my future home...
I travel a lot because of my job.. I dont want to pay rent on a place that I only stay in one month out of three.. so I stay at the conference centre. This place is owned and run by my mother, and I have a really private space and get left alone, for the most part.
And its free. At the moment, until this book is finished, thats a really big bonus.
Its also safe.
Its not perfect - I am an adult and I have to share common spaces in a house with my mother (kitchen, family room etc). What this means, on a practical level, is that playtime is pretty much out of bounds under this roof, as I am not the quiet type, and I don't really have the urge to explain the tall sexy man with a wedding ring who would visit once or twice a week if I had my way...
So we go to guest houses and hotels instead. That works fine... but...
for the longer term, I need to find a more workable solution.
I am part owner of the land that this centre is built on, and there are quite a few acres standing vacant. There is also a natural river and a lake, which will soon be dredged and widened to enhance the existing wetland. I am allowed to build on this property, as long as whatever I build enhances the place, and is in keeping with the style of the other buildings. I would then be able to stay in the building for as long as I liked (without having to pay for the land or pay taxes on it), but on the understanding that if I ever decided I no longer wanted to live there, I couldnt sell the building, and it would become a part of the trust, to be used by other family members, or by the staff or management.
This is a pretty good deal - I could build what I am interested in for about 250k, and that money wouldnt even buy a bare patch of land somewhere else, let alone in the quite sort after area we are in, with the view of the lake and the river that I have. If I build here, the property will pay for itself in 3 years, considering the rent I would have to pay if I lived in something of a similar size for the same time frame, and after that its free. I will have my complete privacy as well, which is what I am really lacking at the moment by staying in the main house. Its a gift really, so I am going to take advantage of it.
Because I have my eye on a prime spot overlooking the lake, and the theme of the place is a seaside fishing village (even though we are inland *grin*), I thought I would build a lighthouse home. It will look exactly like a lighthouse, and will be a feature of the place for other buildings to be built around, but will be a normal (but small) home inside. I found this pic on the net, and this is exactly what I want.
In the "tower" section, I will have my bedroom on the ground floor, and the second floor will be the bathroom, and the "light" section will be a sort of sunroom atrium type thing, but when the lights are lit at night it will look the part. The section off the side will be my living room and kitchen.
Its really odd and eccentric, but so am I, I suppose.
I will begin building at the beginning of next year when the grading of the lake is complete.
And its free. At the moment, until this book is finished, thats a really big bonus.
Its also safe.
Its not perfect - I am an adult and I have to share common spaces in a house with my mother (kitchen, family room etc). What this means, on a practical level, is that playtime is pretty much out of bounds under this roof, as I am not the quiet type, and I don't really have the urge to explain the tall sexy man with a wedding ring who would visit once or twice a week if I had my way...
So we go to guest houses and hotels instead. That works fine... but...
for the longer term, I need to find a more workable solution.
I am part owner of the land that this centre is built on, and there are quite a few acres standing vacant. There is also a natural river and a lake, which will soon be dredged and widened to enhance the existing wetland. I am allowed to build on this property, as long as whatever I build enhances the place, and is in keeping with the style of the other buildings. I would then be able to stay in the building for as long as I liked (without having to pay for the land or pay taxes on it), but on the understanding that if I ever decided I no longer wanted to live there, I couldnt sell the building, and it would become a part of the trust, to be used by other family members, or by the staff or management.
This is a pretty good deal - I could build what I am interested in for about 250k, and that money wouldnt even buy a bare patch of land somewhere else, let alone in the quite sort after area we are in, with the view of the lake and the river that I have. If I build here, the property will pay for itself in 3 years, considering the rent I would have to pay if I lived in something of a similar size for the same time frame, and after that its free. I will have my complete privacy as well, which is what I am really lacking at the moment by staying in the main house. Its a gift really, so I am going to take advantage of it.
Because I have my eye on a prime spot overlooking the lake, and the theme of the place is a seaside fishing village (even though we are inland *grin*), I thought I would build a lighthouse home. It will look exactly like a lighthouse, and will be a feature of the place for other buildings to be built around, but will be a normal (but small) home inside. I found this pic on the net, and this is exactly what I want.
In the "tower" section, I will have my bedroom on the ground floor, and the second floor will be the bathroom, and the "light" section will be a sort of sunroom atrium type thing, but when the lights are lit at night it will look the part. The section off the side will be my living room and kitchen.
Its really odd and eccentric, but so am I, I suppose.
I will begin building at the beginning of next year when the grading of the lake is complete.