Hypno Toad

Echos my comments earlier!

This is a good point, house prices vary so much around the US. In NC, $500K will get you A LOT of house - we looked at a relo from Minneapolis to Charlotte a few years back, I was blown away with what you could get in NC for the same $$$ versus MN. That said, NC doesn't have basements so garage space is typically storage space. We were oddballs looking for a 3-car garage in NC to actually store our 3 cars. That said, based what I've seen in the southeast, you can easily get a house with enough space for an indoor bike storage space - like a bonus room.

Lastly, likely repeating myself, storing 'nice' bikes inside a 'nice' house is acceptable. But it would be totally unacceptable to keep a Walmart bike inside a $500K house

Wildwood 

jitteringjr

Our garage is a 100+ year old carriage house that is not attached. The cheaper kids bikes stay in there but the expensive adult bikes both mine and the wifey's stay in the basement. Any thieves would have to make it past the Doberman and the louder St Bernard mix. In the garage, they could in theory break in from the alley and we would probably not find out until we woke up in the morning. So we don't keep a lot of value out there.

Kapusta

Hoopdriver

Bikes in the house only if there is absolutely no other option, and considering the price range of your plans, you just have to make the other options possible. Garage, stand-alone workshop, or any other structure that you can retreat to when necessary.

fietsbob

now , 70 no GF but briefly, for a long time (decades) so Entry has a bike or 2 in the mudroom .

and housekeeping is Lax. (my house was low cost,for west coast ,
under $100K 1brm virtually no yard)


a bike like Brompton , folds up , and can be hidden in a box with a seat on top ,
so be Furniture..

pick a house with a place for a proper Man Cave rather than just having a Shed/Garage..
especially if that garage has to also keep the car and have the door left open ,
[a common thief's opening]

If house has only a garage, remove the garage door, frame in the opening
make a wall, to only have a double 2 30" wide entry doors..

cars can stay outside..





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Rock71

LOLOL.... I recently had this come up at my house. Although not married, my girlfriend didn't like the bike on the four season porch or in the hallway. Our kids come and go on the weekends so turning a bedroom into a bike area and wheeling them across the white carpet was a no go. Luckily I have a big enough garage that this weekend my son and I are building a room for bicycles and bicycle parts, tools, etc etc. When our conversation came down to "you want the bikes in the house, then you clean the house", I gladly gave in.

Flip Flop Rider

bikes in the garage, car outside

deathcrow76

You gotta pick your battles man. I'd let this one go.....anyways later you can use "well remember when I gave in and put the bikes in the garage" to get something else you want

cyclist2000

My bikes are in the unfinished areas in the basement. That is the easiest way to get them out of the house to go riding. I don't have enough room in the garage to store them and certainly would not store them in the green house during the winter, that's the only unattached building from the house. I don't like my bikes stored in the cold temps, it seems that it has bad affect on the chrome on the steel frames.

KraneXL

Not if your bike is your pride and joy. Besides, this is a bad omen. The one where the female tries to bend the will of the male to her way of thinking. In reality its not about the bike, its about control. This will only get worse with time. Get out while you can.

Happy Feet

This is just plain passive aggressive game playing. You don't need to give up something to get what you want if what you want isn't onerous or harmful. Why not be honest and just say this is something I value period. While perhaps not what she is used to, it isn't harmful or bizarre - just a room for his hobby.

My wife recently remodeled our guest room in old antique style. I didn't agree with that because I wanted to use it as some bargaining chip down the road; I agreed because I knew it would make her happy and.. I want her to be happy. Our rules for such things are simple: Can we afford it? Does it put us at risk? Do you really want it? If the answers line up and the spouse is willing to put in the effort to make it happen - go for it! The other day she said she wanted to plan to buy a camperized van for some crazy amount of money. I laughed because we can't currently afford such a thing but also said, "Ok, if you figure out how to do it". The scary part is she is really good at that sort of thing...

