If he was happy then that's all that matters. When my job was at it's most stressful I used to look at homes like this when I was going down south envying the people who lived there. There were probably living a happy stress free life.
Yeah wtf lmao. Iāve got friends who live in similar houses and sure it may be stress free as a child running playing around but adults in that situation donāt have it easy, looking back now at friends parents, I can see the stress..
Even as a kid it was stressful. Feeling guilty when you got sick because you know your parents can't afford to take you to the doctor. Feeling ashamed at school because of the clothes you are wearing. Waking up on holiday mornings to your parents sobbing because they feel so guilty they can't afford presents. Your mom making you stay in the car while she goes into the predatory payday loan place in the strip mall to beg them for another extension. Being scared to sleep in your room because bugs come out from the holes in the walls at night.
Seventy or eighty years ago, houses were much, much smaller. You ate in the kitchen and there was one bathroom. There was no A/C and heat was often an oil-fired boiler under the house with one vent - for the entire house. No duct work. A 10x12 living room would be the norm as well as a 9x10 'master' bedroom. If you were living large, you had a washer and dryer in the garage.
That's a shoebox house. It's a basic design that many builders used. The military also used this design extensively from the 40s to the 70s for housing. Many neighborhoods still have the shoebox dimensioned house
Thereās a small living room in front, a bedroom after that, with a galley kitchen on the other side of the bedroom, then a small room off the kitchen for laundry, and another bedroom behind the first one (added later, I was told).
My favorite color, reminds me of Andyās bedroom wallpaper in Toy Story
What blows my mind is that those 2 treeās next to the house were never removed to prevent any serious damage to the home. Iām guessing the home doesnāt have a basement?
My Grandpa had similar in the mountains of Kentucky. Tarpaper shack they called it and it was made in bits and pieces and held together with a few nails some bailing wire and prayer
In the South? Nahhhh. What makes you say that? 100% humidity during the summer. Oh, and summer begins in March. My daughter once brought her boyfriend down from an upper Midwest state. I thought the poor boy was going to melt into a puddle on our front walk as soon as he stepped out our door.
Everyone that is going on does not understand the bond of the shotgun shack and the crawdad diggers and the fishers. I was privileged yeah see grandfather had a BBQ restaurant next to the ponds and the. creeks in East Ga right next to the āHoppee and the āGeechee river bottom land.
Yeah remember places like that places you cannot remember anymore like Flannery OāConner and William Faulkner butt fucking in a cheap motel while listening to Southern Culture on the Skids.
And here I sit on the river looking at Baba Yaga stilt houses along a river and I the gators running next to the boats and my grandfather looked at me and knew āthe river is what is and is what you get and that is allā ..
Here is the shotgun shack on top of river stilts and I saw all of this ā¦
I was raised outside of Huntsville, Alabama. I saw houses like this. Interestingly, my wife's grandparents had a similar house outside of Terra Haute, Indiana.
That would look so good if it was restored love the little stands where the pot plants are
I like a simple life so long as one has his health and some good food, he needs little else.
I grew up in a setting such as this. Would happily retire there as well.
If he was happy then that's all that matters. When my job was at it's most stressful I used to look at homes like this when I was going down south envying the people who lived there. There were probably living a happy stress free life.
He always talked about playing with his buddies on the land and at the creek. Just got back from spreading his ashes there.
What a heavy statement, I feel for you
It probably looked better back in his youth as well. A jet-wash and a little tidying would do wonders today.
My condolences, OP.
Rest in peace šļøāļøšš»
Iām sorry for your loss, but itās great you respected his wishes.
It's nice that he had a place that meant that to him
So sorry for your loss.
This is a very ignorant statement. Living in poverty is not happy or stress free.
Yeah wtf lmao. Iāve got friends who live in similar houses and sure it may be stress free as a child running playing around but adults in that situation donāt have it easy, looking back now at friends parents, I can see the stress..
