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Welp,
 
I went and dun it.. I went and bought a house. Here are some pictures that were just taken.
 
2 story, 4 bedroom, 2.5 bathrooms, open concept kitchen/dining room/living room. It has a sun room, or "solarium" behind the house, which i'm thinking of making into either 1) a home gym, or 2) another workshop. 60x192 lot which backs onto a Park. The garage I measured to be about 24x32.
 
This is going to become my newest project. I'm going to try to do it most of the stuff myself and when i get stuck i'll be blessed with the help of someone who really knows what he's doing.
 
Anyways, here are some pictures:
 

 

 

 

 
and here is the last pic, with me standing beside the garage to show some proportion


I dont think it's too bad for a First House.

I would have loved this to be a "WE" type of purchase (whole other conversation for another day), but I went into this solo. I guess it's a big house for 1 person.

Nice score on that garage. Oh, is there a house too?

I'm loving that sun room.

You wanna see a concrete pad poured wrong, you need only look at my garage. From front to back the floor drops by about 6" for every 12 feet. When it rains and there's an east wind the rain runs down the doors, drips onto the floor, then runs through the garage to the back (under the bench and woodstove) where there is a drain to let the water out. It's the exact opposite of how it's supposed to be - the low spot in a garage floor is supposed to be the doors, not the back frickin' wall!!!

As for solar power: I don't know about Niagara Falls, but here in the east wind power would make more sense. It's only sunny about 40% of the days, and in the summer it's a very hazy sunshine (nearly perpetual 100% humidity). It is ALWAYS windy, however. That's what comes from being jutted out into the north Atlantic, I suppose.  Probably wouldn't work in an urban area though. City councils tend to frown on windmills in people's yards :hick:

Congrats!  I was your age when I scored my first place...and the place I'm still in.

Congrats!:D There is nothing like having your own place, especially one that is yours and not someone elses (ie renting).

I'm in a similar situation to you in having a large house and being the only one living in it. I inherated a 3 story (basp00get, main floor, attic) 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath, 1.5 car detached garage house from my grandfather 2 years ago. It's odd living in a large house alone, let alone paying utilities when I'm the only one there. I don't even use all the space. It is nice to be able to play music as loud as I want at 2 am without waking anyone up though

I'm in a similar situation to you in having a large house and being the only one living in it. I inherated a 3 story (basp00get, main floor, attic) 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath, 1.5 car detached garage house from my grandfather 2 years ago. It's odd living in a large house alone, let alone paying utilities when I'm the only one there. I don't even use all the space. It is nice to be able to play music as loud as I want at 2 am without waking anyone up though

I think we got my house when we were 22-23ish? Man was my wife scared shiznit-less. Really makes you grow up but then so does having a child at 21 (like me) so we grew up pretty darn quick anyway.

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Must be nice to not have a mortgage. With my family, I cant count on any freebies at all. Such is life.