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I'm in the dream home I can afford. It is one-story, open concept kitchen with eating area & family room, 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths on a wooded 1-acre lot in town. The only thing I'd change is I'd like a separate laundry room. When we bought this house the kitchen needed gutted, after 3 years it is almost complete. I never want to move.

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Nothing south of the 49th parallel.

 

Are you sure you're not my dh just pretending to be you? ;):lol:

 

We bought our house almost a year ago. I have a list totally different from anyone else...

 

2km from dh work

2km from the library

1km from a recreation center (pool)

1km from green space, park, woods....

 

Love your list.

 

Some things important to us (some we have; some we don't):

no home-owners assn.

window over the kitchen sink (& lots of windows in general)

lots of natural light in the house (windows &/or skylights)

not being able to see another house out the back windows

(very) quiet street

lots of (mature) trees in the yard

natural landscape (*not* an over-pruned, over-poisoned by chemicals on a weekly basis type yard)

laundry room w/ a big sink (or a mud room w/ a big sink)

eco-friendly features (tankless water heater; solar panels; gray water tank; white roof; etc...)

attached garage

storage room (not an attic, basement, or extra bedroom -- a small, walk-in room where you could store stuff like bulky luggage, pet carrier cages, holiday decorations, etc...)

no carpeting

w/in walking/biking distance to places like Julie mentioned

no smoke smell (no smokers ever having lived there)

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