Well, Warren Buffett won't be my new neighbor after all.
 

I guess it wasn't meant to be. At least not yet anyway. A home I've had my eye on for quite a number of years in my hometown of Omaha, Nebraska, came up for sale earlier this year. It was darn near perfect in meeting my personal criteria: commercial construction, move in condition, reasonable property taxes, elevator, 2 bedroom, 2 story, lots of bathrooms, massive fireplaces, lots of garages (3) / garage space for approx. 10 cars/45' RV, under roof, excellent location, secluded, large lot 1.6 acres, affordable, and - Warren's building across a large thoroughfare, on the same street. Unfortunately, I didn't notice it before a contract was slapped down and accepted on the property. Although it sold, it would appear that the new owner (s) are indecisive with what to do with it, (it's up for rent) or, not ready to move into it, or perhaps cannot afford to. Who knows.....anyway I'm going to keep a closer eye on it for the time being..........

That'd be quite a jump from your motorhome to that, but you'd have room to park it inside.;)

Another plus would be you'd have room to take in 10 or 12 homless people too.;)

Tom, given the wild card nature of this residence and lot, it cannot and did not garner anywhere near what a total home and lot would cost to construct. Although I can afford a 45' coach, I'm perfectly suited for my 24' E450 7.3 Powerstroke diesel unit. I'd have a lot of extra SF in the main coach garage. There's space for four more cars further down the drive at the other end of the home. The garages take up nearly 50% of the 1st floor's square footage. 4,956 total SF in the home.

BTW, I've owned a home over 30 consecutive years now. Home ownership isn't a new thing for me. ;)

big place for only 2 bedrooms.

They don't have architects in Omaha?

American excessiveness. :puke:

Why is the average American have 1,000 square feet each? Does little Johnny and baby Suzy each need each that much? No, it is not reasonable or sustainable.

One living room, none of this formal and informal rooms. Who cares about what guests see, as if we keep up on this path, there will be no opportunity for guests to come over.

Only one area to eat also, big enough for the actual needs. Meaning if have 12 people over for for dinner regularly, then sure, have a big dining room. But, the average family is only parents and one or two children.

And speaking of children, if the same sex, why do they need two separate large bedrooms? My brother and I shared, made it work by making a divider down the middle of the room when older (used to have bunk beds).

A bedroom only needs to be big enough for two twins (child's bedroom) or queen bed (parents), a end table, dresser, and have a closet (no excessive walk ins that are large enough for a bedroom). No need having the bathroom be as big as the living room with a shower big enough to be a room itself. Not like the shower is used for anything else.

No need having a spare bedroom either, just put up a screen partition when company comes over. Or the den do also for nursery and/or guest bedroom. I mean, guest bedrooms are rarely used, so therefore excessive.

One and a half bathrooms is plenty for even six people. Has people forgot to share? Forgot how to go to pee outside?

Urban heat island and urban sprawl are true facts and leading to increase of warmer climates. We must be reasonable and take part in the solution: ending sprawl.

the wealth procurator will not like reading your comments. the more bathrooms you have, the more pictures of Warren Buffet you can hang instead of mirrors.

Sure...

Many more think like I do, just look at tiny house movement. I am not that extreme, but shows how little one needs to live in.

We are talking about a single older man who visits walmart 32 times a day and whos chief concern is appearing to be rich. If he doesnt have a giant house to display his daily purchases hes not going to be happy.

^^^^^^ this. I think this is how many people keep score. Tbey have to have a big house and many fancy cars. You look at the popularity of McMansions and you can see that people "need" more than 1k sq ft per person.

We have a l 1400 sq ft house. Perfect size fo us. The idea of having to clean more makes my skin crawl. Skid is lie many others. He has to show off or he feels he has failed.

I have about 6000 SF finished but that includes two rental units generating $1200 plus per month, together, income at my house.

The trouble with a big place is you tend to fill it up with lots of stuff you really don't need.

No, this is the house across the street.

I was trying not to be mean to Joe, but my comment was directed at his "need" for this excessive house and that the house existed.

Surprised based on your espoused political views don't seem to agree.

I know a few people who own such excessive houses. They don't live in them; they just use them for special occasions.

One guy I know owns a home in Bel Air, California, but he lives in a tiny turn of the century house in Colorado. The big house is just some place to throw parties when a new project is unveiled or released. To hear him tell it if he lived there he would just tear it up and then where would he hold his parties?

And really, in his case, he lives in a hotel. He is always on the road making a project. The place in CO is just somewhere to hang out until the phone rings and his Agent tells him to pack his bags.

what political views? If you got it flaunt it. SRJ is my inspiration, Ive rented an aircraft hangar and parked a westfalia in it to live in. Surrounding me are a sea of earthly treasures procured from walmart.

I bet NO ONE has that copy of big mommas house/ big mommas house 2 for 5 dollars that I have.

That's a lot of SF.
What's your lot dimensions?
What's your garage capacity/SF like?

To be perfectly frank, a 60' X 150' lot with a 2K SF, 1.5 story, 3 bedroom, 3 bath - with garden apt. 1 bedroom, with a private entrance, and a 3 bay garage in the rear of the dwelling is more to my liking. The shotgun lot, with the private drive on the side to the rear has always appealed to me. My father was a GC & builder for our family for many years and he built one such home in Omaha when I was 9 yrs old. Just a super efficient use of space!