What house-hunting or home-buying tips would you like to share? Drop them in the comment section below (and please don't forget to like this video. 😊) Empty House Tour here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FUctJd1OSLE.htmlsi=e_LiaQaliTjCN2Ef (in case you missed it!)
@AtoZenLife Is a basement or garage part if the square footage listed or only the rooms? Also can u do a video on thr best types of investing..spotting good vs bad etc
I'm always astonished by the people whose questions and comments indicate that they have all of the right answers for every single person on Earth and can therefore tell you everything you are doing "wrong." I can only hope you are able to completely ignore them. I think you have an amazing family and have chosen a great home. Best wishes as you begin this new chapter. ❤🚪
It is crazy to me that people have opinions about where you live and why and what you like and why. And the size of your house or the amount of storage you have. We are all different. Enjoy your life and congratulations on the new house it is beautiful.
I'm a hardcore minimalist/essentialist and no matter the size of your house, I would have bought it for the view through those timber doors out to the yard! So beautifully green and serene!
The two of you seem like an amazing duo, so much in sync with each other. Thank you for sharing all your tips and being so honest about your experience.
Meaning rarely able to speak? Yes, this is the modern couple. Woman leading the show with emotion, feelings and not rational thought. Guessing 80-90% of viewers are female. That's all fine, just interesting to see the world changing.
Always fun when Mr. Zen makes an appearance! I can’t wait to see you decorate your new space and make it your own! Thank you for confirming you were filming in Germany. I noticed right away! Ha
My daughter and her husband bought a house 4 years ago. It was very frustrating for them. They looked at many houses and were turned down because they hadn't sold their house yet. My husband and I offered for them to move in with us so they could sell their place and make settlement. They moved in and found a great place but they were outbid. But the person had over bid so much the bank wouldn't give them a loan. My daughter was then given a second chance and they bought the house. They are still making changes to make it their own. It is on a wonderful street with the best neighbors. My grandson has so many friends.
I don't think the size of a house has anything to do with minimalism. You could have a small house but fill it full or a big house and have a lot space for an airy feeling.
Love what you said about balancing each other out. I've always disliked the term "opposites". Men and women are not "opposites". We are complimentary. In a good marriage, we compliment each other, and together we make one complete and wonderful entity, like you said. 💕
I was like "How are they filming this in their house in Germany?" Then you explained it😂 Love when Mr Zen makes an appearance, he is so cool & sweet...you really suit each other Marissa. Love the new house (I thought it has a really zen asian vibe/look too. Can't wait to see more more more! Bridget💞🚪
You remind me of my husband and me because people didn't understand why we were frugal, despite both having well-paid jobs. It all made sense when we finally bought the home of our dreams - spacious enough for just the two of us, with plenty of storage space that we hardly use (because we're cheap, haha). My husband has an old-fashioned saying, 'penny-wise and pound-foolish' - we're thrifty with small purchases but sometimes spend unwisely on bigger ones. Unfortunately, many people do the opposite and struggle to save for larger projects. Enjoy your beautiful house! Best from Bogotá, Colombia!
Was so nice to have your husband on this video. Your home is so beautiful, the patio room is my favorite! Less is more. I have always enjoyed your videos through the years. Thank you for sharing!😊
Hi, Marissa! So glad to see Mr. Zen again and in your beautiful Berlin home! I've been hoping for some time that you bring Mr. Zen back to your channel because I find his approach to life healing for the soul. Once again, he didn't dissapoint, he said just what I needed to hear: "we are guests of a house". Love to you, guys!
@@Thomas63r2We should have known better from the background! But after seeing so many of her videos filmed in that home it wasn’t registering in my brain 😂
I love your new house and glad you were able to click off your boxes. Also, I would be excited about storage space even if I didn't not use it. Empty spaces give the best feeling. Congratulations on your new home.
