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Early and unexpected retirement:
I'm about to confront the biggest change of my life. My wife and I have unexpectedly retired early, closed down the studio and by the end of the month will be packed up and moved interstate. Our current home will then go on the market and as soon as it sells we'll be able to finance our new home building project. Our oldest daughter (and her husband + 3 kids) has just bought a new home in a rural setting on an acre of land. We've bought the vacant 1.3 acres of land right next door and we'll be staying with them while our new home is being built. Time to kick back, watch the grand kids grow up and smell the roses. It'll be a year or so before we have a new home and I have studio space of any sorts. Music will be back to basics; acoustic guitar and a portable studio based on what I can cram into my laptop and a stack of external HDD libraries. Plenty of time to just muck around for the fun of it. Reduced stress will be wonderful but I'll miss not having access to all my gear. We'll be living in just one bed-room, having to share the house with 2 other adults and 3 kids (it's been a long time). No place to even setup a minimal studio I'm afraid. The plus side is that my girl really dotes on me and I'll be spoilt rotten. That'll be really hard to take. For the future - Our house plans accomodate a dedicated 6 x 5 metre studio space just for me to use as I see fit. I'll be able to have it built properly from the ground up and make it the best darn space it can be from acoustic treatment to electronics and decor. For the first time in my life I actually expect to have the money to do it properly to a reasonable degree, not over the top. The area unfortunatley isn't serviced by fast broadband. In Australia we call it ADSL which is the slowest broadband speed you can get so I won't be on the net too much. another lifestyle change. At the moment life is filled with making the finishing touches to our present house before it goes on the market. All the things I should have done when I first built it but put off for tomorrow. Now, tomorrow has arrived. At least we own our house and the land we are going to build on so can take our time while living at our daughters. I'll probably have a lower profile with less posts on here in the future - so if you cared - now you'll know why!
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Re:Early and unexpected retirement:
October 07, 11 7:38 AM
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good luck on your new adventure Mike! sounds like a good journey!
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Re:Early and unexpected retirement:
October 07, 11 7:39 AM
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Hope things go as planned for you..how is the housing market down there anyways? When we bought this old house...ca.1850's home we had to literally live in a mobile trailer as we had to completely restore the interior of the house. It was all horse hair plaster on lath with chunks falling out..and yes, on our heads....dust everywhere... Have fun with the home building...take care.
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October 07, 11 8:06 AM
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We've had the house we're living in for 11 years. At the time we bought the smallest oldest house in the best street. We bought cheap, spent as much again on extending and renovating and will have more than doubled our total investment when we sell. and of course we've had somewhere to live rent free for 11 years. We've bought 1.3 acres (actually 5,485 sqm) in a small rural settlement 25 klms from a regional centre of 100,000 only 80 klms west of Melbourne. (Australia's 2nd largest city). We own the land and the proceeds from the sale of our current house, will more than fund our new building project and we will for the first time, be able build a house of my own design to our own specification and (within reason) won't have to compromise on size of the house and the quality of fitout and inclusions. While there's a nice new house at the end of it the best part of course is that number one daughter and family will be right next door but not in pocket. It's been a long time since we've been that close geographically. There'll be room to move, fresh air and above all, play with the grandkids as we watch them grow up.
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Re:Early and unexpected retirement:
October 07, 11 8:10 AM
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Enjoy Mike. Congrats on the stepping stone. best, mike
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Re:Early and unexpected retirement:
October 07, 11 8:14 AM
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Wow... it all sounds like fun.... new house, new custom studio..... All the best on surviving the next 12 months and retaining some sanity through it all. Be sure to send pics.
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Re:Early and unexpected retirement:
October 07, 11 8:20 AM
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You sort of get out of the 'dad' mentality once the kids are all grown up and move away from home and start their own families, Now we're moving back in with them instead of the other way around. We all really get on well but I'm sure this will test our love to the full. I've told them that I'm the boss even if it is their house as I'm 'opa' (German for grand pa). What I say goes. Hope they get conned by the bluff and bluster. haha.
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Re:Early and unexpected retirement:
October 07, 11 8:33 AM
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Our son ended up in Sendai City back a few years ago... Oh...yeah..a few pix would be nice...I kinda wish we did the photography thing when we were doing the restoration.
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Re:Early and unexpected retirement:
October 07, 11 8:37 AM
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Just vacant land at the moment. Once we move to our daughter's pplace and we're living next to the land I'll do some pics of the scenery etc. Then as soon as we break ground I'll do a whole construction development picture diary.
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Re:Early and unexpected retirement:
October 07, 11 8:48 AM
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congrats Mike. we're in the middle of house-buying, it's a nightmare, so i can only imagine what house-building is like! btw we're viewing a house tonight which already has a studio built at the end of the garden...must think rationally!
