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KateDevine
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Help us pick!!!
We are renting on SI. We'd like three bedrooms, a garage, a basement and some type of outdoor space (kid and dog space)
House #1-
Single family detached
Fenced in yard all around, but the backyard is paved over.
Parking on the street and in the back yard
Tool shed
Finished basement
W/D
Three bedrooms, but two are TINY.
1.5 bath.
Good neighborhood, but close to a so-so neighborhood (those who know, its between College and Forest but closer to College)
$100 more expensive
House #2-
Legal two family with a tenant downstairs
Garage AND driveway
W/D hook ups (we have them)
Entry is on the first floor, with a door to the garage, a closet and the utility room.
Stairs with permanent gate (dog/kid factor)
Living room
Dining room
EIK
Three LARGE bedrooms with LARGE closets
1.5 baths
Yard
Good neighborhood with good schools (for those who know, Great Kills in the "tree" streets past the swim club)
$100 less
Thanks
Message edited 5/20/2010 9:33:12 AM.
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Re: Help us pick!!!
#2 without a doubt...once you said Tiny bedrooms for #1 that turned me off...
With #2 you can get extra income if you wanted to rent out the apt.
Large Bedrooms big Plus...
Its $100 less!
HTH 
Good Luck!!
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| Posted 5/20/10 9:31 AM |
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Sweets13
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Re: Help us pick!!!
If you don't mind living in a house with a tenant it seems like you are better off with option 2. Better area, better school, gargae and driveway and 100 bucks less. Can you meet the tenants before making a decision?
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| Posted 5/20/10 9:32 AM |
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KateDevine
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Re: Help us pick!!!
Posted by NYPD-Wife
#2 without a doubt...once you said Tiny bedrooms for #1 that turned me off...
With #2 you can get extra income if you wanted to rent out the apt.
Large Bedrooms big Plus...
Its $100 less!
HTH
Good Luck!!
We are renting the upstairs. There is a tenant that lives downstairs already
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| Posted 5/20/10 9:32 AM |
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rose825
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Re: Help us pick!!!
I like everything about #2 except for the second floor.
If you are prepared to spend the next 4-5 years, yelling, dont jump, dont run.... then go for it
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| Posted 5/20/10 9:55 AM |
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julybaby07
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Re: Help us pick!!!
#1-I think it will be more comfortable living without tenants below. Its hard to keep toddlers from making so much noise.
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| Posted 5/20/10 9:59 AM |
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LisaW
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Posted by julybaby07
#1-I think it will be more comfortable living without tenants below. Its hard to keep toddlers from making so much noise.
ITA
Hate living with other people
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| Posted 5/20/10 10:00 AM |
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Salason
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Re: Help us pick!!!
#2 sounds perfect. I grew up in the second floor of a 2 family and it really wasnt a big deal.
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| Posted 5/20/10 10:03 AM |
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JldDolphin
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Re: Help us pick!!!
#2. I grew up always living on a 2nd floor and it wasn't a problem. I learned to walk "light on my feet" because of it. #2 sounds so much nice then #1, plus you said it's near a not so great neighborhood and not such a great school. GL!
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| Posted 5/20/10 10:10 AM |
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KateDevine
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Re: Help us pick!!!
Posted by rose825
I like everything about #2 except for the second floor.
If you are prepared to spend the next 4-5 years, yelling, dont jump, dont run.... then go for it
I do that already since Chris sleeps all day  
Only the dining room/kitchen and 1 bdrm (our office/Katie's room) are actually above the tenant
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| Posted 5/20/10 10:41 AM |
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Finally1108
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Re: Help us pick!!!
#2!!!!! If you do not mind having a tenant below then go for it!
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| Posted 5/20/10 11:01 AM |
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MrsFrizzle
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Re: Help us pick!!!
Number 2 without a doubt.
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| Posted 5/20/10 11:02 AM |
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luvsun27
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Re: Help us pick!!!
Did you meet the tenant? What did the LL say about the tenant? Your DH sleeps during the day...so I don't know how it will go over. In #1 the single family...you only have to control your own noise and DS's noise...in #2 the 2 family, you have no control over the tenant on the first floor...and how is that going to impact your DH's sleep schedule?