I really enjoyed seeing the respect and love you both expressed in how you each allowed the other to speak without interrupting when you spoke. Very balanced conversation. And how you each looked at the other person when they were speaking in such a loving manner.
This video makes my heart so happy! I love 💕 how supportive you are of each other. Thank you for making these videos. 😊 And congrats on your new house purchase! It’s BEAUTIFUL!
Your story about the bamboo and how it looks like nothing is happening sounds just like my experience with decluttering. It looks like nothing is changing for a long time, then it seems like all of a sudden there's a huge change. It isn't really all of a sudden, but it's like there's a threshold reached and it's practically magical at how much the space looks different. I know my husband is like that, too. He doesn't see any change happening, then one day, there it is!
I am in the Chicago suburbs and sold my house recently. I gave up on buying another house for now because I kept getting outbid. And the interest rates were going up, which I was not comfortable with. I’m in an apartment for now and will hopefully try again next year. I was surprised that there are a lot of others in my apartment complex in the same situation as me. I’m glad you were able to find something. ❤
I love your home. It has so much character. Your two are so right about the previous owners. They clearly took great care of that home. That’s important to me as well. I’m following a handful of inspectors so that I can learn what to look for when home hunting. I’m looking for an older cottage. No flips or new construction for me! Absolutely not!
“Stewards of our homes…” that took my breath away. I agree, and I feel disappointed, sad, and angry at how often landlords in our area fail to take care of homes correctly while keeping rents as high as possible. We can’t buy in yet, but I would feel a responsibility to the public resource that a house ultimately is if we could buy one.
@@silentnot4812 One would think so, and for some that’s true. My experience reflects the prevalence locally of landlords who really don’t care much about a place that they don’t live in so long as rent is coming in and padding their accounts while they enjoy their golden years. If they’ve bought many homes over the years and rent them as a strategy to maintain their lifestyles beyond their working years they’re tired of business, they don’t have anything to get from these places in the future in which they’re gone, and they defer maintenance knowing it’ll never be their problem. The houses are not homes to them but emotionally neutral investments, and if they’re going to pass away before there’s any necessity of doing much but patching over issues they’re fine with asset degradation. It’s so hard to believe that it took me years to catch on but now that I’ve seen it a few times, looking around I feel sure it’s absolutely true. I don’t know how many times I heard the phrase “I’m not worried about that” from our second to last landlord as I reported holes developing and worsening in the side of the house, trees rubbing against the eaves, and so on.
I don’t know how they count square footage where you are Marissa, but as someone who has owned a house in four different states I can say that it is amazing how differently square footage is counted in different states. My friends in Michigan marvel at how huge all the houses in Virginia are until I explain how square footage here is calculated. People need to stop comparing and judging. I hope you enjoy your new house. It is beautiful and the quality is obvious even over the screen.
What?! I’ve calculated square footage for flooring & other surfaces for over 40 years, throughout TX, AZ, GA, & FL. It’s measured the same across the nation.
@@sunshine3914 I agree with patty. All you have to do is a Google search and see the conflicting answers. In our last house, they counted an outdoor front porch in the tax revaluation! They (tax evaluations) did not in our current house one town away - in the same county!
It was meant to be, you made a good choice. We have owned 8 houses in our 50 year marriage, we are good at renos and did well at each sale.The house previous to our current was a beautiful custom home that had been on the market for two years because the owners had put in a lot of odd things and too many things which made it look smaller than it was. We lived there seven years and when we decided to retire I pushed my husband to put the house on the market in the Spring so we could travel all summer and find a new location as it took two years to sell last time. The house actually sold in one day and we had no plan. It was all my fault, I didn't take into account that we had taken out all the weird stuff and also it had been on the Woman's club house walk in the fall and 500 people already saw it. We were down to the wire and almost had to move in with one of our kids!! The funny ending is we bought a temporary fixer upper house in a town we had never been to while we looked around. We fixed it up and like it here and have been here for eight years now! But if we move again I will already have a new house!!!
