Thursday, December 5, 2013

House Tour Part 4: 3rd Floor Apartment

I've mentioned repeatedly that our house is a multi-family with two apartments in addition to our living space.  One of the upsides of having apartments is the off-set in our mortgage payments due to the rents we collect.  The downsides are the amount of work involved and the turnover (we view it as a part time job).  Last month we had a tenant unexpectedly move out (bummer but to be expected sometimes).  We are working on lining up someone new but in the mean time I thought I'd take the opportunity to show you the apartment.

It is the entire third floor of the house, so about 1500 square feet. 

Kitchen

Kitchen

Dining area

Living room

Living room

A small nook

Bedroom

Closet

A look back into the entryway and kitchen
What I didn't get a shot of is the vaulted ceilings.  The ceilings are very high, creating a open-loft feeling to the space. One of our retirement plans is to turn our house into a formal bed and breakfast (rather than just playing at it).  I can imagine getting to the point were we use all three bedrooms in the main house as guestrooms and live up here ourselves.  I wouldn't mind that at all.


2 comments:

  1. It's adorable!!!! What's the I-want-a-house equivalent to "baby-crazy" {which...I suppose...technically speaking I should start phasing out, much like "bridezilla"...-_-}? Whatever it is, I've been it for like, the past two years. At least. I also really love this idea, this multi-family rent-a-floor, but I don't think it's something I could ever do. At least not to this extent. We've already not-entirely-jokingly told a dear friend of ours that when we get a house {if...if} she's welcome to one of the bedrooms for as long as she needs, so long as she contributes rent and cooks for us {she's a wizard with food. I'll eat anything she makes, any day of the week!}. I think I could do an arrangement like that, though I suppose that's more..."multi-generational" or whatever it's called when you live with family members beyond the nuclear level {my dear friends ARE my chosen family}.

    Uhhhh TL;DR - CUTE apartment!!

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  2. Ha, I read it all. House lust (how is that?) is definitely real. We've had great luck with the multi-family so far. It is a lot of work for sure but it pays for the mortgage and a good chunk of the taxes so totally worth it when it becomes a hassle.

    I have friends I would live with too! Some I definitely would not though, since I'm not sure we'd be friends after a few months :)

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