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Palebride
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Opinions please
would you buy this house?
it's in a GREAT area, with a great school district.
Big house - 4 bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms, full basement, living room, dining room, eat in kitchen, den
competetive price - very cheap for the area
BUT, it has no yard
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CellarDweller
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Re: Opinions please
I think it depends on how important having a yard is to you.
For us, a yard was one of our top 5 requirements so that house wouldn't work for *us.*
But if other things (school district, number of bedrooms, etc.) are more important to you and having a yard is not high on the list, then that house sounds great.
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| Posted 3/28/06 2:36 PM |
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Kate
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Re: Opinions please
I wouldn't. A backyard was important to us when house hunting.
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| Posted 3/28/06 2:37 PM |
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Re: Opinions please
is it still a competitive/cheap price considering there's no yard?
I wouldn't buy it - a backyard was an important consideration for us.
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| Posted 3/28/06 2:37 PM |
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DjPiLL
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Re: Opinions please
Posted by Palebride
would you buy this house?
it's in a GREAT area, with a great school district.
Big house - 4 bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms, full basement, living room, dining room, eat in kitchen, den
competetive price - very cheap for the area
BUT, it has no yard
What is your definition of "no yard". I come from the city. Lived in buildings all my life.
I feel I have plenty of yard on my 60x100 property. 
My DW on the other hand (being from the east end).... no comment. 
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| Posted 3/28/06 2:38 PM |
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MrsERod
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Re: Opinions please
depends on what you mean by "no yard"..
is there ANY room in the back for anything at all??
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| Posted 3/28/06 2:39 PM |
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Palebride
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Re: Opinions please
Posted by DjPiLL
Posted by Palebride
would you buy this house?
it's in a GREAT area, with a great school district.
Big house - 4 bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms, full basement, living room, dining room, eat in kitchen, den
competetive price - very cheap for the area
BUT, it has no yard
What is your definition of "no yard". I come from the city. Lived in buildings all my life.
I feel I have plenty of yard on my 60x100 property.
My DW on the other hand (being from the east end).... no comment.
there's a hill in the backyard....so there's not much room between the back of the house and the hill...and the land on the side of the house was sold and a new house is being built there....
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| Posted 3/28/06 2:41 PM |
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BrunetteMom
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Re: Opinions please
A hill as in one that you can even out? or just not doable at all?
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| Posted 3/28/06 2:45 PM |
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raken40
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Re: Opinions please
personally i wouldn't...we wanted a backyard to enjoy..and even though ours isnt huge, its still private, good to entertain with and its ours!
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| Posted 3/28/06 2:46 PM |
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Palebride
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Re: Opinions please
Posted by BrunetteMom
A hill as in one that you can even out? or just not doable at all?
a really big hill that goes down the entire stretch of the road. at the top of the hill is another stretch of houses.
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| Posted 3/28/06 2:47 PM |
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MsG
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Re: Opinions please
I think it depends on:
if you are ok with no or little backyard
how long you want to live there
If you are ok with it, and you want to stay a while (menaing you will not be in a rush to sell) then I'd say go for it. Just remember that it might take a little longer to sell b/c of the land.
(Is it in E Npt???!!!!!!!!!!
B/c there is a house like that on my street! - opps never mind, not my street, just read your last post)
Message edited 3/28/2006 2:48:20 PM.
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MrsERod
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Posted by BrunetteMom
A hill as in one that you can even out? or just not doable at all?
i was just going to ask this. is there room enough to have it leveled and regraded? or would you have to put up a retaining wall?
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| Posted 3/28/06 2:48 PM |
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Palebride
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Lori
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Re: Opinions please
Posted by MsG
I think it depends on:
if you are ok with no or little backyard
how long you want to live there
If you are ok with it, and you want to stay a while (menaing you will not be in a rush to sell) then I'd say go for it. Just remember that it might take a little longer to sell b/c of the land.
(Is it in E Npt???!!!!!!!!!!
B/c there is a house like that on my street! - opps never mind, not my street, just read your last post)
northport actually 
it was the perfect house until we found out the land next to the house wasn't included.....
i don't think i can deal with no yard at all....
we want to have kids and i don't see the sense in spending money for a house big enough for us all to live in, but not be able to go outside and play or have BBQs.....