At the beginning I was like:"their new house looks so similar to their house in Germany". 😂😂😂 I hope you are happy and make great memories in your new space. Thank you so much for sharing. I've learned a lot, hopefully one day i will be able to use that knowledge in the future🤞🏽💜
Congratulations on your new home! Thank you for sharing this video. I liked how you and your husband complimented each other with the practical side and emotional side of home buying. It’s a great balance. I’m so happy for you! 🎉
I feel so warmly and caring for you and your family. It's difficult to choose a favorite RU-vid personality because of my many interests, but I am willing to go on a limb and say that it is you and Mr. Zen and the boys. Thank you for being honest and open and informative and kind and wise and generous and fearless, etc.
That square footage seems crazy high. I wouldn't want to have to clean or care for a 4000 sq ft or bigger home. I've lived in 11 different house in CA and now NV. The largest was 2500 sq ft. It was fine when we had 3 growing children, but I wouldn't want it now.
I missed when they mentioned square footage. When I was a kid I heard of millionaires who built mansions there & was mystified as to why anyone would want to live there. After visiting, 10 years ago, I know that if I had to live there, it most definitely would be a bigger house than the average there, which was at the time 2,000 sq ft. I split 800 sq ft with another person, & that’s more than I wish to maintain. Maintained an acre for 33 years, & long since over it.
Your new home looks terrific. The “sunroom” and view would be worth the price for me. Hoping you have many years of happy memories and beautiful times there.
Oh Marissa... my husband is a builder. In Alaska we went from 4000 sq ft to 1650sq ft after the kids were gone. Then we moved to Utah to be close to our daughter and family when we retired and ALL the houses here are for HUGE families, like 8+ kids, plus the prices were outrageous! So... my husband redid a 600 sq ft unattached garage on our kids property and it's PERFECT!! (I have been a minimalist for 6 years.) People always comment on our 10' high ceilings and LOTS of windows. Make such a big difference! I love your house. Oh... and my kids have a lot of property so therefore lots of yard work to keep us retired folk active and busy! Weeds... overNIGHT! Enjoyed your husband being in this video. Have a great 4th.
I'm absolutely obsessed with your sun porch and yard. As a nature lover, having a space like this has always been my dream. I'm currently living in a space I don't like (apartment in the city, my bedroom window literally overlooks the kitchen in the next building and the room has no natural light). I have clinical depression, anxiety and am neurodivergent so my current space really takes a toll on me. But I'm hopeful because I'm discussing getting married and moving in with my partner within a couple of years and we are literally making our wishlist and non-negotiables for our dream home. We are poor, college kids so we are not going to buy a house anytime soon but even when renting, we need to check off our non negotiables. As minimal-ish people (who have grown up in hoarder households), we're more thane willing to compromise on space but not on having these calming, zen elements in the space we live in. Our home NEEDS to be a sanctuary for us. And I'm so glad you guys found such a place your family. I'll be showing my partner your house tour video for inspiration haha
I’ll keep my fingers AND toes crossed for you - remember, it always seems impossible until it’s done! My husband grew up poor in China and I lost everything, including my family, in my early 20s. It took a long time but we slowly climbed out of that hole and built a life for our. Wishing you all the best and lots of success doing the same! ❤️🙏
Goodness gracious 😱😱😱 my poor little french soul just fainted when I converted 4000 square feet to meters, I am already overwhelmed by my 1937 square feet of family mess and it is considered here in rural France like a pretty big house. Also absolutely great video 😍 I'm a realtor and comparing US regulations to French is very interesting. All the best to you 2 and your family in this new adventure 💝
@@victoriamorris8678It depends on where you live. The US is enormous and each state is like a country, and every area within each state is unique-so you can’t make a blanket statement.
