A Dream House

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It’s funny, but as we wake up to life, we realize who our parents are. We get to see that we are receiving an education and as we reach maturity, somewhere past 18 years old, we start to realize that we have to make our own lives. We have to form our own families and eventually we have to rent or buy our own house. Today let's explore your idea of a dream house. 

When people are young and going to university, it’s easy and convenient to have a roommate to share the renting expenses with. Some students live with their parents until they are old enough to get married. 

Once people get married they want to have their own place. But because of economic issues some do not have enough money to buy their own house. It is less common at this time to see married couples live in their parent’s house, but it is not impossible. Parents like to help young couples to get started and save some money before they move out and buy their own place. On the other hand, some parents do not allow their sons or daughters to get married unless they already have a house to move to.

The tiny-house movement (also known as the "small house movement") is an architectural and social movement that advocates for downsizing living spaces, simplifying, and essentially "living with less." While there is no official definition of a tiny house, it is generally thought of as a small house, typically sized under 400 square feet. While they can be built on foundations, most tiny homes are built on trailers. This style of tiny house is often referred to as a THOW (tiny house on wheels).

What is better to live in a house or an apartment? When deciding where to live, it’s best to weigh out the pros and cons. Once you do that, you just might discover the overwhelming pros that apartment living can offer. Some people think that there are three simple reasons why you should move into an apartment instead of a house. Easy maintenance, better security and more savings. 

Now if you like technology and you have three and a half million dollars to spend you could buy our favorite high-tech home. This home by the beach is program-controlled via a Control4 smart automation system for lights, blinds, bathroom, and kitchen exhaust fans, alarm sensors, music, TV, heating, ventilation, air-conditioning system, and outside motion detectors. 

This "hardened" silo structure was built to protect nuclear-tipped Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (IBMs) that were 100 times more powerful than the one that was dropped on Hiroshima, but his owner has transformed this subterranean megastructure into a 15-story inverted tower block, a "geoscraper". He sells spaces under the name of “Survival Condos”.

While it’s a common misconception that you can move to Alaska for free, you can get paid for living there. The Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) takes the state's oil wealth and shares an annual portion with all permanent residents (both children and adults). The payment is about one thousand dollars per year.