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StaceyLu
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Spinoff to if you would buy a new home
What would be a total deal breaker for you when choosing a new home? I have to be flexible given my relatively low price range but if a house is on a busy road or has that nasty, stale cigarette smoke smell, I'm out of there!
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Hofstra26
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Re: Spinoff to if you would buy a new home
No double yellow line roads/busy streets
No corner house............I like having property
At this point, it HAS to be a 2 story
NO Levitt construction, I'm over it!! LOL
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| Posted 3/9/17 11:25 AM |
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LSP2005
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Re: Spinoff to if you would buy a new home
Main road, or road with a double yellow line.
Backs up to an industrial park.
Cigarette smell.
School 5 or below on the great schools website.
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| Posted 3/9/17 11:27 AM |
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PitterPatter11
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Re: Spinoff to if you would buy a new home
Posted by Hofstra26
No corner house............I like having property
I have a corner lot and have a lot of property. Granted I am upstate so I have a decent lot size.
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Busy road
Smoke or pet smell
No CAC
No 2 car garage
Backs up to/across the street from a school
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| Posted 3/9/17 11:34 AM |
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Paramount
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Spinoff to if you would buy a new home
#1 Cigarette smell. Absolute deal breaker
2. Double yellow
3. Too close to highway - (Don't want the noise)
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| Posted 3/9/17 11:35 AM |
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MichLiz213
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Re: Spinoff to if you would buy a new home
Posted by PitterPatter11
Posted by Hofstra26
No corner house............I like having property
I have a corner lot and have a lot of property. Granted I am upstate so I have a decent lot size.
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My parents are in Suffolk, corner property with a large yard both front and back.
Mine would be cigarette smell, double yellow lines road, bad school district, and near the water.
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| Posted 3/9/17 11:36 AM |
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StaceyLu
LIF Adolescent
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Stacey
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Spinoff to if you would buy a new home
Yes, no rotten school districts either! We're all about little house in great district.
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| Posted 3/9/17 11:42 AM |
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NervousNell
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Re: Spinoff to if you would buy a new home
Busy street
No basement
extremely small yard
One bathroom- I need to have 2.
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blu6385
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Re: Spinoff to if you would buy a new home
Posted by Hofstra26
No double yellow line roads/busy streets
No corner house............I like having property
At this point, it HAS to be a 2 story
NO Levitt construction, I'm over it!! LOL
why wouldnt corner lots have property.
My parents have a corner house and they have decent property size compared to their neighbors (they don't have tons of space but NO one in the area does)
same with me I have a corner house and I have decent size property compare to what my neighbor have
my only one would probably be a very very busy street but I did and consider houses on streets that were busy
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Momma2015
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Re: Spinoff to if you would buy a new home
Posted by NervousNell
Busy street
No basement
extremely small yard
One bathroom- I need to have 2.
Yes! We always had two bathrooms and then we moved into a rental with one. It was horrible! I was SO glad our house had two when we purchased.
Busy street is a big one for me. Nothing in walking distance is a deal breaker for me, too. I want to be able to walk to a train, deli, supermarket, park, etc. I'm a Queens girl at heart!
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pumpkinmom
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Spinoff to if you would buy a new home
- on a Busy road
- backs up to a school, church, temple, commercial building
- close enough to expressway/parkway that I hear it in my yard
- corner lot - depends how much property there is/how the house is sited, but usually isn't what I like.
- poor performing school district
- long commute from NYC
- flood zone
Message edited 3/9/2017 12:06:14 PM.
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mommy2be716
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Spinoff to if you would buy a new home
no basement is a huge deal breaker for me. bad school district and busy road are big as well.
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Busy road
Schools below a 6 or 7
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luvbuffet
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Re: Spinoff to if you would buy a new home
Small kitchen without the ability to expand
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| Posted 3/9/17 12:40 PM |
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gina409
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Re: Spinoff to if you would buy a new home
I'm on a corner and have a big property
My only deal breaker was not on a main road
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bunnyluck
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Spinoff to if you would buy a new home
Not at least 4 bedrooms
Not in a desirable location
No main road
Small rooms
No yard
No CAC
No master bath
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GoldenRod
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Re: Spinoff to if you would buy a new home
Things that can't be changed no matter what..
On a very busy road
Small lot (if the lot is big enough, you can always add whatever is missing)
"Bad" school district
No basement (yes, it can be dug out, but it's a massive expense)
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alli3131
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Re: Spinoff to if you would buy a new home
Posted by gina409
I'm on a corner and have a big property
My only deal breaker was not on a main road
Same. My corner property is actually one of the biggest plot in my neighborhood and the house is set on the property perfectly so that we have a really nice size front, back and one side yard.
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PennyCat
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Re: Spinoff to if you would buy a new home
dealbreakers---
If it's on a main road
If it has a pool
If it has no basement
If it's a high ranch or ranch
If it requires major updates
If there's no master bathroom
If there's a detached garage or just one car garage
Any ONE of those would cause me to walk.
Message edited 3/9/2017 3:00:09 PM.
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Pumpkin1
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Re: Spinoff to if you would buy a new home
Posted by luvbuffet
Small kitchen without the ability to expand
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StaceyLu
LIF Adolescent
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Stacey
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Spinoff to if you would buy a new home
...and if a house is described as a 'splanch' EWWW
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Hofstra26
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Re: Spinoff to if you would buy a new home
Posted by MichLiz213
Posted by PitterPatter11
Posted by Hofstra26
No corner house............I like having property
I have a corner lot and have a lot of property. Granted I am upstate so I have a decent lot size.
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My parents are in Suffolk, corner property with a large yard both front and back.
Mine would be cigarette smell, double yellow lines road, bad school district, and near the water.
By me, the corner houses have very shallow back yards.
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Hofstra26
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Re: Spinoff to if you would buy a new home
Posted by blu6385
Posted by Hofstra26
No double yellow line roads/busy streets
No corner house............I like having property
At this point, it HAS to be a 2 story
NO Levitt construction, I'm over it!! LOL
why wouldnt corner lots have property.
My parents have a corner house and they have decent property size compared to their neighbors (they don't have tons of space but NO one in the area does)
same with me I have a corner house and I have decent size property compare to what my neighbor have
my only one would probably be a very very busy street but I did and consider houses on streets that were busy
In my neighborhood, the corner lots have a skinny, shallow backyard. It's MUCH smaller than my backyard and I want space for the kids, their toys, and a pool down the road. Usually corner houses have large side yards, at least where I am, so that's why it's on my list of deal breakers.
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Ellsey10
LIF Adolescent
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Spinoff to if you would buy a new home
Bad school distric
On a main road
Smells like animals/cigarettes
Only 1 bathroom
Needs major major renovations
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LuckyStar
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Re: Spinoff to if you would buy a new home
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