Anyone ever consider brewing when looking for a new home?

[steinsato]

3 years ago I bought a house that was great for brewing. I lived in the house for 1 year then moved in with SWMBO in her house. Her house is horrible for brewing. It has very little insulation and no air conditioning in the summer at all. I can't really brew cause of the heat in the summer and have a hard time keeping the house warm enough in the winter. Why did I do such a thing?

 

[DBbrewing]

Since a tornado ruined our house we are in the proccess of finding a new house the 1st thing when I am looking at houses is the space for brewing, growing hops, garage, and usable basement for a bar(man cave), OOOO and an extra bed room for the wife to use for her hobby.

 

[BmillaTheBrewzilla]

Since a tornado ruined our house we are in the proccess of finding a new house the 1st thing when I am looking at houses is the space for brewing, growing hops, garage, and usable basement for a bar(man cave), OOOO and an extra bed room for the wife to use for her hobby.

Wow- sorry to hear about the tornado. I hope everything works out with your search for a new home.

 

[DBbrewing]

Wow- sorry to hear about the tornado. I hope everything works out with your search for a new home.

Thanks I just can't wait to brew, the rental house we are in at the moment is to small to do any type of brewing so I am just waiting till we find a new home.

 

[wyobow]

I will be building a house for myself , with a 24'x24' attached garage ,with a gas line and sink. I may even have it on its own braker box. Without going overboard what else might I consider?

 

[Christian]

In the process of looking for a new house. I'm lucky in that my girlfriend collects and drinks a lot of wine so a bar and cellar area is a must in our search.

 

[andysim]

I'm moving from Fort Wayne to Bloomington area. We found a house with a nice out building.

The out building has electrical, but no plumbing. I need to figure out how to get water to the out building. Any suggestions are appreciated.

It didn't have a basement, so I will have to find a usded fridge to tune into a fermenting chamber.

 

[rico567]

I have a list of things I need/want/would-be-nice for "the next house". Recently a lightbulb went on and I added "200+ amp electric service" to that list so I could have ample capacity to use 90 amps (give or take) for electric brewing I just have 100A service to my house right now. Sometimes you can have your service upgraded but it costs about $1500 to have an electrician do it and I don't even know what it would cost for me since my power comes to the house underground.

You could also look for houses that might have an electric sub-panel in the garage. One can probably be added for the cost of a few march pumps. The cabling alone would probably cost around half of what you pay depending on the length.

A second full kitchen would sure be nice. My basement has a high exit for waste water so I would need a pump to do sinks/toilets/etc.

A 200A service is almost required for any remodel or expansion of service (= any new major electrical appliance) in a detached house these days. We remodeled our way right out of our old 100A service. The old box had a number of those "double up" breakers, and when we decided to replace an inoperative central air unit 3 years ago, it was time to bite the bullet. Power company had to install a 400A transformer, N/C. Electricians buried the service from the power pole for $2500, then did the main breaker box for $650. When we replaced the garage three years ago, we also buried 100A service to it, about $1400. I wired that puppy myself. It cost some money, but our century old house is now up to date electrically.

 

[Wetfoot]

When my wife and I settled on our house, I noticed a mature cherry tree in the back yard. Our first summer, the birds got the cherries. This year, I have 5 gallons of sour cherry wine in a 5 gallon secondary. Mature, fruit bearing trees are a big plus!

 

[Pick]

I've got a nice house on 7 acres. I do my brewing in the open carport with a combination of electric and propane. I need to get a water faucet closer for the time being. My back 2 acres has a 24X16 concrete slab left over from the house that was torn down years ago. I need to get electric and water over there, and then I can put up a brew shed like John Beere and others have done.

 

[jlpred55]

Oh yea. Right now my current house does not have a brewing room or any area that is suitable for brewing indoors. My wife mentioned the other day that when we decide to move we likely need to build a house so I can have a dedicated room to brew in, with natural gas, vent hood, temp controlled ferm chamber and floor drain. She also said I should get "one of those shiny things with the big pots on it at the HB store" LOL, she brought this up and to think she never really cared for this hobby other than the end product!

 

[MBasile]

I think that is acceptable to want a house that meets the needs for your hobbies.

 

[NoNothing]

I think that is acceptable to want a house that meets the needs for your hobbies.

+20

I just got pre-approved on thrusday and told my real estate agent I need room for a nice big chest freezer, and a garage to work on my motorcycle and brew.

Its not unreasonable to want your hundreds of thousands of dollars to go towards something you can utilize to its fullest.

 

[Pivzavod]

In 2-3 years I am moving into a 3 bedroom apartment. I plan to use of the rooms as my office and part of the room will hold a chest freezing so that I can finally do some lagers and I can keep 2-3 fermentors on it for ales.

 

[Chuck_Swillery]

I hadn't brewed for 10 years and wasn't even sure I was going to get back into it. However, when I bought the house I'm in now I was pretty excited when it had a finished basement with a small corner, unheated and no windows knowing it'd be good for homebrew aging.