If you were to move and buy a new home

What would be some absolute must-haves in your new home this time around?

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4+ bedrooms
formal living room + family room
large enough kitchen to get an 8+ burner stove, wall ovens w/french doors and an island or peninsula
yard large enough for an outdoor kitchen ( small is OK )

10 min or less walk to train



this is why Im never going o find anything

If you were to move and buy a new home

Pretty much all the things we added to our current house - gas heating; upgraded electric, central air, a pool or at least room to put one in.

Things we don't have that I wish we did - a bigger dining room (or at least one that is open to another room to expand into when you have a large group) and a better layout of the kitchen - I hate our kitchen layout and can't even come up with something better for when we eventually redo it.

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more closet space especially in our bedroom, a 4th bedroom, an attic with actual space for storage.

If you were to move and buy a new home

4+ Bedrooms
Walk-In Closet in Master
Full Bath in Master
2 additional Full Bathrooms
Living Room and Family Room
Large Kitchen Island
Central AC
Gas Heat and Water
Highhats in all rooms
Basement
Attic
Upgraded Electric
Large yard with room for a pool
Garage
Double Wide Driveway

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2 car attached garage.
Central A/C
Full basement (doesn't have to be finished, but easy access to plumbing and wiring, plus storage space)
3 bathrooms (minimum of 2. We have 3 now, and with 4 people, it comes in handy)

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Livingroom and sep den
Bigger dining or ability to expand to other room for holidays
Open layout kitchen
Garage for DH
Porch


We currently only have a LR. So eventually we will be adding a den off the dining room which will fix my bigger dining/expand issue in the future. And we will be knocking down a wall when we redo kitchen for the open layout

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BASEMENT- non negotiable

Larger bathrooms and bedrooms

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Re: If you were to move and buy a new home

Posted by NervousNell

Posted by luvbuffet

4+ bedrooms
formal living room + family room
large enough kitchen to get an 8+ burner stove, wall ovens w/french doors and an island or peninsula
yard large enough for an outdoor kitchen ( small is OK )

10 min or less walk to train



this is why Im never going o find anything

You'll find it.
But it will be:

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We just moved from a larger home to a smaller home. My must haves for this move were:

Open concept kitchen/family room
3 bathrooms
Master suite with a bath
Playroom space for DD on main floor
Basement
Garage
Central air
Force air heating

The house we ended up buying only had a garage and basement from the list. The rest we are adding. It's a major project that we are in the midst of but once it's done it will work perfectly for us.

I remembered something else:
If you can get laundry on the main floor or bedroom floor do it. We had that in my larger house and it was great. No room for it in the new house. Laundry is staying in the basement and I'm already dreading it.

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If you were to move and buy a new home

We are moving OOS. Wishlist is 4 bdrms, 3.5 baths, separate laundry room, large walk in closets, pool and play ground in community, close to beach, large kitchen with island, separate dining room, and a seperate play room would be awesome.

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Basement
Fireplace
Double driveway
Open layout
Updated kitchen with island
Central air

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Bigger dining room for large family gatherings, no living room bc it's a waste if you have a family room, and a mudroom. I would also love a bigger basement that could accommodate a home theater.

Also, something I have that I could never give up - second floor laundry.

ETA I would also love a bigger piece of property but I live on an awesome street where all the kids play in their front yard so I wouldn't want it to be so secluded that it gave up that neighborhood feel.

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If you were to move and buy a new home

Garage (preferably 2 car). Dh keeps building sheds but we desperately need a large garage.

Open basement. Our current one has stairs in the middle butchering it and is way smaller than we'd like.

Larger rooms. I would like a larger dining room and larger bedrooms than we currently have.

More property and well landscaped. Dh would like 5+acres and water access which I find excessive. Our property was pretty jungle like when we moved in and almost 10 years later we're still trying to tame it.

I would love some green features (solar, geothermal, etc).

Finished would be nice. We've redone nearly everything in our house and are working on the rest. Doing it ourselves had been a huge undertaking. I don't know that I'd want to do that again.

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I love the house I have now but if I were to move, I would want a bigger kitchen and a 2 car attached garage. And a pool.

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Open floor plan
3-4 bedrooms
central air
zones heat/air
finished basement
wall double oven
modern kitchen
back deck
pool
great room/family room
washer/dryer next to master
master bath
walk in closet
double vanity in master bath

If you were to move and buy a new home

3+ Bedrooms
2+ bathrooms
playroom on ground floor
updated kitchen and baths
formal living room
Formal dining room
family room
decent size back yard
Fenced back yard
Living Room, Dining Room and Kitchen need to be big enough for entertaining - we always have at least 20 people multiple times a month.
Not total open concept

Our house we purchased has all this except I wish our kitchen was a little bigger. We have a sun room which wasn't on my original want list but now that we have one, I LOVE it and get much use out of it that it would be on my new wish list if I was ever to move again (which we won't).

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I would want a huge mud room with sink, a minimum 3 car garage and a double washer dryer laundry room. I would also prefer a stone patio with built in oven and fire pit. Pool would also be nice.

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The only thing we would change about our house would be a second bath (which we are adding) and walkability to a village. We are looking for a foreclosure that meets our criteria (basically within walking distance of a specific village) that we will renovate to meet our needs.

If you were to move and buy a new home

Things we don't have in this house that I want in our next house (whenever that may be... ):
- all bedrooms on one floor
- a separate formal living room and den
- room in a dining room for a china closet
- eat in kitchen to fit a table

Things I love in my current house that I would also want to have again are an attached 2 car garage, full basement, 4 bedrooms, 3 full baths, mudroom, and an island in the kitchen w/ stools. But the island thing won't be functional as our only casual eating space once we have more children.

ETA: would love laundry on the first floor instead of basement

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So we moved two years ago, but this was my list
9 or 10 school district for elem., middle and high school
Cul de sac location
Not on a main road
Easy access to high ways
Colonial style
4 bedrooms
2.5 bathrooms
Walk in master closets
Large closets
Large master bath 12x15
Large master bedroom 24x18
Storage or play room for kids toys
Living room and dining room open to one another to extend seating. I can fit 24 people if needed.
Den
Eat in kitchen
Center island in kitchen
Windows and good lighting
Flat land in the back yard
2 car garage
Good storage

What I wanted and did not get, laundry upstairs with bedrooms.
Basement, but I am not really a big fan of basements, so I am ok without it.

If you were to move and buy a new home

My house is perfect for us. If I were to move I would keep my house, maybe wish it was just a little larger overall with a bigger kitchen. My must have would be a larger yard. For me it would take a lot to move

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We are looking out of state but this is my list
Garage
Large lot ( not on top of neighbor)
Good schools
4 bedroom +
Kitchen open to living room
Usable flat yard
Not on busy road
Not a corner lot
Not a ranch
Formal dining room
Hardwood
Mature landscaping
Pool or access to pool
Prefer 1 Bedroom on first floor for in laws
Updated kitchen

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4 bedrooms
2 story
Finished basement
2 car garage
Big kitchen with an island
Fireplace
Central air

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