[onewhippedpuppy]

Originally Posted by porsche4life

Then how do you feel about small, permanently constructed shipping container homes. Our plan is to be ultra efficient and low maintenance. We can retire early if we cut back on our monthly expenditures. You've seen our house, it's not exactly energy efficient!

And KC, having an older significant other means you think about things more. I will be semi retired at 40, by our plans, so we can travel and enjoy life while we can.

For retirement, hell yes. I will someday push to downsize once our kids are gone. Though I still somewhat question the shipping container thing. I suspect that you could site build a house that is equally efficient and probably for similar money. I've seen a few shipping containers turned into little hipster shops and they always seem pretty cobbled together. Also for a fun retirement home, an RV of some variety would rock. Keep a home base location and then travel wherever you want.