Sheldon
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Greetings everyone!
I have spent the last day or so browsing the forum and really enjoy the candid comments and even advice to us Aspiring Innkeepers. Thank you all and to the forum host!
My wife and I have talked about a B&B for years and were planning on doing this after our boys have moved out and gone to college (10 more years for the youngest). We live in a GREAT location for a B&B but the house is 90+ years old and has NO character and an even worse floor plan. Not to mention it is too small for us. We want to tear it down and build a new one.
What we would like to do is build a large home and then start part time with the B&B in 2 rooms. I have seen a few B&B's with families still at home but have never talked to any of them about how things are going. Once the kids are gone, we can remodel to add bathrooms to the 2 larger rooms and have 4 rooms available.
That said, I am asking for input on would you do this part time with boys still at home or would you wait until the nest is empty?
Part of the motivation to start off with the B&B now is our property is zoned commercial. If we build a residence only, we have to live with residential setbacks and so on. If we build commercial (B&B qualifies with a simple conditional use permit) we have no set backs and can build in the same footprint of the existing house (currently too close to the front property line, but in line with the rest of the block. Pun not intended...). The current house is 16' from the sidewalk and the residential setback is 25'. In my opinion, it would look out of place for the neighborhood not to mention the loss of much enjoyed backyard space.
I also ordered the Idiots guide as my first book and added the rest from the other topic to my Amazon wish list...
Sheldon
I have spent the last day or so browsing the forum and really enjoy the candid comments and even advice to us Aspiring Innkeepers. Thank you all and to the forum host!
My wife and I have talked about a B&B for years and were planning on doing this after our boys have moved out and gone to college (10 more years for the youngest). We live in a GREAT location for a B&B but the house is 90+ years old and has NO character and an even worse floor plan. Not to mention it is too small for us. We want to tear it down and build a new one.
What we would like to do is build a large home and then start part time with the B&B in 2 rooms. I have seen a few B&B's with families still at home but have never talked to any of them about how things are going. Once the kids are gone, we can remodel to add bathrooms to the 2 larger rooms and have 4 rooms available.
That said, I am asking for input on would you do this part time with boys still at home or would you wait until the nest is empty?
Part of the motivation to start off with the B&B now is our property is zoned commercial. If we build a residence only, we have to live with residential setbacks and so on. If we build commercial (B&B qualifies with a simple conditional use permit) we have no set backs and can build in the same footprint of the existing house (currently too close to the front property line, but in line with the rest of the block. Pun not intended...). The current house is 16' from the sidewalk and the residential setback is 25'. In my opinion, it would look out of place for the neighborhood not to mention the loss of much enjoyed backyard space.
I also ordered the Idiots guide as my first book and added the rest from the other topic to my Amazon wish list...
Sheldon