Reply With QuoteThanks for posting the link JGS. Your home is lovely. I like the garden too & wow what a shed! I haven't been there for years, but Junee is a nice place.
WOW!
"Enoch" is a resplendent home! Absolutely breathtaking in every detail. I can't believe such a big beautiful house goes for so cheap down there! You'd probably pay at least 700k if not far more where I live. Thanks for sharing!
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Thanks for posting the link JGS. Your home is lovely. I like the garden too & wow what a shed! I haven't been there for years, but Junee is a nice place.
Lovely place. Down here, like anywhere else, it is all location. If that were in a "nice" Melbourne suburb it would cost well over a million. My one bedroom flat cost that much.Originally Posted by Gin&Tonics
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I need a little help from the members of this forum. I was offered this house, a 1890 Victorian. The problem is, some one subdivided the lot and built a small house off the ally. This leaves me with a small lot, I would like to build a garage, but it would eat up a lot of the back yard. It is a beautiful house, should I just go ahead even if it does take out most of the back yard?
I need a little help from the members of this forum. I was offered this house, a 1890 Victorian. The problem is, some one subdivided the lot and built a small house off the ally. This leaves me with a small lot, I would like to build a garage, but it would eat up a lot of the back yard. It is a beautiful house, should I just go ahead even if it does take out most of the back yard?
"Small" Is a relative term. It would be very helpful if you could provide a rough sketch, perhaps on grid paper, which somewhat accurately shows the relationship of the house to the lot, and the proposed size of the garage you wish to build. You would also have to check with your municipality to see if you even would be allowed to build said garage; you may not be. Also, it would help to know your needs in a house; a family man has different space requirements than a confirmed bachelor or widower, for example.
The house is very charming though. Even my not-so-vintagely-inclined wife walked by just now and said how cute it is!
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All depends what's more important to you. Personally, I'd take a garage over a yard any day, but I'm a car guy. Someone who likes to spend time gardening would think the opposite.
Tom I like Both. That being said I have become more interested in Gardening in small spaces and you can still do lots of gardeing in front yards and vertically so if you really like to garden and really like to have a garage and want the house you could still make a lovely victory garden in the front or work out some vertical gardening in what is left of the back yard.
Maybe this is crazy, but if you put a STRONG flat roof (I know you get plenty of snow out there) maybe you could put a roof garden. Just a crazy New York City type of thought.
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What are the winters like where you live? I had to decide between a garage and a yard, too; in St. Louis, all the older houses have such tiny garages that they're not useful for vehicles. I finally decided I'd leave it alone for a few years, and work on the garden for a while, in order to see how I felt about it. I learned, in the meantime, that my garden contributes so much to my everyday quality of life, and I regret the absence of a garage so rarely, that I'm really glad I decided to wait.
My garden provides exercise, fresh air, privacy, and a beautiful view when I'm working in my back office. Birds, butterflies, squirrels, cats, possums, and racoons come visit (and I don't mind those critters.) Sure, in the winter, or during a hail storm or tornado warning, I really wish I had a garage. But then -- I've never owned a car younger than 15, so I suppose a few hail dents don't make too much of a difference.
Two years ago we had a brutally icy winter here, though, and I must admit that I yearned for a garage the way a wanderer in deserts yearns for an oasis.
I have the variance for the garage. I do not think this is as simple as X=Y, it's more an art problem. With an old house such as this, you are a conservator and not just an owner! I may be able to change the driveway, thus freeing up some more land. Unfortunately, the owner has rented it to some friends and they are not cooperating, even though I have made it clear they can stay until October when their lease is up. As a teaser, here is the back yard, and the view out of the front upstairs window.
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