Fuck it man if you’re staying there for 30+ years who gives a shit about resale value. Do what you want.
Comment on We really need to bring back the 70s conversation pits
lowspeedchase@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 hours ago
Against the advice of literally every person we talked to (with the main argument being ‘resellability’) our new home is being built with one!
criss_cross@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
garbagebagel@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
I hope you don’t plan on living there when you’re older and need mobility aids!
But genuinely, I’m sure it’s gonna look cool AF.
Lucelu2@lemmy.zip 2 hours ago
couldn’t a ramp be installed?
lowspeedchase@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 hours ago
The plan is def a forever home! If I can’t make a step or two the whole house will be a wash, lmao
arrow74@lemmy.zip 14 hours ago
Usually a conversation pit is avoidable, as seen in the pictures. Shouldn’t be enough to render the whole house unusable
KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 hours ago
Could you not just preemptively have a plan in place to cover it up? Like “okay if we are going to sell we just drop in a floor on top and pretend it wasn’t there”?
lowspeedchase@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 hours ago
If I get old and have to move out, it’s there problem - I think by then it will have come full circle and be in vogue again.
AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works 18 hours ago
I feel like I remember somebody saying they tend to cause flooding or water damage? Like I guess the foundation can separate and water seeps in? I could be completely misremembering that though.
rumba@lemmy.zip 2 hours ago
We used to put indoor koi ponds in houses too.
From the pit standpoint, you could excavate the whole thing, put a sump in then build it two-level.
There’s always a way, it’s just not usually cheap.
lowspeedchase@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 hours ago
Wer’e on the top of the hill and the foundation is pier and beam, off the ground - we’re gucci!
SmokedBillionaire@sh.itjust.works 15 hours ago
I love this. For the past few years I’ve fully embraced the whole “our house is for us, not the next buyer” mentality and not making good choices for the next owners is great.
I don’t give a shit if other people don’t like my paint colors, it isn’t their wall!
lowspeedchase@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 hours ago
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FishFace@piefed.social 10 hours ago
If they don’t like the paint, they can repaint. If they don’t like the conversation pit, they can remodel… which is gonna be more expensive but I have to imagine if you’re buying a house with a conversation pit you’re probably pretty well off already.