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Re:Early and unexpected retirement:
October 07, 11 8:53 AM
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Hi Mike, Melbourne is one of my favorite places in Australia. I particularly liked the mild climate. I had a chance to visit back in the '90s. Best wishes on your new venture/adventure, Jan
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Re:Early and unexpected retirement:
October 07, 11 9:01 AM
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Keep your GAS (Gear Acquisition Syndrome) in check. My daughter's a bit of a photographic nut and she says she has GAGAS. Genetically Acquired Gear Acquisition Syndrome. her son only 7 has 2nd generation GAGAS. Thankfully this time around I'll get to watch the whole building going on. The rep from the builder says with all the Occupational Health and Safety issues these days I'll be lucky if they allow me onsite unless by appointment and supervised. I'll be living next door and won't be able to go annoy the tradesman. I can just see me sitting on my daughter's verandah at 7 in the morning having that first coffee, thinking, Why isn't there any one turned up yet? where is such and such a tradesman? why are they doing things in this order? Man I just realised not being hands on is going to drive me nuts. Argh!!
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Re:Early and unexpected retirement:
October 07, 11 9:06 AM
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Old55 Hi Mike, Melbourne is one of my favorite places in Australia. I particularly liked the mild climate. I had a chance to visit back in the '90s. Best wishes on your new venture/adventure, Jan We're moving to a small town just outside of Ballarat which is 80klms West of Melbourne. It's at about 500 meter elevation and gets snow fairly regularly in winter. I've heard from a few locals that they've just experienced their coldest winter in 98 years. We'll be the only 2 houses within sight of each other on our side of the road with a view over a beautiful meadow and a creek that sometimes even has water in it.
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Re:Early and unexpected retirement:
October 07, 11 9:18 AM
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Are you setting yourself up as a contractor? I dd that thing up here..don't know if that will do where you are but it did make things way easier..then everyone has to answer to you....
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Re:Early and unexpected retirement:
October 07, 11 9:42 AM
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Great news. Hopefully I'll be something like there in four years time (without having to move or rebuild).
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Re:Early and unexpected retirement:
October 07, 11 9:53 AM
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In Australia it's called being an Owner Builder. I've done the project management part and I've also done the actual building part and then I've done it all as well. At that time it made financial and practical sense and I had an intrinsic need to say I did it myself. I've built more homes/houses than I care to remember and, while not being hands on will annoy me a bit, it pales into insignificance against the hassell I'll save by just having "the Builder" do it all. I don't mean as in an individual builder, rather, I mean a company that builds houses and in this case they will build the house I designed. I can watch it happen and enjoy my life in the meantime and just move in when its finished. I can go for a drive and don't have to worry or I can sit on the verandah play guitar,go for a walk, play with grand kids and be actively involved in my new retired life. I won't move in with things still to finish as I have in the past and if something goes wrong it's on the company not me. No; this time I'm having it all done for me. I don't need to say I built it myself anymore. I'm content knowing that I designed it and that it's purpose built to satisfy my wife's needs and my own and that our hard earned has gone into the construction. The whole idea of retirement is to do those non career and work related things for which I never had the time. the fact that I can do that with my wife and family around me is a rare thing. This time someone else can build the house and when they've finished I'll still get to move in and make it a home. Ah! Retirement.
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Re:Early and unexpected retirement:
October 07, 11 10:20 AM
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Ballarat sounds familiar. I wonder if we drove through there. I spent a night in Geelong and made it as far west as the Twelve Apostles. It was late November and while it was +100F up in Sydney Melbourne was very comfortable in the 70-80F range.
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Re:Early and unexpected retirement:
October 07, 11 10:31 AM
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That sounds interesting and hopefully very rewarding, Mike. I'm so glad we live in the same area as our kids and grandkids. At least for now. I have a feeling it won't last forever so I'm taking advantage of it now. I hope it goes really well for you! :)
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Re:Early and unexpected retirement:
October 07, 11 10:50 AM
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Best wishes. It sounds like a wonderful opportunity.
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Re:Early and unexpected retirement:
October 07, 11 11:02 AM
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Congratulations on undertaking such a big new adventure. Enjoy the challenge, and don't forget to enjoy the results of that challenge afterward... I'll miss the balanced views you've always shown upstairs, but this thing called life is much more important and much more fun. Best of luck going forward.
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Re:Early and unexpected retirement:
October 07, 11 1:26 PM
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Good luck with that, Mike. It sounds really great. More than great, it sounds like heaven. I'm planning a similar move myself, relocating and building a studio in a similarly-idyllic setting. But my home has been on the market for a year now with no serious offers, and we've already lowered the price to the rock bottom. I hope the real estate market is healthier in your neighborhood.
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Re:Early and unexpected retirement:
October 08, 11 3:35 AM
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I'll still be around I just don't know how I'll handle having my internet speed cut by about 80%. We'll see but I s'pose I won't be around as much. Real estate has been moving well all around our area. I'm confident that it will move quickly. Of course that's all hope and talk until it happens. I guess you'll soon hear me complaining if it doesn't. As far as being like heaven goes. everything has its price. I've had a dodgy back for years and its finally given out completely and I find it difficult to do much. I'm now on a disability pension and my wife is officially my carer. I've far more going for me than against so I'm happy enough with my lot. I'm not bed ridden but when wiping your own backside becomes a major exercise in logisitics - well you get the point.