16:27 The builders can't make enough profit on small homes, so 2000 square feet+ is very average in many suburban areas. Many families want 4-5 bedrooms and 2-3 full baths and a powder room plus office, TV room, etc etc. 4000 square feet of a bigger home, but very common for families.@@victoriamorris8678
There are plenty of smaller houses in the US. Ours is just under 1100 Sq ft and I wouldn't want anything bigger! However, most new homes are very large (imo) and it's rare to see smaller *new* builds. Our home is from 1970.
I did the same conversions and felt the same shock haha. I suppose it's a matter of culture as well as how much room there is in the country (I'm in the Netherlands and the population density is super high here), but I've noticed in my own house-hunt that the balance between the house and the yard in newer builds leans towards bigger houses and (much) smaller yards. One reason why I feel more attracted to older homes :)
Marissa, this is such a GREAT video!!! I have been resisting minimalism because I enjoy the things I’ve acquired in my 60 years. But, as I watch your journey, I am drawn to the peace and serenity a more minimal lifestyle offers. Your new home is perfect for you and your family. You will be good stewards of it. It is lovely to see you and Mr. Zen enjoying your wonderful German home this summer. Take care and safe travels back to your new home. 🏠💕
We bought our first home 18 years ago and we still love it. It was the most budget we were comfortable with and we each filled out a list beforehand with what we were wanting, specifying what were nice to haves and what were must haves for each of us. The first home we looked at we really loved, but it was under offer. The house that was to become our home we'd seen in December and it was out of our price range. It was still on the market a few months later and the price had dropped. We swooped in and bought it. We were just looking ourselves. We didn't have a realtor/real estate agent looking for us. Our home met everything on the checklist, except for a bathtub which my husband really wanted, but that went out the window as he'd fallen in love with the home. We got a tub put in a few years after we moved in. The bathtub is really the only alteration we've made to our home. We still have the same carpet and the walls are the same colours (we kind of grew to like the interesting colours) and we haven't renovated the kitchen. I like it that we bought once and bought well so we've not had to waste money on moving costs etc over the past 18 years.
A survey is so important. Years ago we bought a house made into a daycare. It was built in 1930. Our neighbor said our building was on the line. Our property was really in the middle of the city street! Because it went from residential to business zoning, he could build on the property line up next to ours, making it unsafe for a daycare. We ended up selling for a new building to be built on it. It took 2 years to sell it. It was a small town so demand for commercial property was low.
So nice to see Mr. Zen! You guys are fantastic together. Really enjoyed this Q & A. And I am excited to see how you make the space your own !! You couldn’t have chosen a better home for yourselves! Actually, I think the house picked you. It’s perfect! I can just see your boys enjoying the yard when there is snow on the ground.
Hello Mr.Zen! Nice to meet you! You both are such a super cute couple! We have bought 3 houses, each one was so different from the others! Our last and forever home was the best experience! Everything just click together so fast! And we didn’t sell the other house ! I never thought we would be able to not have to sell it, so we rented it out. Anyway Your new house has so much potential! I can’t wait to see how you both make it into your home! I’d like to tell the people who made comments about you two buying a “ huge” house when you are minimalist! Minimalism LOOKS DIFFERENT FOR EVERYONE! I really don’t understand why people tell others how to do THEIR minimalism! MIND YOUR OWN FRONT STEP! When we bought our home that we have now, We both knew that This Was The ONE! It’s a1,1700 sq.ft. Log cabin. 1 bed 1 bath within a loft where our two youngest daughters had their bedrooms. We use the largest Kalfax from Ikea for their “ walls” worked perfectly! Now our youngest is still home, and she has the while loft and loves it. I love our home…. The only thing I want to do is move my washer & dryer on the main floor! I don’t like going to the dark dungeon basement to do laundry. There’s no windows in our basement. I’d like to build a 10X10 room on the back of our house for a laundry room/ dog room I have 8 dogs! 😊🙃😂😳😬
