It really gets so old. The only way to avoid housing costs being insane is multi generational living or having a bunch of roommates. Ironically, this allows for better community activism which is why they fought so hard for individual family homes after WW2. It’s rough that capitalism always allows for short sighted idiots to be the ones that excel.
Eh, might be splitting hairs, but multigenerational living can look a bit more like a coop apartment than just having roommates.
Had a discussion with my dad about the concept and it’s captured his imagination recently, but in his mind it’s a tri-or-quadplex currently owned by someone renting out each unit, and having him and my mom in one, my grandparents in the other, and up to two interested familial subunits in the others (👋, maybe my brother or interested aunt/uncle/cousin).
I was personally thinking about one of those older big heritage properties that folks aren’t interested in due to the labour + rules involved for one family unit (which is closer to the roommate model), didn’t consider the tri/quadplex approach but kind of dig it. Need to learn more about what’s involved to prod further (was firmly in the ‘probably just gonna rent until I die’ camp, so there’s lots about real estate and coop ownership I need to learn).
It really gets so old. The only way to avoid housing costs being insane is multi generational living or having a bunch of roommates. Ironically, this allows for better community activism which is why they fought so hard for individual family homes after WW2. It’s rough that capitalism always allows for short sighted idiots to be the ones that excel.
These are the same thing, except that you’re related to your roommates in the first case and may or may not be in the second.
That’s true. It’s a little more risky to buy a house with random roommates, but I get what you’re saying.
Eh, might be splitting hairs, but multigenerational living can look a bit more like a coop apartment than just having roommates.
Had a discussion with my dad about the concept and it’s captured his imagination recently, but in his mind it’s a tri-or-quadplex currently owned by someone renting out each unit, and having him and my mom in one, my grandparents in the other, and up to two interested familial subunits in the others (👋, maybe my brother or interested aunt/uncle/cousin).
I was personally thinking about one of those older big heritage properties that folks aren’t interested in due to the labour + rules involved for one family unit (which is closer to the roommate model), didn’t consider the tri/quadplex approach but kind of dig it. Need to learn more about what’s involved to prod further (was firmly in the ‘probably just gonna rent until I die’ camp, so there’s lots about real estate and coop ownership I need to learn).