Do you live in a townhouse? Like/Dislike?

[Anonymous]

I live in a SFH with an large yard and am actually house hunting for a large townhouse (think SFH smashed together) because I HATE the yard. It takes up precious time away from the family and doing fun things. I want a yard I can mow with scissors.

With that said, we used to live in a TH and our neighbors had wild parties that we could clearly hear, it drove me bonkers. This time we will move into an end unit only.

[Anonymous]

We lived in a townhouse in Parkfairfax for 4 years, and heard everything our neighbors did. It was an end unit, but still pretty bad.

Definitely make sure you're well-insulated from sounds if you think that'll bug you.

[Anonymous]

We're in a brick townhouse that was built in '68. This thing is solid--we hear nothing of our neighbors, and they hear nothing of us.

[Anonymous]

We live in a townhouse built in 1995 and have never heard our neighbors through the walls (even when they had parties). Noise has never been an issue for us. I would caution, however, that the maintence on a townhouse is not very different from a single family home. Aside from the lack of yard work, you will have issues with the roof, plumbing, electrical, etc. It is way more high maintenance than a condo, for instance.

[Anonymous]

we own a small rowhouse in Georgetown built in 1880 and you can hear absolutely NOTHING next door. Things were so solidly built back then.

However, I rented a newer construction townhouse in the mid 90s in NorthernVA and the walls between were paper thin.

It will depend on both the quality of the construction adn the neighbors.

[Anonymous]

We used to live in a townhouse and, while noise was not an issue, I did not like it. Having three levels drove me nuts - my legs were really sore for the first few weeks because of walking up and down the stairs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Having three levels drove me nuts - my legs were really sore for the first few weeks because of walking up and down the stairs.

Was that the only exercise you were getting?
I am asking because my grandmother lived in a 3 level house, and for her the stairs were on some days the only exercise she got. It kept her somewhat in shape. She lived to be very old.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We used to live in a townhouse and, while noise was not an issue, I did not like it. Having three levels drove me nuts - my legs were really sore for the first few weeks because of walking up and down the stairs.

I'm sorry to say, but if stairs in a TH are making you sore, you are really out of shape and for the sake of your health, should consider a major lifestyle change.

I do not even exercise (other than walking around town), and would say I'm a bit flabby, but live on the 4th floor of a condo with no elevator and I'm not sore, even after lugging up groceries, a baby, and often a sleeping toddler.