FireOne posted:My question is related but slightly off topic: My wife wants to downsize our home when our two kids are grown in a few years, about the same time I will semi-retire. Where do you keep all your toys? I live in Southern Nevada (no basements), have a large outdoor G Scale layout and a small O gauge layout in the garage. Between the garage layout and a couple of hotrods, I am out of space. Downsizing could put me out of the train operating business. I would like your out of the box solutions for suburban dwellers (cannot add on). I am considering a separate location for the cars/trains, I have even heard of people renting airplane hangers. Welcome your ideas.
Anyone have a two bedroom house with a six car garage for sale?
Chris Sheldon
I think that is something you and your wife will have to discuss. I retired towards the end of 2011. My wife says 2 more years for her. Both kids are married and have been out of the house for several years. We actually put an addition on the house that my wife dreamed of for years. It is a master bedroom suite. I got the old large bedroom for my trains.
In a way I had to downsize for the addition. We lost quite a bit of storage due to the work, so many things were blown out, given away, or even discarded.
Had to put stuff in storage (not just trains) to make room for the construction. An expensive proposition, but we considered it to be part of the project cost.
IMHO, offsite storage (climate controlled) is too expensive for long term use. In fact I initially planned to use the storage unit to really spread out and go through my stuff, but scrapped that plan due to the rental fees. Instead I did some of that in my new train room.
Enjoy your retirement!
