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dcl08
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must haves in a home...
what are some of your must haves? and things to look for when you shop around?
we have been looking for so long im getting tired of it....i am want a strict list of must haves that i can send to my agent. i feel lilke she shows me what SHE wants not what i want
when we go to open houses what should we look for? ask about?
any help is EXTREMELY appreciated
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hmm8191
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Re: must haves in a home...
our musts were a fireplace and a basement and we got both!
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| Posted 3/8/10 1:36 PM |
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alli3131
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Allison
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Re: must haves in a home...
Our must was a garage and other than that we kept a very open mind and I think thats the only reason we found a house so quickly.......we have friends that started before us and have not found a home because they have very strict requirements.
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| Posted 3/8/10 1:55 PM |
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GoldenRod
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Re: must haves in a home...
Nobody else can really answer that for you. For me, I wouldn't want a fireplace, and when we were looking, any house with a pool was automatically eliminated.
General topics, that you can decide you do or don't want are:
Garage
Pool
Basement
Outside and/or inside entrance to basement
Corner lot
Busy road
Two stories
More than one bathroom
Kitchen size
Patio/deck
Central A/C
Gas/oil/electric heat
Hardwood floors
Fireplace
Handicap accessible
Windows (energy efficient and fire egress size)
Number of bedrooms
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| Posted 3/8/10 1:58 PM |
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CouponKT
Our family is complete
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Re: must haves in a home...
right now,
3 BR
1.5 baths
Basement
Garage
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Kelly9904
Mommy to 2 amazing little boys
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Kelly
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Re: must haves in a home...
our must haves were
garage
basement
1/3 acre +
3 beds 1.5+ baths
some work was okay but NOT a total fixer upper
Its hard though because I am sure your realtor can tell you tons of stories where she showed someone a house that didnt have say a Garage, after they insisted that the Had to have it, yet they bought it because they loved the house.
We had to have a garage but we did bid on one house that didnt have one. however we made the Realtor go to the town hall with the survey and verify that one could be put in.
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| Posted 3/8/10 3:08 PM |
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skew
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Re: must haves in a home...
must-haves are a personal preference but mine were;
- colonial
- attached 2 car garage
- full basement (unfinished or finished)
- 4 bdrms
- 2.5+ bths
- fireplace
- private yard
- at least a 1/2 acre lot
wants
- CAC
- IG pool
- updated kitchen and baths
although the search was lengthy, the house purchased met all the must-haves and almost all the wants (bths were not updated)
be patient and think positive!
Message edited 3/8/2010 3:32:40 PM.
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mamallama
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Re: must haves in a home...
basement and LARGE backyard!
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| Posted 3/8/10 3:42 PM |
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Beth
The Key to your new home....
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Beth
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Re: must haves in a home...
could it be that what you are looking for is not available in your price range and location?
I know as a Realtor- I don't have time to just show a buyer what I think they should buy- but maybe you need to sit down and speak to her about what you are looking for and if it exsists in the area you want to buy in
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| Posted 3/8/10 4:01 PM |
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freckles
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Re: must haves in a home...
Basement
Garage
At the least, 2 bathrooms
At the least 3 bedrooms
Not located on a main road
Everything else was negotiable 
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| Posted 3/8/10 4:17 PM |
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Cpt2007
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Re: must haves in a home...
at least 3br
at least 2ba
good sized kitchen (since we like to cook and entertain)
a back yard of some size to allow for gardening
prefered to have a driveway and a garage but were not deal breakers (neither are common in our area)
What we got in the end was a 3 br, 2.5 ba, with driveway, garage and finished basement. We have a small yard (front and back) with a screened in porch. We are very lucky.
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| Posted 3/8/10 4:36 PM |
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MissJones
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Re: must haves in a home...
For the future:
Basement
Garage
Laundry
3+ bedrooms
2+ bathrooms
decend yard
not a busy street
Good bones...meaning, okay, if we have to paint, fine. If we have to update, fine. But if we have to demolish, no! 
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| Posted 3/8/10 4:58 PM |
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evenedan
Need a little sunshine
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Re: must haves in a home...
Things we would not compromise on:
A mortgage that would enable us to still live life.
A nice, open layout, not small chopped up rooms.
At least three bedrooms.
An area we love and a street that had some character and charm.
A basement.
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| Posted 3/8/10 5:10 PM |
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jgl
Love my little boys!!!
