If you have the space anyway, you're not paying any extra to store stuff in it. And it's expensive enough to move that it's not economical to do so just to have the lower payments from 1 fewer square foot.
> Not to mention gas to drive and get it. And vehicle insurance. And car maintenance.
If you stop at the store on the way home from somewhere else that you were going anyway, the additional cost of those things is basically zero.
I drive maybe 200 miles a month now. I walk down the street to a supermarket to get toilet paper when I run out.
But still pay full insurance presumably?
I've been fighting this with the insurance company ever since the pandemic started. We no longer drive anywhere daily, working from home. But the insurance company wants to maximize profit so they won't approve less than 6000 miles per year, a number they made up, and keep raising prices.
Good luck with that. Even with an off-brand, you're looking at much closer to twice that if you want any kind of heated water.
Toilet paper? Doubtful. You are paying mortgage + property tax on the pantry space used to store it.
Not to mention gas to drive and get it. And vehicle insurance. And car maintenance.
A bidet seat (heated water, $150 at Home Depot now days) has a better ROI.