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We have a single story house with no garage. Our house is also over 100 years old. Many of the homes around me do not have garages either. Those that do have been extensively remodeled to add one or torn down and rebuilt.
We thought for many years we had to have a garage and refused to look at homes without decent sized garages. What we ultimately discovered is that left us in newer built areas that were not centrally located. We now throughly enjoy being within a five minute walk of downtown. While I would like a garage, I love not living in my car commuting even more.
We have a single story house with no garage. Our house is also over 100 years old. Many of the homes around me do not have garages either. Those that do have been extensively remodeled to add one or torn down and rebuilt.
We thought for many years we had to have a garage and refused to look at homes without decent sized garages. What we ultimately discovered is that left us in newer built areas that were not centrally located. We now throughly enjoy being within a five minute walk of downtown. While I would like a garage, I love not living in my car commuting even more.
Do you have a basement in your home? If not it would be a deal breaker for me. A single story slab house with no basement and no garage on the lot is basically like living in a mobile home.
We have a single story house with no garage. Our house is also over 100 years old. Many of the homes around me do not have garages either. Those that do have been extensively remodeled to add one or torn down and rebuilt.
We thought for many years we had to have a garage and refused to look at homes without decent sized garages. What we ultimately discovered is that left us in newer built areas that were not centrally located. We now throughly enjoy being within a five minute walk of downtown. While I would like a garage, I love not living in my car commuting even more.
The historic houses in my hometown were built without basements, too. They do have crawl spaces. Garages, if they exist, face the alley. Most of those areas are looking very forlorn today, but the architecture is fantastic. Quite extraordinary, really. Even the most modest homes have trim work that puts today's homes to shame. I'm jealous that you get to live in one!
Your taxes may not go up, but your resale will go down, so there is a trade-off.
How does your resale go down when you add an extra bedroom? Last time I checked, all this being equal, a four bedroom home sells for substantially more than a three bedroom.
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Ok. By a coast or near water it's acceptable. Would you live on slab further inland away from beaches?
Hmmn. Good question.
Basements can be scary (I watch too many episodes of Paranormal Witness) so I'd say no, I'd skip the basement if I could.
I'd rather have a guest cottage or Pub Shed in the back yard next to my pool.
How does your resale go down when you add an extra bedroom? Last time I checked, all this being equal, a four bedroom home sells for substantially more than a three bedroom.
Hmmn. Good question.
Basements can be scary (I watch too many episodes of Paranormal Witness) so I'd say no, I'd skip the basement if I could.
I'd rather have a guest cottage or Pub Shed in the back yard next to my pool.
Not having a pool is a deal breaker for me.
It's not the fact that a bedroom was added, it's that a garage was taken out to do so. I'm sure location matters, but I would rather have a three bedroom with a garage than a four bedroom with no garage. I wouldn't have even looked at the latter. I'm sure others have differing opinions, but in an area that has a real winter and frequent large hailstorms, a garage is very nice to have.
I wouldn't care about the slab, but no way would I live in a house without a garage. My car is kept in the garage, and I have way too many tools and stuff that I need access to.
I've never seen a house with a crawlspace here. Don't spiders and snakes and mice and such live under such areas? How in heaven's name does one crawl under a house with spiders living under there?!?
I'll keep my basement.
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