Member since 8/07 7060 total posts
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g
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Re: must haves in a home...
basement
garage
gas heat or gas service in house
3 or more bedrooms
yard that was suitably sized for us
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jen919ifer
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Re: must haves in a home...
basement
decent sized yard
fireplace-didn't get it, but I will in our move up house LOL
porch
master bedroom big enough for king furniture- didn't get that but is currently being made bigger
master bath-didn't get that
walk in closet- we are building one now
eat in kitchen
dining room
garage
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| Posted 3/8/10 6:00 PM |
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Xelindrya
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Member since 8/05 14470 total posts
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Veronica
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Re: must haves in a home...
Here was my list
Open floor plan
Lots of light from windows
Good back yard
Prefer a small front yard
two car garage
3 bedrooms
2 baths
open kichen plan
Walk in closet in the Master bedroom
At LEAST a tub in the master bath (TX)
good school district
child friendly neighborhood
playground close by
Not too busy of a road
lower tax rate
under $165k
Secondary rooms had to be over 11X12
Water Softner (TX)
no carpet (TX)
I didnt get those last two but got everything else!
At least I hope I did
(TX) San Antonio is aquafor fed so the hard water is murder on the toilets, washers, dishes etc. I need to buy this.
(TX) carpet is a stable here. I can't STAND it. Need to pull it and put down fake wood haha
(TX) Every danged house had a stand in and a garden tub. Its so stupid in my opinion but we ended up with the same in the house we put an offer in on.
I also started off wanting two stories and found out I really only want/need a 1story.
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dcl08
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Re: must haves in a home...
Posted by Beth
could it be that what you are looking for is not available in your price range and location?
I know as a Realtor- I don't have time to just show a buyer what I think they should buy- but maybe you need to sit down and speak to her about what you are looking for and if it exsists in the area you want to buy in
i find exactly what i want and show her...everyone that i have said she says is not avaliable...however there are houses on there that have been for months...theres alot more to it that im just annoyed at this pt
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PennyCat
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Jib
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Re: must haves in a home...
I wanted the kids bedrooms to be a decent size. We saw so many houses where the kids bedrooms were SO small that I got worried we wouldn't be able to fit much more than a crib and a dresser!
With the house we bought, the rooms aren't HUGE but definitely a decent size. Since we do not have a basement or a garage, it was important to us to have decent size rooms since we won't have the extra storage space!
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Mrs213
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Re: must haves in a home...
for me it would be large closets - every person has different preferences though...
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Mimms
love my boys
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Re: must haves in a home...
We wanted:
Minimum of 3 br's
Min. 2 Bathrooms
basement
Lg. backyard
Good SD
Quiet neighborhood/ street
Mid-block location
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Karen
Just chillin'!!
Member since 1/06 9690 total posts
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Karen
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Re: must haves in a home...
~ basement
~ gas, not oil
~ CAC (which we didn't get)
~ 2+ bathrooms
~ 3+ bedrooms
~ garage
~ good school district
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KittyGags
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Re: must haves in a home...
We wanted:
Garage
3+ BR
2+ Full Baths
a driveway that fit 2 cars
Basement
Pool and if not, a property that had room for one.
We got all of the above!
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| Posted 3/8/10 9:05 PM |
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Re: must haves in a home...
my MUST list was:
in one of the school districts we selected (Kings park, smithtown, northport, commack, hauppauge, three village)
at least 3 bedrooms
at least 1.5 baths
updated kitchen and baths - or a price low enough that we could update ourselves
private yard
basement or large attic (storage space)
quiet street
distance from main roads and train tracks
if it was in the lower end of our price range we would accept the fact that we would have to do some remodeling/renovations. if was in the top of our proce range we wanted the major projects to be done. (kitchen and baths)
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| Posted 3/8/10 11:45 PM |
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Beth
The Key to your new home....
Member since 2/06 24849 total posts
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Beth
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Re: must haves in a home...
Posted by babyin08
Posted by Beth
could it be that what you are looking for is not available in your price range and location?
I know as a Realtor- I don't have time to just show a buyer what I think they should buy- but maybe you need to sit down and speak to her about what you are looking for and if it exsists in the area you want to buy in
i find exactly what i want and show her...everyone that i have said she says is not avaliable...however there are houses on there that have been for months...theres alot more to it that im just annoyed at this pt
Hmmmm...does she tell you why they are not available? Accepted offer- no more shows, in contract? Short sales? (I have a few clients that don't want to see short sales)
What is she showing you? Her listings?
Do you have a signed buyers agent agreement?
If you want to fm me a few mls # - I can call and see if they really are unavailable
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| Posted 3/9/10 7:36 AM |
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Re: must haves in a home...
we were easy 3 bedrooms
back door or side door
basement
nice backyard
I did not realize a back door was something I had to say but went to a couple houses that had no entrance to the backyard wierd
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