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personally a tiny garden (im looking for acreage)
a house in a HOA (i will NEVER EVER buy HOA)
or the smell of cat urine (i have pets, the smell of cat urine takes forever to get out of everything (it permiates the walls) and i wouldnt want to stress my own pets out...not to mention, anyone that left their house smellng of cat urine has probably neglected many other nessicary upkeep on the home too.)
personally a tiny garden (im looking for acreage)
a house in a HOA (i will NEVER EVER buy HOA)
or the smell of cat urine (i have pets, the smell of cat urine takes forever to get out of everything (it permiates the walls) and i wouldnt want to stress my own pets out...not to mention, anyone that left their house smellng of cat urine has probably neglected many other nessicary upkeep on the home too.)
So wait, Foxy, did you buy the house with the strange kitchen or are you still looking?
wells fargo screwed up royally (i was told i could have the seller contribute all closing costs...then later told the seller could only contribute 3% (this is a conventional) so it almost fell through, but my agent put me intouch with a local broker and were trying to get it through a different program...and the seller can put all the closing costs in as origionally agreed lol.
should know by the end of next week if this is gonna work or not lol. seller has given us untill sept 7th to close (origonal date was Aug 7th)
Somethings I haven't seen mentioned - and are not on the poll:
1. Non potable water. Sorry, but drinking water is an absolute deal-breaker for me. And yes, we ran into this situation.
2. Cracks in the basement/foundation wall(s) - there are different kinds of cracks - I'm talking the kinds indicating some issue.
3. A house with no room for a 2nd septic and no possibility of sewer coming along soon (there was a situation discussed on here where someone bought a house with a bad septic and there was no room to put in a second one. The first failed, and left the property contaminated.
4. A house with a permanent (not drop) ceiling which hides another ceiling above it and not enough of an opening for an inspector to get up inside. What he did see was droppings and Bingo - bad situation and we passed on it.
I'd never buy a house with a small kitchen, since dh and I spend most of our time there.
Privacy is important. I'd never buy a house that you did not have *any* privacy from neighbors.
I wouldn't buy a house in a "rough" neighborhood were there is historically a lot of crime or other issues (drugs, junker cars, dogs running loose).
I wouldn't buy a house that was in a neighborhood with a lot of rental properties and especially if there were rental properties across the street or next door.
I am not fond of a lot of stairs, either.
Oddly, enough, looking at your list, I would probably not buy a house with an electric cooking stove. If I did, I would replace it immediately with a gas one.
I'd never buy a house with a small kitchen, since dh and I spend most of our time there.
Privacy is important. I'd never buy a house that you did not have *any* privacy from neighbors.
I wouldn't buy a house in a "rough" neighborhood were there is historically a lot of crime or other issues (drugs, junker cars, dogs running loose).
I wouldn't buy a house that was in a neighborhood with a lot of rental properties and especially if there were rental properties across the street or next door.
I am not fond of a lot of stairs, either.
Oddly, enough, looking at your list, I would probably not buy a house with an electric cooking stove. If I did, I would replace it immediately with a gas one.
20yrsinBranson
Really, what don't people like about gas appliances? I prefer them, at least for the cooktop. For the oven I don't care one way or the other.
I believe in zoning! I had a beautiful home in Ohio, only four months old and I had to move out of state due to employment. My home was on a very nicely landscaped half acre. A few days after I listed the home our next door neighbors bought a battered PINK mobile home that was probably 40 years old. They parked it on their lawn right next to my property line. They didn't even level it, just used it for storage. There were no curtains in it, and you could plainly see junk piled floor-to-ceiling inside. was a horrible eyesore, and since there were no zoning laws there was nothing I could do about it. Everyone who looked at my home loved it but couldn't stand the ugly pink trailer. I finally sold the home at a big loss to a couple who got busted a few months later for growing marijuana in the house and garage. True story. That was my first home, and the experience made me appreciate zoning.
Really, what don't people like about gas appliances? I prefer them, at least for the cooktop. For the oven I don't care one way or the other.
I think they are saying they DO want a gas range.
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