I had a bathroom to die for - in fact we bought the house because I loved the master bath, but we really never enjoyed it because when we got home from work, there was still more work to do. And in order to enjoy some of our 'off' hours, we began to hire things done - like heavy yard work, painting, etc. At that point it was obvious that we were not going to want to spend our retirement working FOR the house rather than enjoying ourselves. That's the point you have to come to - - do you control what happens or are you controlled by your house and your 'stuff'?
