I hate main bedrooms...

[Anonymous]

Sunken living room - that step down is just disrupting the flow of the house and making it impossible to extend a dining table into the living room for large dinners (like Thanksgiving). Makes the space inflexible.

Those tiny windows at the top of the wall in the bedroom. I get that they are supposed to be for privacy, but that's what blinds are for. I want to be able to reach/open my windows for fresh air.

I also disagree with OP about a bathtub in the master. It's a huge waste of space for a tub that I'm never going to use. As long as there's a tub in a second bathroom (to bathe my kids), I'm good.

[Anonymous]

I'm sad if that $12 million house poster who put in LVP is real.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sunken living room - that step down is just disrupting the flow of the house and making it impossible to extend a dining table into the living room for large dinners (like Thanksgiving). Makes the space inflexible.

Those tiny windows at the top of the wall in the bedroom. I get that they are supposed to be for privacy, but that's what blinds are for. I want to be able to reach/open my windows for fresh air.

I also disagree with OP about a bathtub in the master. It's a huge waste of space for a tub that I'm never going to use. As long as there's a tub in a second bathroom (to bathe my kids), I'm good.

You people who dislike a long soak in bubble/fragrant bath are missing out on one of the great peaceful moments of life.

[Anonymous]

I love these threads and seeing how all of our individual personalities and quirks come out in our pet peeves about houses.

My controversial opinions:

-I love double sinks as long as they are sizable and deep. Small shallow ones are useless to me.
-I don't do baths. To me, it is gross with the soap and tepid water and I don't feel clean afterwards. But I love hot tubs, but only with people I know. It's not logical, I know.
-Islands in small kitchens. I need to be able to stand in front of my oven and dishwasher and open it all the way, not have to always stand to the side.

[Anonymous]

Open space. Open space is the original sin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Laundry on the first floor. It should either be in the basement or on the same floor as the bedrooms.

Huh? Who wants to make multiple trips to the basement with armloads of laundry? And what's wrong with laundry on the first floor, where you're generally around during the day.

I love it on the first floor. Very convenient to move loads along while I'm doing other things. Basement would drive me crazy.

[Anonymous]

Bay windows.

[Anonymous]

Two different color kitchen cabinets!!! WHY are idiots doing this it looks so undone and trashy???!!! I can't wrap my head around this.

Barn doors for bathroom doors or any interior doors. You live in a house NOT a barn.

Wood slat or panel accent walls or headboards--just so gross.

Ceiling pillar

CHEAP Vinyl siding

Any house the opens to stairs as the first thing you see, so split level houses and split foyer or raised ranch. Trashy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bathtubs in main (master) bath. What a waste of space.
Grey and white everything
Double sinks

Funny how OP and you are the exact opposite. I really do love a tub in the master, but could not reasonably fit it in during our reno so we went with a nice steam shower instead. It’s still a nice place to relax (almost like a sauna) and great for illness. My kids love going in there to just sit on the bench and decongest when they are sick. Sometimes you have to make do with the space you have and hope on re-sale someone will like it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No walk in closets and carpet. Oh and I want my laundry room on the same floor as the bedrooms.

We had this in one house. It was actually annoying because sometimes I throw a load in before bed, or move it to the dryer, and the noise would keel me awake so I couldn’t. I like it in the basement.

DP, I’ve found main level laundry is perfect. It’s in our mud room so I can have kids come right in and dump sports uniforms or snow gear or whatever that needs to be washed. And since I walk by it enough times a day I remember to move stuff around.

When we’ve had basement laundry I forget about it. Out of sight out of mind. But I also wouldn’t want upstairs laundry b/c well we really don’t have the space, but also I don’t want to have to worry about running it after the kids are asleep.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Laundry on the first floor. It should either be in the basement or on the same floor as the bedrooms.

So funny, I just posted the opposite. I love my main level laundry room!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love these threads and seeing how all of our individual personalities and quirks come out in our pet peeves about houses.

My controversial opinions:

-I love double sinks as long as they are sizable and deep. Small shallow ones are useless to me.
-I don't do baths. To me, it is gross with the soap and tepid water and I don't feel clean afterwards. But I love hot tubs, but only with people I know. It's not logical, I know.
-Islands in small kitchens. I need to be able to stand in front of my oven and dishwasher and open it all the way, not have to always stand to the side.

Agree that it's funny how strong opinions are. I like my double sink (wash on one side, leave stuff to dry in the other w/o cluttering the counter) and would prefer my first floor laundry be in the basement as it was in my old house, but first floor is still better than second floor. When my kids were small, would have hated the noise up there!

The only real dealbreaker for me would be a split foyer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:...with a walk-in closet but an attached bathroom with no tub. I don't care about, want or need a walk-in closet so all I see is wasted space that could have been used to give me a standalone tub if laid out better.

What are your real estate pet peeves?

To each their own, the idea of a tub is gross to me for anyone who is not a young child. Give me my large walk in shower with multiple shower heads and body sprayers any day. We kept a tub/shower in the jack and jill bathroom for kids for future owners (ours are grown and flown).

Anything but hard wood on the main floor of a home (family room, dining room, kitchen den). Whoever puts in tile in a kitchen is either not a cook, or very young (no back issues yet).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Laundry on the first floor. It should either be in the basement or on the same floor as the bedrooms.

So funny, I just posted the opposite. I love my main level laundry room!

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:...with a walk-in closet but an attached bathroom with no tub. I don't care about, want or need a walk-in closet so all I see is wasted space that could have been used to give me a standalone tub if laid out better.

What are your real estate pet peeves?

To each their own, the idea of a tub is gross to me for anyone who is not a young child. Give me my large walk in shower with multiple shower heads and body sprayers any day. We kept a tub/shower in the jack and jill bathroom for kids for future owners (ours are grown and flown).

Anything but hard wood on the main floor of a home (family room, dining room, kitchen den). Whoever puts in tile in a kitchen is either not a cook, or very young (no back issues yet).

I love hardwood on the main floor. No tiles in the kitchen, it’s hardwood too, but I do have a mat below the sink.