[Profile] Ikethegreat

[Mike]

Maybe ike paid a million... He's a baller...

[gargantula99]

Everybody thinks everybody is a ballet around here. 3,000sf is a lot. How big is the family.

[ikethegreat]

LOL    I'm definitely no baller.  My fiancee and I paid a hair under $300k for it.  It is just the two of us for the foreseeable future (I hope!). 

[ikethegreat]

Wow, that's a good size house. ..... I moved out of an 800 sq. ft. townhouse a year ago; I could only imagine having 3,000 sq. ft. here.  It would probably run close to a $1M, easily.

You're in CA right?  I couldn't imagine living in a place like that where real estate is so damn expensive. 

[CrackerTeg]

He's in Hawaii. Da 808 bruddah.

[ikethegreat]

Oh yeah thats right.  I bet HI is 100x worse.  What island out of curiosity? 

[timot_one]

3000 sq/ft is a good size.  The place my wife and I are in is a bit under 2000 sq/ft and it's plenty of room for us.  The only thing I wish we had was a basement and a bigger garage.

[ikethegreat]

Our houses are probably about the same size then since 1,000 sq ft of mine is the unfinished basement.  I hope to turn it into the man cave within the next couple years. 

The only thing I don't really like about my house is the small yard.  It is nice that it only takes me 15 minutes to cut the grass, however, it is so small I ended up having to leave my dog at home with my parents.  It was heartbreaking to have to do that but I couldn't force her to use my small little yard when she is used to my parent's huge yard.   

[timot_one]

Yeah, that's tough about your dog.  As odd as this may sound, I'd use the basement for storage mostly.  My garage is my man cave and I have a nice enough home theater set up in my living room.

[Nit3h4wk C0uP3]

Can't wait to someday have a basement! The cave - It'll be for both of us so i guess it won't be the man cave lol I really want a full bar...

[HEcreated487]

He's in Hawaii. Da 808 bruddah.

Thanks bruh.

Oh yeah thats right.  I bet HI is 100x worse.  What island out of curiosity?

Island of O'ahu.  You're basically buying the land out here.  To me, $300K for that size house and land is great!!  If your lot was out here, you couldn't even by the land to place the house on for $300K  ...

I would love to have a basement as well.  Protection from Hurricanes.  ... And that's unfortunate about your dog. I hope you guys can find a solution 

[CrackerTeg]

You guys don't have hurricanes. You have typhoons. Wrong ocean homie. lol

Back OT, a small scissor lift would be fantastic for that garage of yours Ike. If you can make it an in ground lift, even better. Food for thought.

[timot_one]

I'd like to see more pics of the garage.  Even though a scissor lift is inexpensive and convenient, there are twin post lifts that are also portable.  If I had the choice, I'd get a twin post lift.  I've been eyeing the Danmar MaxJax since it's portable and for low ceiling garages.

I guess the other thing is, does Ike even want a lift?

[CrackerTeg]

That's a good question. It makes for hellaciously easy things to be done at home.

[ikethegreat]

I'd love to have some kind of lift if I could find one for the right price.  Most of the twin post lifts I saw with a quick google search are $1,500+.  The Danmar MaxJax is nice but I definitely don't have $2.5k for one.  Plus I'm not sure that I would even be able to fit one of those in the garage.

I haven't looked into scissor lifts though.  IIRC that is what Paul has in his garage and it was pretty nice. 

I'll snap a few pics of the inside of the garage this weekend.  It looks big in the pictures but with two cars inside there isn't much wiggle room.  I really wish they had installed one large door instead of the two smaller doors.