Possible DC House I'm Considering

[Heidi]

Every once in a while I get a bug up my butt about moving the daycare out of my house.

http://www.firstweber.com/homes/1655647_SCWMLS-107_W_PEARL_ST-New_Lisbon-WI-53950

Seller will replace the nasty carpet, says the "bones" are good, and is putting in a new front window. Obviously, it needs a good cleaning inside and out.

WDYT?

[Blackcat31]

You know what I think

I wouldn't do it any other way. Solves about 75% of the issues providers have when trying toraise their own young ones and/or are nearing the empty nest point of their lives.

[Sugar Magnolia]

What is that building next door? Is it a business? I like that house, lots of potential. I turned a home into a daycare center.

[Sugar Magnolia]

Ok, I read the entire listing....I would ask these questions:
1. What is the zoning? If zoned residential, can it be rezoned or get a major conditional use to use as a daycare.
2. In your state, must you physically reside in it to still be a home daycare, or will the lack of residency make you a center?
3. What is the lot size?
4. Where is the parking and is on street parking allowed?
5. What are the square footage per child requirements? My state is 35 sq ft per child, excluding bathrooms and kitchens. So maybe you could only have about 15 kids, is that enough to make a good income?

[Michelle]

$35,000 would be the down payment for a house in California!

I do like the potential of this house.. looks awesome, how is the backyard?

[Sugar Magnolia]

I don't know anything about Lisbon, but from the map, it looks downtown, near employment centers, near residential, near the interstate. All major pluses in my opinion. I get pretty jazzed up about people turning cute old houses into daycares, obviously! ::

[Sugar Magnolia]

$35,000 would be the down payment for a house in California!

I do like the potential of this house.. looks awesome, how is the backyard?

Yeah so the mortgage on it will only be like $400 a month! That totally rocks!! Shoot, my daycare house was $320k for about the same sq footage! (bought at the pinnacle of the sw fl real estate boom in 2005)

Heidi, this house is cool!! But omg please check with Lisbon's zoning code!! If I had more time left during nap, I'd try to find out for you!!!

[Blackcat31]

My daycare house is in a residential area. It is zoned residential because our state doesnt recognize family child care as a commercial business.

I also don't have any more parking available than a regular family home...2 spaces in the driveway. But I also only have 10 families coming and going and not all of them drop off anywhere within the same time frame so parking has never been an issue.

My daycare home is about 1200 sq ft and I paid $29, 500 for the house. It was listed as a 2 bedroom on 2 city lots with a garage and a fenced in yard. My housepayment is roughly $500 but that includes my property taxes (non-homesteaded as I dont reside here) and my insurance.

[Michelle]

My daycare house is in a residential area. It is zoned residential because our state doesnt recognize family child care as a commercial business.

I also don't have any more parking available than a regular family home...2 spaces in the driveway. But I also only have 10 families coming and going and not all of them drop off anywhere within the same time frame so parking has never been an issue.

My daycare home is about 1200 sq ft and I paid $29, 500 for the house. It was listed as a 2 bedroom on 2 city lots with a garage and a fenced in yard. My housepayment is roughly $500 but that includes my property taxes (non-homesteaded as I dont reside here) and my insurance.

wow!
seriously? our mortgage is $2,500 and our property taxes are like 6,000.00
I guess we are paying for the good weather

[Blackcat31]

wow!
seriously? our mortgage is $2,500 and our property taxes are like 6,000.00
I guess we are paying for the good weather

Yes, I would say so! I do have a $600-800 heating bill each year though if that makes you feel any better.

My own home is similar. We own 40 wooded acres 5 minutes from town and my home is less than 6 yrs old. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, 3 garages. House payment is less than $600.

Of course, we owned our land outright when we built our home. We took out a 10 year equity loan against the property to build our home and have been in it for 6 years now. In 4 years we willown our home and land outright with zero payments.

[Sugar Magnolia]

wow!
seriously? our mortgage is $2,500 and our property taxes are like 6,000.00
I guess we are paying for the good weather

Ditto! Lol!

[Heidi]

-Wisconsin doesn't consider FAMILY childcare "business" for zoning purposes.

-The building next door is a bar, but it's a small town, so most of the bar business is at night with only a small lunch crowd.

-I haven't seen the backyard, but I don't think it's particulary big. I would need at least 600sq ft (75 per child). The yard is apparently already fenced on 3 sides.

-Inside requirements are 35sq ft per child, so the house is plenty big.

-As a family childcare, I can have up to 8 children, with each under-2 taking up 2 spots, more or less. Liike this:

0/8
1/7
2/5
3/2
4/0

My favorite group size is actually 5, for some reason. Not sure why. Maybe because we all fit around the table-for-6 then.

Fulltime rate is under 2 $130/week, over 2 $110, approx. (conditions apply...)
Part time or drop in is $4.00 per hour or $3.50/hour

I think I would be at full capacity there, because being in town EVERYONE will know I'm there. Now I'm 5 miles out, and I am not at full capacity. I would decorate the windows, go for walks in town with my cart, etc. So, people would SEE us.

[Country Kids]

Our house 17 years ago was $88,000 for 1300 sq ft and that was considered a great price. During the boom of real estate it was actually appraised at around $180,000-$200,000.

Well of course its not worth nearly that now and everyone is so upside down in mortgages that we can't even try to sell it.

[Country Kids]

Yes, I would say so! I do have a $600-800 heating bill each year though if that makes you feel any better.

My own home is similar. We own 40 wooded acres 5 minutes from town and my home is less than 6 yrs old. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, 3 garages. House payment is less than $600.

Of course, we owned our land outright when we built our home. We took out a 10 year equity loan against the property to build our home and have been in it for 6 years now. In 4 years we willown our home and land outright with zero payments.

Is your heating bill that a month or for the winter?

[Michelle]

Yes, I would say so! I do have a $600-800 heating bill each year though if that makes you feel any better.

My own home is similar. We own 40 wooded acres 5 minutes from town and my home is less than 6 yrs old. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, 3 garages. House payment is less than $600.

Of course, we owned our land outright when we built our home. We took out a 10 year equity loan against the property to build our home and have been in it for 6 years now. In 4 years we willown our home and land outright with zero payments.

that is my dream! we would love to have that much land!
we are serious farmer wantabees! we have chickens and ducks and we live in a yuppy kind of area but we don't care..::::
I want horses! I will take the rain and snow any day!