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Would you buy your childhood home? - 8/11/2010 8:48:38 AM   
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Status: offline 		My brother mentioned this.  He put a bid on a house 2 doors down.  I was tempted to tell him- to go to the door and ask if they want to sell.   Or trade.   But I see this as wanting to relive the past.

I would not want too live there again. I doubt I would even want to go back and look.  Not that I have bad memories- just that you can not turn back time. Some memories are better left alone.

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RE: Would you buy your childhood home? - 8/11/2010 8:57:00 AM   
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Status: offline 		Oh hell no. Fortunately the person, that bought it from my mother, immediately tore the shit hole down and built a new house.

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RE: Would you buy your childhood home? - 8/11/2010 8:59:08 AM   
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RE: Would you buy your childhood home? - 8/11/2010 9:01:35 AM   
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Status: offline 		That would depend upon which childhood home we're talking about. Some I would simply because I like the layouts or the pre-family history. Some I would tear down simply because I unfairly associate them with painful childhood memories. One other I would blow up MythBusters style because it is, as LaT so eloquently put it, a shit-hole.

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RE: Would you buy your childhood home? - 8/11/2010 9:03:44 AM   
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Status: offline 		Interesting question.

I am living in that house now. It was my mother's.

Were circumstances different, I would not opt to live here, but they aren't.

My brother and I co-own it, neither of us can at present afford to buy the other out, nor would selling it be a good decision.

This house is our retirement.



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RE: Would you buy your childhood home? - 8/11/2010 9:05:16 AM   
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RE: Would you buy your childhood home? - 8/11/2010 9:08:09 AM   
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Status: offline 		I would buy my child hood home yes,  I might even inherit it one day.
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ORIGINAL: pahunkboy

My brother mentioned this.  He put a bid on a house 2 doors down.  I was tempted to tell him- to go to the door and ask if they want to sell.   Or trade.   But I see this as wanting to relive the past.

I would not want too live there again. I doubt I would even want to go back and look.  Not that I have bad memories- just that you can not turn back time. Some memories are better left alone.

Your thoughts?



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RE: Would you buy your childhood home? - 8/11/2010 9:16:11 AM   
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Status: offline 		The lay out of it- is pretty simple.   The 3 bedroom simple ranch that was popular in the 60s.    He could have one built with that floor plan- or even buy one with that floor plan.  The house he owns now is 5x the house ...

I have alot of strong memories in that house.

But I would prefer to leave well enough alone.

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RE: Would you buy your childhood home? - 8/11/2010 10:11:49 AM   
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Status: offline 		Much like Winsome, I have no 1 childhood home....I have several, that being said I would buy any of 4 of them had I the money...however one being in Pnom Penh I am not sure it exists any more.

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RE: Would you buy your childhood home? - 8/11/2010 3:18:00 PM   
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Status: offline 		that would be a little difficult seeing as it was condemned and torn down by the township.

Township built a nursing home on the property...nope, don't wanna live in a nursing home!


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RE: Would you buy your childhood home? - 8/11/2010 4:00:11 PM   
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RE: Would you buy your childhood home? - 8/11/2010 4:42:28 PM   
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Oh Christ!

Flashbacks!

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RE: Would you buy your childhood home? - 8/11/2010 4:46:23 PM   
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no, i wouldn't buy my childhood home back either.

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RE: Would you buy your childhood home? - 8/11/2010 4:48:57 PM   
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Well, it's not like I have bad memories, but it IS in Michigan.  And I like it here in Colorado.


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RE: Would you buy your childhood home? - 8/11/2010 5:04:09 PM   
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Status: offline 		It is not in the best condition, but is also the childhood home of my father and his father, so I would almost feel compelled to try. 

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RE: Would you buy your childhood home? - 8/11/2010 5:08:55 PM   
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Status: offline 		Recently I went online and searched to see if my childhood home was for sale. It was. I do not know why, but I felt the need to look and coincidentally it was on the market...

I have had dreams where I am in this house and I have to "restore" it. . I was pleasantly surprised they did not change the things I loved most about this house. It is a custom chalet home, built by an architect for himself. There was wonderful paneling (not the cheap shit), great built in cabinets, etc. It was like a chalet style craftsman home. It was on the market for less than what my parents were asking for it back in 1980. I told Sinergy, and he looked at it and loved it, he wanted a mountain house and was half tempted by this one.. it is a wonderful property on the border of the Sierra National Forest. He decided it was too far away to commute to (hello, it is like 7 hours away from here...lol)

If I was in the right situation I would buy it in an instant. The people who have it have kept it pretty good, although I would change a thing or two

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RE: Would you buy your childhood home? - 8/11/2010 6:53:24 PM   
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Status: offline 		There is no possible way I could ever afford it, even with 10 lifetimes. But if I could afford to buy and then actually maintain it, you bet I'd do it.

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RE: Would you buy your childhood home? - 8/11/2010 7:12:29 PM   
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Status: offline 		I don't have one of those, but if I were to just pick any of the nicer places from the list of roofs I've had over me, the answer would be, "no." I just don't see what the point would be. There are certainly places where I grew up that I would want to live in again, but I'd much prefer one of the cool houses in the old neighborhood.





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RE: Would you buy your childhood home? - 8/11/2010 9:10:38 PM   
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Status: offline 		Firm and I recently returned to my home town for a class reunion.  While there, I did take Firm on a tour to see where I grew up.  It was the first time I'd driven around and looked at it for over 20 years.  I was simply amazed to see the first house that I recall living in... it was so small!

I don't have any "bad" childhood memories in that house or any other that I'd lived in, but I have no desire to own it now.

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RE: Would you buy your childhood home? - 8/11/2010 9:30:19 PM   
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I did better than buying my childhood home, I bought my granddaddy/grandmommy's home.
The home my mother was born and raised in, and I used to visit while growing up for years and years.

I love it here, it is like living a real life fairy tale.
I never, ever really thought this would be my home.
I did move from Maryland to Virginia to live here, but it's still in the same geographical area.


Living here, is a little piece of heaven, and this little old house means more to me than a huge pile of gold would mean to you, hunky.


The land was given to my grandmother by her family, and my grandfather and his brothers BUILT this home, and there is a lot of history here.
My grandfather was a brick mason by trade, and you can see he had his hand on everything around here.
This place is "special", and people that come here usually can feel the energy.

Did I say I love it here??????
I do, I do, I do!!!!!!!






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