You know, I don't think I'd want a vacation house - MAYBE if I was retired. I like going different places and if I had a second home, I'd feel obligated to go there regularly. Unless I have basically unlimited travel time, I wouldn't want to do that.
OR, I wouldn't mind having a home a short distance away so I could go for a long weekend. I guess if that was the case, I'd want one on a lake in Minnesota or Wisconsin. Really, if I'm at a point in my life where I have 2 homes, I'd prefer I don't live in Iowa or the midwest. So my dream would be to live somewhere with close access to mountains and/or the beach (year round beach) and have my vacation home be right on the water -I don't care if it is ocean or lake, so maybe on a lake in the mountains?
I actually don't want a vacation house. My parents have a lake house and that's the only place we ever went on vacation as kids. I would prefer to go to all different places.
That said, I would love to be wealthy enough to have my actual regular house in a beautiful beach location! I haven't picked an ideal spot yet, but give me a water view and I am happy.
My parents have a place at a ski resort in Colorado that we will someday inherit. We come out at least once a year to visit and I am sure we will keep it forever.
Post by keweenawlove on Jan 21, 2015 9:13:04 GMT -5
Well my "realistic" dream is a camp on Lake Superior. Probably something like this. If I ever make it back the northern MI, I'd seriously look into doing it. I wouldn't want a vacation home farther than 2 hours from my primary residence.
Post by CallingAllAngels on Jan 21, 2015 9:15:43 GMT -5
We've talked about buying something on Folly Beach, but we have the same issue many have stated - we don't want to vacation at the same spot all the time.