***SMWS6TA*** · 12-21-2015, 12:28 PM

Originally Posted by Murder after Midnight

why are they so much to rebuild?

This is why...

Originally Posted by Zinergy

Everything is a little different on a boat. Being on water and what not things need to be engineered differently in most cases. That makes them more expensive as most people need a car... not so much a boat.

Boat motors need to be seal and in some cases have water pass through for propulsion.

Also because they can charge that much....