The ILs have a cabin about 2 hours away. It's the perfect distance because it actually gets used often. We want our own cabin near there just for us, so we dont have to deal with the family bs.
I'd also love to have a home at the coast, and somewhere warm, if I'm dreaming
Oooh, let's see, purely fantasy, it would be on the beach, somewhere like Aruba where the current isn't that bad and you could just float in the water, but it would also have a pool (an infinity pool) so I could just hang out in the pool but still hear the waves.
The one that is closer to what we hope to have in the real world some day. A condo probably on Pawley's Island.
Post by spunkarella on Jan 20, 2015 11:59:35 GMT -5
As long as it's pure fantasy...
A little apartment in Rome, on a small side street near the Jewish Ghetto and Largo di Torre Argentina with windows that open onto an adorable square.
Or an apartment in historic Charleston between King Street and the Battery with off street parking and a courtyard with pavers, ivy, and a little wrought iron table for two.
TRUE fantasy - I'd want a house in the BVIs and also one in London.
Reality? If we were ever in the position to have one, I'd want it to be within a 3 hour drive so that we could use it a lot. The fantasy houses? We've have to have the $$ and time to fly there and I'd want to be able to do it more than once a year (heck, if evne that!)
I can play this game all day long and frequently do, LOL.
I have actually been in a house in the neighborhood of that first on in Nokomis that you listed. I do not think my mouth came off the ground the entire time I was in it.
My bff has had a gorgeous place just up the road in Venice for the several years. This year she moved up north a bit and has a place right on siesta key beach. It is heaven.
DH desperately wants a ski condo/cabin. We should be able to make that happen in the next few years, just need to narrow down the town and home style that we want.
I can play this game all day long and frequently do, LOL.
I have actually been in a house in the neighborhood of that first on in Nokomis that you listed. I do not think my mouth came off the ground the entire time I was in it.
My bff has had a gorgeous place just up the road in Venice for the several years. This year she moved up north a bit and has a place right on siesta key beach. It is heaven.
My Uncle used to live on Siesta Key so I've been going to this area since I was 6. My parents are just south of Venice now on Manasota Key. Honestly, I adore this whole area...other than the traffic. Our entire family..sister, nieces, us and parents will be spring breaking there together this year....I am SO excited!!!
I have actually been in a house in the neighborhood of that first on in Nokomis that you listed. I do not think my mouth came off the ground the entire time I was in it.
My bff has had a gorgeous place just up the road in Venice for the several years. This year she moved up north a bit and has a place right on siesta key beach. It is heaven.
My Uncle used to live on Siesta Key so I've been going to this area since I was 6. My parents are just south of Venice now on Manasota Key. Honestly, I adore this whole area...other than the traffic. Our entire family..sister, nieces, us and parents will be spring breaking there together this year....I am SO excited!!!
My friend stays there for about 4 months every winter (we live up in the Midwest) and I am thankful that I get to spend even a week there. I cannot how awesome it would be to spend 4 months there. It is amazing.
Post by UnderProtest on Jan 20, 2015 14:10:18 GMT -5
We had one in Charleston, SC when we lived in Charlotte, NC and it was perfect. It was close enough to get away on a normal weekend (3ish hour drive), but far enough that it felt like we were getting away. It was nice that we could drive there and not have to rely on the rigid schedule of planes (you know until we can afford our own private jet, ha). I would pick a different house, possibly on the beach when we hit the jackpot, but I love the general area.
]Or an apartment in historic Charleston between King Street and the Battery with off street parking and a courtyard with pavers, ivy, and a little wrought iron table for two.
I was looking at Charleston houses last night! I love Charleston.
We already have the lake house location I want, though the house need... Well, yeah. Not a cool old house and not a nice new house. Just a clusterfuck of rooms that all connect together.
I would like a house in Phoenix too. Or Maui, but only if I had a private and to get there in.
Realistically, a place in Rehoboth or Bethany Beach, Delaware. Less than 3 hour drive, so we'd actually use it.
Before we decided to build our house, we looked at building a beach house. DH was more in favor than I was, because I just didn't think we'd use it that much because we are busy on weekend as it is. Plus my best friend's family has a condo in Ocean City we can use for free.
If money were no object and we had a private jet, a beach house in Anguilla or apartment in Rome would be great!
Post by littlemisssunshine on Jan 20, 2015 22:29:05 GMT -5
The cabin my parents currently live in in Boone, NC. It's at the top of a mountain and gorgeous!!! Alas I have to wait for them to die to own it so I'm in no hurry. I live 1.5 hrs from the beach and never go, so a beach house is not a priority for me.
Post by WinterWine on Jan 20, 2015 22:32:22 GMT -5
I would love to buy a lot in Big Sky, MT and build a home there. Realistically this is my retirement dream rather than vacation home dream. I'd buy this lot and build a nice home, but likely much more modest than the homes around it. Or something with a similar view and access to skiing
While I'd love to buy a ski cabin closer to home, H is very much against it. We both love traveling, and would rather see a different country every trip than go back to the same place. I know as awesome as having a lake cabin was when I was growing up, we rarely vacationed anywhere else.