Congrats on your new home! It is beautiful. My husband and I lived in small apartments, so small we even had our bed in the living room so our daughter could have her own room, for most of first 10 years of our marriage and saved, saved, saved. Yes, compounded interest. Living small meant we could live on one salary and save the other. In addition, spending more time with our baby/toddler daughter instead of on house/yard maintenance was a gift. When we did buy a house, we did it without an agent. 17 years later we staged and sold it ourselves, had 5 offers in one week and sold far more than asking price. Our current house we purchased 2 years ago. I had been looking on-line daily and found this house at 430 am the day it went live. By 6am we were on our way to our new town 2 1/2 hours away. By 9 we had already lined up home and sewer inspections and a showing for later that day. It took 1 minute inside and we knew we wanted the house. So few homes became available in the part of town we wanted (we had been looking for 3 years, on line daily) that we jumped on this house. Desperate, we also had narrowed our requirements down to 2, both having to do with location. It turned out that this house also had the 20 dream requirements (high ceilings among them) on the list I had made 3 years prior. We threw everything we could at this house and out bid 2 others. Here there is a "review date" a week after the listing goes live and a time by which the offers have to be in. There is also a thing called an "escalation clause" meaning you can offer X amount, but are willing to pay X amount higher than then highest bidder up to X amount. My mother's house which we sold in 2018 (6 offers in one week) our house we sold in 2019 (5 offers in one week) and this house all had escalation clauses. We went way over asking price, far higher than I ever considered going - until the pandemic raised prices and it was the only thing we could do - and after that year, values dropped a bit, but they have more than recovered now. And this house is 3,000 sq feet, 800 sq feet bigger than our last. We did not need a house this big but it is wonderful to have the space, including a huge shop the size of a garage and a huge storage room. We have NOT filled all our rooms, but have the bare necessities and I kind of like the spare feeling. We are uncluttered and have space for kitchen items so all counters are clear. So are we minimalists? So far we use less energy than at our old house because we have solar panels. Solar powers our car - which we share - too. We use a push mower and hand tools for gardening and yard maintenance. Clothes are dried outside - which stretches the longevity of clothes, sheets etc. . We don't eat meat so eat low on the food chain. Books are not purchased unless needed for reference. Most books electronically checked out of the library as we are voracious readers. We spend money on experiences such as violin and piano lessons (yes, my husband and I, in our 60s now, take lessons) and for fixing up our house (new electrical panel, paint, some light fixtures etc.) Home maintenance was a big shift from living in our 650sq foot apartment for 3 years, but I have a system for cleaning, and I treat cleaning as exercise. Our house needed and needs lots of things fixed but my husband LOVES wiring and fixing things. In fact that was on HIS wish list. Everyone's path to home ownership is different. Cannot stress enough about saving money as soon as you can in life so as to reap the rewards later.
They kept saying 4000-7000 square feet, like that was the normal or average in their area. In my area, most people live in houses that are between 1500 and 2800 square feet. There are some that are larger (3000 - 4500), and a few that are larger than that. Just for comparison, especially for those outside of the USA.
What your husband said about being guests of a house really resonated with me. I completely agree. That philosophy can apply to other areas as well especially the Earth. I will carry that philosophy with me & share it with my kids ☺️ Thank you guys for sharing Best wishes & house blessings to you 🙏🏻💞
I appreciate you touching on the size of your home, but I don’t think you needed to. Being a minimalist doesn’t mean I need to live in a tiny home. I have children. I can’t do that. I loved how thoughtful this video was and will come back to it when I’m ready to move.
I had the same happen to me, I went for a house initially and we lost it, but in the end we ended up with the house of our dreams compared to the one we lost. So even though you feel like you missed out, there is most likely a better one waiting for you ❤
Really, really like that house. You got a great deal just from the perspective of style and those red- colored cupboards and shelving. Hope you enjoy it loads.
Great information that will be so helpful to someone that is in the market to buy! Love the new house 🏠… Wow!! A real Zen home. You have a great channel with a trustworthy insight on so many things when your videos come up I’m all ears. You and your husband are such a wonderful couple!!