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Re:Early and unexpected retirement:
October 08, 11 3:51 AM
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Old55 Ballarat sounds familiar. I wonder if we drove through there. I spent a night in Geelong and made it as far west as the Twelve Apostles. It was late November and while it was +100F up in Sydney Melbourne was very comfortable in the 70-80F range. Ballarat is about 180 klms NNE of the 12 Apostles. Ballarat is famous for the gold rush days of Australia in the 1830's onward and has one of the best theme parks I've seen. A period Australian gold mining town called Sovereign Hill. Street theatre, a fully working commercial centre where people actually come to work either as part of the ongoing street theatre which runs all day or wprk in one of many stores, cafes , restaurants or factory like areas where traditional work methods are on display. It's the only place in all of Australia that still makes timber wagon wheels using traditional methods. The town (Sovereign Hill) is powered by steam which is used to drive all the authentic machinery of the period. Complete with a gold washery it has a gold museum and is probably one of the best examples of its type. Last time I was there it was rushed as we came up just for the day from Apollo Bay but no excuse now as it's just up the road so to speak.
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Re:Early and unexpected retirement:
October 08, 11 4:31 AM
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Ballarat sounds very interesting. I would have remembered something like that. Still, the name very familiar for some reason. Are there any vineyards around there? Maybe I saw it on a bottle of wine.
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Re:Early and unexpected retirement:
October 08, 11 5:03 AM
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Maybe I saw it on a bottle of wine. Who among us hasn't seen things on a bottle of wine?
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October 08, 11 6:29 AM
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I think so. For a bunch of beer guzzlers like Aussies, I think wine has become the new beer, with vineyards popping up everywhere. We even plan to have a 50 metre grape vine trellise to divide our property from our daughters instead of a fence.
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Re:Early and unexpected retirement:
October 08, 11 7:49 AM
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Best of luck to you, Mike. Man, I read "Retired" on this and I'm thinking...."how old could he be?" Always thought you were around the same age as me. Really sorry to hear about your back. I've been goign through it with my father who's 76 at the moment. He won't retire no matter what. He's got arthritis all through his body...his back is in shambles...and he won't retire. 2 weeks ago he hurt his back so bad yet again, (he's had problems with it for years) he didn't have a choice. Right before he was ready to retire...I remembered a friend of mine who was a chiropractor. Like...not just a Dr. that manipulates people and takes their money...this dude practices some sort of dark art like mastering. LOL! So I mentioned him to my dad...and of course my dad is terrified to rely on me or anyone...so I make an appointment with this friend of mine. He tells my dad "you're in bad shape...your x-rays look horrible, your skeletal frame is completely rusty, you could use an operation here and here, your hinge in your hip/lower lumbar is not functioning, arthritis in every joint and your right leg is shorter than your left....ah, I'll have you fixed in 3 treatments." We started cracking up laughing and thought "ok, sure you will." I carted my dad in a chair to his office....in one treatment, he literally walked out of the office on his own free will. He went back to work the next day, had another treatment and was on the treadmill last night. His final treatment is Monday....we're in shock..complete disbelief! Like my dad is a new person at 76. I don't know if you have any of these "dark art" chiropractors around there or if you can even receive that sort of treatment in your present condition....but if there are more like this guy...you definitely need to look into it man. He just got in from work right now and asked me if I felt like going a few rounds with the boxing gloves LOL! Anyway....I sure hope your new life, home and everything you're working on/worked for pans out for the best brother. Hopefully the back doesn't totally get to the point of really making things uncomfortable for you more than they probably are. Back pain is horrible....I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. I'll keep you in my prayers...all the best to you Mike! -Danny
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Re:Early and unexpected retirement:
October 08, 11 8:02 AM
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You are in a good area from what I googled..love it. I had an interest in Ballarat for awhile..the area is just rife with history there...I'm kind of wondering how far back the wine industry goes back ...
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October 08, 11 8:16 AM
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I wouldn't say it goes back too far relatively speaking. I live on the Hunter Valley near Newcastle and it has some of the oldest vineyards in Australia. The oldest however are in South Australia in the Barossa Valley as far as I know. Hey Danny - I'm an old 57. Just lead a bit of a rough life early on and abused my back a good bit. I've been down just about every road possible as far as treatment goes and hit the end of the road -neurological/nerve damage from having my spinal cord compressed so can't have manipulation any more. All this talk about crook backs is a bit boring. Let's move onto the good stuff like all the time I'll have to do my music instead of others people's.
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Re:Early and unexpected retirement:
October 08, 11 8:22 AM
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Precisely... My wife and I are planning a trip to Australia sometime in 2012...probably late 2012, or early 2013 not sure when yet. The big project for us is the replacement of a couple of old concrete silos here ... we cleaned them out and then discovered a great reverb exists therein
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