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| Posted 3/28/06 3:01 PM |
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Palebride
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Re: Opinions please
Posted by MrsERod
Posted by BrunetteMom
A hill as in one that you can even out? or just not doable at all?
i was just going to ask this. is there room enough to have it leveled and regraded? or would you have to put up a retaining wall?
retaining wall is already up.
anyone kow how much it costs to level out a hill?
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| Posted 3/28/06 3:03 PM |
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MsG
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Re: Opinions please
Is it near enough to a beach that you can see yourself walking there instead of hanging out in the yard?
This must be a tough decision.
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| Posted 3/28/06 3:13 PM |
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Palebride
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Lori
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Posted by MsG
Is it near enough to a beach that you can see yourself walking there instead of hanging out in the yard?
This must be a tough decision.
it is near a beach....so we could go there.....it's so tough!!!!
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| Posted 3/28/06 3:14 PM |
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lorich
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Posted by MrsBSD
I think it depends on how important having a yard is to you.
For us, a yard was one of our top 5 requirements so that house wouldn't work for *us.*
But if other things (school district, number of bedrooms, etc.) are more important to you and having a yard is not high on the list, then that house sounds great.
Great answer.
Also...being you are debating it...it makes me believe that having a yard is important.
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| Posted 3/28/06 3:19 PM |
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nrthshgrl
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Re: Opinions please
The Pit is on a huge hill but I wouldn't hestitate to buy a house there
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Palebride
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Lori
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Re: Opinions please
Posted by nrthshgrl
The Pit is on a huge hill but I wouldn't hestitate to buy a house there
what's the pit?
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| Posted 3/28/06 3:39 PM |
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CathyB
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Re: Opinions please
Posted by Palebride
Posted by MrsERod
Posted by BrunetteMom
A hill as in one that you can even out? or just not doable at all?
i was just going to ask this. is there room enough to have it leveled and regraded? or would you have to put up a retaining wall?
retaining wall is already up.
anyone kow how much it costs to level out a hill?
It depends on how much soil you need brought in. Sounds like you might need a lot, which will really add up. We had a small hill in half our backyard leveled out and we needed 5 truckloads of soil.  I forget how much it cost, we had our sprinkler system and fence installed at the same time and it was 2 years ago.
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MsG
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Re: Opinions please
Or maybe you need soil taken away?
Personally, since I grew up with no backyard, I could live without one if it were in Northport. But it sounds like you really want one.
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| Posted 3/28/06 3:50 PM |
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Palebride
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Re: Opinions please
yeah - a yard is pretty important to us......this stinks!
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| Posted 3/28/06 3:56 PM |
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nrthshgrl
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Posted by Palebride
Posted by nrthshgrl
The Pit is on a huge hill but I wouldn't hestitate to buy a house there
what's the pit?
Sorry I assumed you were from Northport. The Pit is one of the best areas in Northport --- down a very very steep hill.
My sister bought her house in Northport with no backyard. It's always frustrated them but they've screened their side yard for privacy & it works for them. A backyard was important to us. Unfortunately our compromise is we're a corner house to a main road (which isn't exactly quiet). Not sure if it was worth it now.
Weighing the good with the bad, there are probably other houses in good school districts with a better backyard for you.
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| Posted 3/28/06 4:03 PM |
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dpli
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Re: Opinions please
I wouldn't. One of our fantasies with buying a house is having a yard to have BBQs and parties in, whether we have kids or not. I would rather compromise on one less bedroom or a half bath than not have a yard.
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| Posted 3/28/06 4:05 PM |
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Palebride
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Re: Opinions please
Posted by nrthshgrl
Posted by Palebride
Posted by nrthshgrl
The Pit is on a huge hill but I wouldn't hestitate to buy a house there
what's the pit?
Sorry I assumed you were from Northport. The Pit is one of the best areas in Northport --- down a very very steep hill.
My sister bought her house in Northport with no backyard. It's always frustrated them but they've screened their side yard for privacy & it works for them. A backyard was important to us. Unfortunately our compromise is we're a corner house to a main road (which isn't exactly quiet). Not sure if it was worth it now.
Weighing the good with the bad, there are probably other houses in good school districts with a better backyard for you.
we were ok with the house when we thought it had a side yard.....but now that's gone, so it has no yard at all. i can't imagine raising kids in suffolk county with no yard.
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