Those green trees are so beautiful. I wonder if they are deciduous? Marissa you are so lucky to both be crickets. I’m a minimalish cricket but my husband is a dung beetle - leaves stuff anywhere and everywhere and wants to keep everything
Praises to you for standing up for your property line. I can relate to your feelings. A neighbor built a fence one foot over our property line, but my parents preferred not to do anything about it to avoid trouble. (I came in through the Door).
Another thing you did right was didn’t go over on some of the houses you tried to purchase first. I see that a lot where people go way over budget and end up house rich but pocket poor.
I love your new house! I definitely like the MCM style that leans more natural/zen. You are so right about that porch being like My Neighbor Totoro! The open entryway, kitchen, porch, and den/study are all so nice (and offer so much built-in storage!) 🤩
I am 53 and I’m on my 13th house so I can understand everything in this video. Love those warring kangaroo neighbours LOL. Finally I have to say you two are a lovely couple and bounce off each other in the nicest possible way.
I think you guys did a great job finding a house. What a beautiful yard and the volume of the spaces is just lovely. As a past midwestern girl I love that modern vibe of Chicago homes❤
I love your videos. I have been getting better at not buying things just to buy or to fill a space. I am making progress little by little. Thank you for all your insight. We have lived in my house for 24 years but we are looking for a retirement home somewhere in the mountains. I am keeping a list of the few things I want.
What an amazing home you and Mr. Zen purchased! You two are so sweet with each other in this video 💕 Glad you were able to keep your home in Berlin as well! Hope you, Mr. Zen, and your boys really love getting settled into your new home 😊
Thank you for sharing your experiences. I’m wishing you and your family many happy years together in your new home. It was so nice to hear input from Mr Zen. You’re such a cute and sensible couple!! ❤
Unfortunately, with a larger house other people seem to think they can use it for their storage! 'Well, you've got the space' is something I often hear... Love this chat and LOVE your new house
Tips for buying a house. Always buy it a bit away from city center to get much better prices. There will always be people who will drive a little to same a ton. 2nd, a house means you can be "creative". You can live in it, your family/relatives can live in it, and you can rent rooms. If you have cash or can get financing, you can even remodel your garage into a JADU and/or add another small ADU in the backyard. With this, your rental income can help you pay down your house much faster. AND, all of your family members will have no housing problems. When your relatives are ready to move on, they would have already saved tons of money to buy their own houses. Sometimes, you have to step up buy; which means buy a condo first, sell it in a few years, buy something bigger, sell it in a few years, and then eventually buy into a House of your dreams. Don't always expect to get what you want the first time around... Success is a process... It takes effort and time. Nothing comes easy if there is a lot of benefit in the end. Owning a paid-off house is a huge success in America because this will be your house and land forever (if you want). And if your children want, they can inherit it and live in it or rent it in the future. They won't have to pay rent either! Nobody suffers. This is how financial wealth or stability is established in America. But you can't do any of this unless you start buying.
LOVED this video. SO much very useful information, taken to an awesome level by your discussion of this very important topic as a COUPLE. Thanks to both of you!
The avg size of single family homes in the US is around 2500 sq ft, so I’m surprised it’s so much larger in the Chicago suburbs. Thanks for sharing your house-hunting adventure.
Door ❤ I’ve wanted to move for a while to our forever home. (My current home was purchased with my ex husband) It’s the final piece for me in my growing and moving on from a really painful past… because of the market and other issues it’s just taking so much longer. I really appreciated watching you and learning from you not only about minimalism but in your own moving story. Congratulations on your beautiful home. Thank you so much for sharing what you share it’s so helpful for many of us.!!
