Am I the only one on RFD who lives alone in a detached house?

BeapChastard wrote: ↑ I have no wife, no kids, but I own a detached house in which I live all by myself. I also bought it without any help from anyone.

Out of all the people I know in real life who are single and near my age (early 30s), all of them either:
-live with parents
-live with roommates
-rent
-if they own, it's a condo

Just curious if anyone else on RFD is in my position. I gotta say, having all this space is great! Not to mention the peace and quiet. There are so many empty rooms I can put stuff in, it just seems like I have endless space.

baddoctor wrote: ↑ Nice brag thread, OP, but you live in Newmarket so lol

BeapChastard wrote: ↑ Haha touche... My choices with my budget were a condo in Toronto, a really old/small bungalow in a bad part of Scarborough, or a much bigger and newer detached house in Newmarket. The choice was obvious.

GrandePike wrote: ↑ You should've just bought a nice large luxury condo with great amenities

Pretty non attractive to live in a detached house as a single person...I only bought a house because my gf moved in and I needed 3rd parking space but I miss my condo everyday

2/3 of house is unused ..I have to drive 5-10mins to gym, I had to find/get ppl to do yard work, snow plow , no concierge so I send packages to my mom's condo, no sauna , no pool and I had to get people to restain fence and deck and wait for them to come and do it..Have to take my trash out and back and on set days...It's a big downgrade in lifestyle to move to a detached.. Definitely don't recommend a detached if someone is single and can afford not to have to move to a detached

BeapChastard wrote: ↑ I just built a gym in my basement. Under $1000 for a power rack, olympic weight set, bench, and set of dumbells. As for yard work/plowing, I do it all myself and actually find it fun.

GrandePike wrote: ↑ I have a gym in my basement too but it's so ghetto compared to a proper gym and ceiling height is only 9ft which doesn't work for a gym...Can't even fit cardio machine be it treadmill, elliptical or anything down there

Yard work and plowing itself is OK if I can choose when to do it, but in a house you don't get to choose. I also like travelling so I definitely need people to come do it for me anyways since I'm away for week or two quite often

A detached house is a prison for single person

GrandePike wrote: ↑ Does your gym have 30ft ceilings?

I have a gym in my basement too but it's so ghetto compared to a proper gym and ceiling height is only 9ft which doesn't work for a gym...Can't even fit cardio machine be it treadmill, elliptical or anything down there

Yard work and plowing itself is OK if I can choose when to do it, but in a house you don't get to choose. I also like travelling so I definitely need people to come do it for me anyways since I'm away for week or two quite often

A detached house is a prison for single person

GrandePike wrote: ↑\
2/3 of house is unused ..I have to drive 5-10mins to gym, I had to find/get ppl to do yard work, snow plow , no concierge so I send packages to my mom's condo, no sauna , no pool and I had to get people to restain fence and deck and wait for them to come and do it..Have to take my trash out and back and on set days...It's a big downgrade in lifestyle to move to a detached.. Definitely don't recommend a detached if someone is single and can afford not to have to move to a detached

Sanyo wrote: ↑ Need to find out the origin of You buyers...

MMMPower wrote: ↑ bought a detached in Vaughan at 28 by myself as well. never owned a property before that, went into pure saving mode after grad.

at1212b wrote: ↑ Now my question is, what or who prompted you? Was it from school? Peers? Parents? Just saw what was going on? Given how 'hot' housing is, I'm guessing it's front and centre for many people.

MMMPower wrote: ↑ although I have to admit when I first moved in, neighbors looked at me very differently, it was only myself and everyone else were married with kids driving SUVs and i ever had a sedan/suv in my life. but looking back I do not regret my decision one bit.