As older mature adults the time for game playing is past I would hope. We should know what we want, be able to articulate it honestly, and be able to respect the harmless passions of our partners because our motivation is to help them be happy.

KraneXL

Its good that you can work things out but just keep in mind that that wasn't an agreement, it was a submission.

02Giant 

IMO, the bikes belong in the garage or an unfinished area of the house. And, if the image of the bikes hanging from the wall was supposed to be a selling point, it did the opposite for me.

02Giant 

The unsolicited relationship advise is interesting to read, considering the divorce rate in the US is near 50%.

KraneXL

Its not about the bike Jeeves. So there's no loss. Incidentally, that figure is just within the first 5 years.

Stormsedge

Mine are in the garage or in the enclosed porch/workout area...traffic in the house (despite being a big house) causes me to move them too much. My day is such that I see them where they are everyday and that's enough...they are bikes.

Hypno Toad

Not on subject, but the 50% stat is inaccurate.

https://www.womenshealthmag.com/rela...te-statistics/

BTW I think OP was soliciting advise, about bikes in reference to their relationship....

NomarsGirl

Honestly, I never thought people kept bikes in the finished part of a house unless they were 1) single and/or 2) have no other secure place to store them.

The only other exception I can see is either a man cave/hobby room assuming you can get the bike(s) to that room without rolling them through the living areas of the house.

Our bikes live in the garage. Much easier to check the tires, jump on and go for a ride.

Hypno Toad

It depends on the house, some houses make it very easy to keep bikes inside, some houses make it hard to keep bikes inside.

And not all bikes are created equal, some bikes make less mess in the house than my dogs:



Other bikes are too dirty to keep in the garage:

Milton Keynes

I was married in front of a judge. I should have asked for a jury.

I keep my "good" bike in my back room/office where during the winter I ride it on a trainer. My beater bike stays in a shed outside.

Retro Grouch 

When the question seems hard, the answer is always easy when you find it.

You just haven't found the right house yet. When you do, the answer will be obvious.

DeadGrandpa

I gotta say that the contributions to this thread have been both entertaining and illuminating. My GF learned that I'm not the only one who thinks bicycles belong in the house when possible, although I do seem to be in the minority on that issue. I learned that everyone posting here does NOT consider a bicycle to be a work of art (which would mean it is therefore deserving of space on a wall to enrich the daily lives of those who view it).

Regardless of our differing views on the subject, my GF and I reached agreement. She accepts that there MAY be an appropriate and logical room (not in bedroom, kitchen, hallways, dining or living room) in our future house in which we will store, but not clean or perform maintenance upon the bicycles. I accept that the clutter of spare parts, tools and various other items will be stored in the garage where bike maintenance will also be performed. The bikes themselves may also be stored in the garage if no suitable room exists in the house itself. (The house would have to be extremely desirable in every other attribute, location and price, for this to happen.)

Also, she wanted it to be known that in the bonus room of her current house (FROG), she has had her favorite bike on a trainer for years. So she isn't totally against bikes in the house. It simply has to make sense to keep them there. I had forgotten to mention that, probably because I abhor riding a trainer or any indoor bike. We live in Carolina, so it's never more than a few days of bad weather until we can ride outside again, so....

Of course I will tally the results of my inquiry and post the summary this weekend sometime. I will also try to categorize and tally the relationship advice received, which seemed to fall into one of two categories: 1) Do What She Says If You Know What's Good For You, and 2) Stand Up For Your Rights (or Stand Your Ground). Very Amusing.

DeadGrandpa

That's exactly what I told her last night. Actually, we haven't seen any houses in person yet; only online shopping thus far.

Retro Grouch 

In 2,000, my wife and I had to sell off our 5 bedroom house and find a condo to live in on a short time frame. At the time, we probably had 8 to 10 bikes including a tandem so bicycle storage was a major consideration. We found a nice condo that had a 2 car garage with a separate shop/ storage room. If we could find the "right" place with a short time span and a relatively limited budget, I'm thinking it should be a piece of cake for you.