How about option #3...keep looking
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| Posted 5/20/10 11:03 AM |
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Beth
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Re: Help us pick!!!
house #2
my aunt and uncle belong to that pool club...it's nice over there! too bad there is a million year wait to get in!
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| Posted 5/20/10 11:07 AM |
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KateDevine
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Re: Help us pick!!!
Posted by luvsun27
Did you meet the tenant? What did the LL say about the tenant? Your DH sleeps during the day...so I don't know how it will go over. In #1 the single family...you only have to control your own noise and DS's noise...in #2 the 2 family, you have no control over the tenant on the first floor...and how is that going to impact your DH's sleep schedule?
How about option #3...keep looking
We are running out of time to keep looking.....and these are the nicest of the SIXTEEN things we've seen...we almost picked one and when we went back totally fell OUT of love with it.
The LL said the tenants are a mother and daughter and she works FT and the kid works FT too.....
We are UPSTAIRS, so I am not worried about Chris' sleep....and their apartment is not even under the master, its only under the kitchen and bathroom
I should add, we've lived in this same set up as the tenants (the lower apt) and had no issues there...
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| Posted 5/20/10 11:08 AM |
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HeatherRose
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Re: Help us pick!!!
#2 if you are ok with living in a 2 family. I would think you are because it made the list
better schools, neighborhood, bigger rooms and saves $1200 a year!!
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| Posted 5/20/10 11:08 AM |
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Nik211
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Re: Help us pick!!!
i like #2, i lived in SI and i think i would prefer that location over the 1st...how is the location for communting for you guys?
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| Posted 5/20/10 11:08 AM |
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KateDevine
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Re: Help us pick!!!
Posted by Nik211
i like #2, i lived in SI and i think i would prefer that location over the 1st...how is the location for communting for you guys?
I'm a SAHM, but it is close to family.
DH works in Brooklyn, but overnights, so just being back in the city will be easier for him then mid-Suffolk where we live now...
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| Posted 5/20/10 11:13 AM |
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Janice
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Re: Help us pick!!!
I am a hylan blvd girl. #2 for me.
train right there. express bus right there. but i guess that is a commuter mindset
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| Posted 5/20/10 12:43 PM |
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mandasue
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Re: Help us pick!!!
i say number 2 as long you are ok with having a tenant and could swing the mortgage without the tenant if needed
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| Posted 5/20/10 12:46 PM |
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KateDevine
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Re: Help us pick!!!
Posted by Janice
I am a hylan blvd girl. #2 for me.
train right there. express bus right there. but i guess that is a commuter mindset
I was waiting for you
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| Posted 5/20/10 12:50 PM |
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luvsun27
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Re: Help us pick!!!
Posted by KateDevine
Posted by luvsun27
Did you meet the tenant? What did the LL say about the tenant? Your DH sleeps during the day...so I don't know how it will go over. In #1 the single family...you only have to control your own noise and DS's noise...in #2 the 2 family, you have no control over the tenant on the first floor...and how is that going to impact your DH's sleep schedule?
How about option #3...keep looking
We are running out of time to keep looking.....and these are the nicest of the SIXTEEN things we've seen...we almost picked one and when we went back totally fell OUT of love with it.
The LL said the tenants are a mother and daughter and she works FT and the kid works FT too.....
We are UPSTAIRS, so I am not worried about Chris' sleep....and their apartment is not even under the master, its only under the kitchen and bathroom
I should add, we've lived in this same set up as the tenants (the lower apt) and had no issues there...
Then I vote for #2.
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MST9106
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Re: Help us pick!!!
#2 for SURE! AND I can come and visit you since we have family in Great Kills!
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Waste06
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Re: Help us pick!!!
Can you find out if the tenant works during the day? If so, then that would be better. If it's a young kid playing music and beer pong all day, then that might not be good for your DH.
I personally hated sharing a house with another tenent. It got ugly sometimes. But, I still think that guy was an azzhat.
ETA: Just read your update and based on that, #2, esp. since that's worked for you in the past.
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julz33
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Re: Help us pick!!!
#2!
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