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Tom Kelly
Tom Kelly
The Real Estate Adviser
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January 3, 2008

Next-home planning? Just dream on, guys

While watching a lopsided college basketball game on television four days after Christmas, I began searching the Internet for creative recreational property house plans.

Would we consider a smaller place in the sun when our youngest child finally got out of school? If so, how would we use an actual second residence and would it eventually become our primary home? What features and furniture would I consider to be “must haves” and what furnishings would be designated to the “wish list.” My aching knees would appreciate a first-floor bedroom but could we keep that space far enough away from the kids' late-night vacation visits to the kitchen and family room?


 
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