Things change so much over time too. 18 years ago I bought on a sleepy quiet little street. It’s now full of huge buildings and has gotten quite noisy. I really hope yours stays quiet. I’m a quiet lover too. 😩
another great video. This should be required viewing for homebuyers! It would help realtors out to recommend this-seriously!! I've never had a "forever" home and agree stewardship is a good term. best of luck with the move, look forward to seeing you all settle in.
It is exciting to have built in storage! There are so many places that don’t have closets! My 1950’s house doesn’t have a pantry. It matters! Hiding visual clutter is so nice to be able to do without having to buy more furniture to do it ❤
Ah yes, the “minimalism police”. 🙄 They’re everywhere on their high horses waiting to call you out. I’m with you, Marissa…everyone has their own interpretation. You do you!😊 I appreciate learning your take on it and don’t ever get the feeling that you’re judging others. Thanks to you and Mr. Zen for a great video! May you have many happy years in your new house.
It’s like that with everything in life - no matter what you do, someone’s always waiting to judge you. 😂 Thanks so much for the kind words and support!
You are so kind and mature to answer questions that should never have been asked. (mini rant here: how DARE anyone question your personal decisions? What presumption and arrogance! OK, end of rant. ) Thank you for your grace under unwarranted fire!
Hello Marrisa and Mr. Zen🙂, You guys make a nice, harmonious couple together, that's pretty palpable, lol! I like to see your husband on your side; you should invite him from time to time. It's interesting to have his perspective on your life since you share your minimalistic journey together. What concerns the house - I love your place in Berlin and also the new one here, in Chicago; you guys have good taste🙂! The size of the house is relative - definitely too big from the European, let alone the Asian perspective, but from the American one, it's just a medium size, which may be very unusual for non-Americans. But that's just a fact. What I love the most is the sunny room/covered porch with all the lush, grown-up greenery and high ceilings. That's absolutely fantastic! I also love there is some "flexibility to it, so you can really make it yours. Enjoy it and good luck with everything! Thanks for the update!
Great information that will be so helpful to someone that is in the market to buy! Love the new house 🏠… Wow!! A real Zen home. You have a great channel with a trustworthy insight on so many things when your videos come up I’m all ears. You and your husband are such a wonderful couple!!
I love the house , modern and zen for sure. No need to change much maybe just polish up the cabinets Did you take out a mortgage or was your savings/ investing enough ? I also love your apt in Germany
A family member of mine had issues with a new neighbor who was literally hiring a contractor that was ignoring the property lines and spray painting her yard. She told him countless times where the surveyed property line was and he kept ripping out pegs she had marking it. Eventually he got a survey because he wanted to put up a fence and it proved that it was where she said it was. He refuses to talk to her and was a jerk about the whole thing. Meanwhile if he would have just talked to her she would have worked things out with him in some way but he was more of a dishonest sneak of an entitled person. She has never had a problem with a neighbor till now. I am hoping they someday sell. She doesn't need that tension in her life.
Great video! So glad it showed up. I’m subscribed but it’s been a long time since your video showed up in my feed. You both are super organized and did a fantastic job of the video. Also, you are a great team! Your good, respectful relationship clearly came through. It was a pleasure.
You are going to love looking out at that yard! So green! Four years ago we moved to our Milwaukee suburb and we have a really green yard like yours (ours is 1 acre) and I absolutely love it. It feels so therapeutic. I wasn’t originally looking for partially wooded lot but I’m glad we found it. We have so much wildlife and I never get tired of it. Every walk around the neighborhood we run into the wildlife too. It is more work to up keep the yard as we had invasive buckthorn to get rid of. But it’s been worth it for this season of our life (we are in our late 40’s). We enjoy living about a mile from Lake Michigan in a community with great schools. When we are older we will probably move to a smaller yard or a condo. That’s the great thing is you can find different homes to fit you for different seasons. There are lots of different types of places I can see myself living in but it all depends on current needs and life season.
Love your discussion at the end re being stewards of your home and the Chinese bamboo growing 4 years underground and then shooting up 80 feet in a blink. Very nice!
