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I just bought a warehouse. Similar - I always wanted one. I'm going to turn it into a house and put a roof garden on it and put a sweet garage in to fiddle with
by AlexMuir 14y ago
I just bought a warehouse. Similar - I always wanted one. I'm going to turn it into a house and put a roof garden on it and put a sweet garage in to fiddle with cars and set up some office space and generally cause havoc in there.
I could drop dead tomorrow. It's nice to tick these ambitions off, although my ambitions always seem to make it more likely that I will drop dead tomorrow.
(It's in Manchester, UK if anyone wants to come and lug bricks around.)
- lsc 14y agoman, I want a warehouse, too. A buddy just bought one and is renting some space in it to me for ventures and my workshop, and we're doing a joint business venture in another part of it, but it's not the same as owning the place. (That, and he'd not like it if I started sleeping here.)
- HeyLaughingBoy 14y agoIt's a cool dream. Just be sure you know what you're getting into. This guy ended up having a harder time of it than he expected: http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/shop-management-owner-issues/if-all-goes-well-i-will-own-my-own-building-30-days-what-c-o-259280/ http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/shop-management-owner-i...
- lsc 14y agoYeah. That's one of the things I hope to learn a bit about by partnering with my buddy on one of the ventures inside the warehouse. It's complex, but it's a negotiation, like anything else, and eh, that's something I'm not good at now, but I'm getting better.
- stuffihavemade 14y agoHow does that work zoning wise?
- AlexMuir 14y agoHave to apply for a change of use. The location is bordered by houses anyway so it hopefully won't be a major issue.
- dageshi 14y agoIf it's big enough, I've always wondered if you could basically drive some form of caravan/motor home into something like that and live there while you renovate the place.
- AlexMuir 14y agoThat is exactly my plan. I'm planning on driving a motorhome into the workshop area and kind of decompressing out a house from that.
- shanelja 14y agoHey Alex, before Christmas you offered me to spend Christmas day at your place, while I turned it down for an offer from a friend I would love to repay your kind offer with some free labor :) I get paid on Thursday (relevant for bus costs), I live in Darwen and I'm free next Sunday, so if you still want some help I would love to come down!
- AlexMuir 14y agoHi Shane, thanks, dropped you an email.
- KJBweb 14y agoI live about 20 minutes away from Manchester, would love to come down and lend a hand if beer is involved somehow?
- AlexMuir 14y agoAbsolutely. I'd love to have you down, and will certainly keep you refreshed. Later down the line perhaps we can get a microbrewery going in a corner of the workshop! My absolute dream would be to have a bit of an open workshop for people who like doing stuff. Drop me an email - me@alexmuir.com
- lovehashbrowns 14y agoA warehouse is my dream, too. A huge warehouse that's kind of run-down (but still safe to be in). That Simpsons episode is what did this for me.
- AlexMuir 14y agoHaha, I vaguely remember that one - will rewatch it at some point.
- dcminter 14y agoWhat's the bureacracy like with that? Are you just keeping a low profile and doing it on the "beg forgiveness" principle or are you doing all the proper paperwork? Or is it actually less of a hassle in that respect than I imagine? I'd assumed that converting a business space into a residence within the UK would be like one of the more byzantine scenes from Brazil. I'd be very interested to hear more about it generally.