The end of my home office

[Greenman]

Is a little depressing.
A few years back I converted my never used living room into a home office. Cabinets on two walls, twenty feet of granite desk top, plenty of room for three work satiations, a printer, a wide format printer, and room to roll out plans. Installed floating shelves over my work area with LED lighting on the bottom. It was nothing short of outstanding.
With retirement pending and selling my house I decided to convert the room back into a living room. Ripped everything out, installed new bamboo flooring, painted. Moved back into my my mini office that I built many years back with only eight feet of desk space. I feel constrained.

 

[Captante]

Most likely a good decision in terms of selling the place.... now it's time to pack up 75% of your crap and put it in storage! (then start cleaning lol)

Look on the bright side... at least all the back-breaking labor will take your mind RIGHT off being sad about leaving/selling your house!

 

[PowerEngineer]

Reminds me of how constrained I feel when trying to work on the road using my small laptop instead at home using my desktop with its 50" TV monitor.

 

[Greenman]

Most likely a good decision in terms of selling the place.... now it's time to pack up 75% of your crap and put it in storage! (then start cleaning lol)

Look on the bright side... at least all the back-breaking labor will take your mind RIGHT off being sad about leaving/selling your house!

The labor was actually the easy part, other than dragging the 200 pound granite top outside to cut two feet off it. All the rest is just normal everyday work.
The tough job is replacing 120' of retaining wall in my back yard. Ground is harder than a bankers heart. Dingo with an auger only got about a third of the holes dug, have to rent an excavator with an auger to finish the job.

 

[Captante]

Seriously moving is one of the most stressful things you ever do especially if you've lived someplace for a long time and grown attached... take it easy on yourself.

 

[Greenman]

The labor was actually the easy part, other than dragging the 200 pound granite top outside to cut two feet off it. All the rest is just normal everyday work.
The tough job is replacing 120' of retaining wall in my back yard. Ground is harder than a bankers heart. Dingo with an auger only got about a third of the holes dug, have to rent an excavator with an auger to finish the job.

Edit: Tons of crap to store, and sell. I have about $15k worth of tools (used price) that I'll never use again. How often does a retired guy need a 32' tower scaffolding, or three jackhammers?

 

[Captante]

Edit: Tons of crap to store, and sell. I have about $15k worth of tools (used price) that I'll never use again. How often does a retired guy need a 32' tower scaffolding, or three jackhammers?

One never knows!

 

[UsandThem]

One never knows!

That isn't computer parts, so I know that shot isn't from @VirtualLarry 's apartment.

 

[Greenman]

One never knows!

At this point you just start a fire and go out to dinner.

 

[VirtualLarry]

That isn't computer parts, so I know that shot isn't from @VirtualLarry 's apartment.

ROTFL...

It does feel like an eerily familiar landscape though.

 

[Captante]

Honestly I keep my bathroom and food-prep areas pretty clean but everything else can get seriously messy!

Even so that Hoarders show freaks me out every time!

 

[pcgeek11]

Is a little depressing.
A few years back I converted my never used living room into a home office. Cabinets on two walls, twenty feet of granite desk top, plenty of room for three work satiations, a printer, a wide format printer, and room to roll out plans. Installed floating shelves over my work area with LED lighting on the bottom. It was nothing short of outstanding.
With retirement pending and selling my house I decided to convert the room back into a living room. Ripped everything out, installed new bamboo flooring, painted. Moved back into my my mini office that I built many years back with only eight feet of desk space. I feel constrained.

Don't worry about it and enjoy your retirement! I'm certainly enjoying mine!

 

[Torn Mind]

Owning a house until death is oftentimes folly.

 

[Greenman]

Owning a house until death is oftentimes folly.

It's a lot better than living under a bridge, or in a tent.

 

[Captante]

It's a lot better than living under a bridge, or in a tent.

I'm guessing it was the "owning and maintaining" part he was referring to not the "living indoors" part!

 

[Torn Mind]

It's a lot better than living under a bridge, or in a tent.

It becomes a feast for the nursing homes, probate court, friends of real estate agents looking for a deal if your succession plan is not ready to fire at moment's notice.

Some old person loses your wits for an extended period...here comes the welfare check...and then the vegetative monkey that is also a money tree is nothing more than a resource to be mined and extracted before expiration. The person becomes an Adult protective services/social services bitch, in which proto-lawyers called social workers own the person.

 

[AdamK47]

Owning a house until death is oftentimes folly.

What would you suggest doing with it?

 

[Greenman]

It becomes a feast for the nursing homes, probate court, friends of real estate agents looking for a deal if your succession plan is not ready to fire at moment's notice.

Some old person loses your wits for an extended period...here comes the welfare check...and then the vegetative monkey that is also a money tree is nothing more than a resource to be mined and extracted before expiration. The person becomes an Adult protective services/social services bitch, in which proto-lawyers called social workers own the person.

The vultures are always circling because stealing is almost always easier than earning.

 

[Greenman]

I'm guessing it was the "owning and maintaining" part he was referring to not the "living indoors" part!

Apparently it's more about what to do with an ambulatory corpse.

 

[Torn Mind]

Apparently it's more about what to do with an ambulatory corpse.

Even those with cogent minds at death but no estate planning provide the state and it's legal system agents with free money to process his/her estate through probate.

My local county tried to do the plea bargain bully tactic against my mother approximately 20 years ago. In order for the county to usurp the normal legal provision that kin be guardian, they cooked up criminal charges of elder abuse to generate that "good cause". Social workers, cops, and states' attorney all working in lockstep.

More recently, my mother was able to acquire properties in which the prior ownerships got landed in a nursing home and an attorney obtained the houses to liquidated them to pay off outstanding bills. For one of the two people, the local county provides a database of sorts detailing a short summary of previous actions at the address. From this, the house yard was unmaintained and someone, I speculate HOA, reported concern the person was unable to take care of herself. The county inspector did his job in imposing municipal infractions because such an individual will be victory by "default judgment".

Probate court...well I read a book from Nolo.

 

[Captante]

Apparently it's more about what to do with an ambulatory corpse.

I suppose I should have taken the source into account!

 

[Torn Mind]

I suppose I should have taken the source into account!

Well, being unprepared is your prerogative.

Your heirs just won't get as much money because the courts will take some out of your estate.

The system is ageist and purely predator-prey.

 

[pcgeek11]

I'm using my sons inheritance for my retirement...

 

[Greenman]

I'm using my sons inheritance for my retirement...

That's how you do it.
I want the last check I write to bounce.