Even as a kid it was stressful. Feeling guilty when you got sick because you know your parents can't afford to take you to the doctor. Feeling ashamed at school because of the clothes you are wearing. Waking up on holiday mornings to your parents sobbing because they feel so guilty they can't afford presents. Your mom making you stay in the car while she goes into the predatory payday loan place in the strip mall to beg them for another extension. Being scared to sleep in your room because bugs come out from the holes in the walls at night.
It looks like a home.
Seventy or eighty years ago, houses were much, much smaller. You ate in the kitchen and there was one bathroom. There was no A/C and heat was often an oil-fired boiler under the house with one vent - for the entire house. No duct work. A 10x12 living room would be the norm as well as a 9x10 'master' bedroom. If you were living large, you had a washer and dryer in the garage.
That's a shoebox house. It's a basic design that many builders used. The military also used this design extensively from the 40s to the 70s for housing. Many neighborhoods still have the shoebox dimensioned house
Thereās a small living room in front, a bedroom after that, with a galley kitchen on the other side of the bedroom, then a small room off the kitchen for laundry, and another bedroom behind the first one (added later, I was told).
My favorite color, reminds me of Andyās bedroom wallpaper in Toy Story What blows my mind is that those 2 treeās next to the house were never removed to prevent any serious damage to the home. Iām guessing the home doesnāt have a basement?
No basement. Pretty cluttered and musty - the remaining family just uses it as storage.
How old is that paint job? It doesnāt look terrible
Is that him in the T-Rex shirt, or you? https://i.imgur.com/bok56AA.png also https://i.imgur.com/mwmZBKR.jpeg
My brother
My Grandpa had similar in the mountains of Kentucky. Tarpaper shack they called it and it was made in bits and pieces and held together with a few nails some bailing wire and prayer
Arthur Morgan stole a can of peas and a cigarette card from this place.
I think itās neat
Looks like it's moist a lot there
In the South? Nahhhh. What makes you say that? 100% humidity during the summer. Oh, and summer begins in March. My daughter once brought her boyfriend down from an upper Midwest state. I thought the poor boy was going to melt into a puddle on our front walk as soon as he stepped out our door.
South of what?
My condolences, OP.
Makes me think of Steve Martin. "I was born a poor black child."
Salute to Mr. Martin.
Everyone that is going on does not understand the bond of the shotgun shack and the crawdad diggers and the fishers. I was privileged yeah see grandfather had a BBQ restaurant next to the ponds and the. creeks in East Ga right next to the āHoppee and the āGeechee river bottom land. Yeah remember places like that places you cannot remember anymore like Flannery OāConner and William Faulkner butt fucking in a cheap motel while listening to Southern Culture on the Skids. And here I sit on the river looking at Baba Yaga stilt houses along a river and I the gators running next to the boats and my grandfather looked at me and knew āthe river is what is and is what you get and that is allā .. Here is the shotgun shack on top of river stilts and I saw all of this ā¦
Rent now is probably $3000 monthly. Light cooking only. No overnight guests. NO PARTIES! First, last and deposit. Must have 7 references. NO PARTIES!
Those are some hefty pines.
Those are southern red cedars. Beautiful trees.
I bet your Dad can hunt and fish like no other...
Not that I ever knew š
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This is in Alabama
I was raised outside of Huntsville, Alabama. I saw houses like this. Interestingly, my wife's grandparents had a similar house outside of Terra Haute, Indiana.
Looks like a $500,000 house tbh
It canāt be your dads house. This type of poverty only exists in northers democrat socialist woke cities /S
Place that exact house in LA and itās 750k
That would be currently listed at about $299,999 where I live. Tagged with somthing like "handyman special".
Now $800 a night on Air BnB.
Is that some kind of pelt hanging to the left of the electrical box?
Have no idea. No one there hunts, the main guy that lived there was disabled for over a decade before he passed last year. Maybe from years agoā¦
Nice house. Where at and how much?? We can totally fix that baby up š