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[quote=Anonymous]A fenced, comfortable yard is great.  We spend a TON of time in ours and love that we can do so w/o worrying about the kids wandering out into the street.

A mudroom / good entry area w/ space for lots of coats, shoes, backpacks, etc. is also great.  Bonus if there is room for the laundry close by so you can strip your kids down and dump dirty, sandy, muddy, wet clothes right into the laundry.

My kids like baths but prefer showers, so we have loved having a large, accessible tiled shower stall for them to play in together.  They'll sit on the floor of that shower stall for 30 minutes playing w/ toys, cups, etc.

As for stairs, we have 2 long sets, and they don't bother me at all.  In fact I was kind of proud that my kids were agile on stairs at an early age (silly, I know, but so it goes)!  I also like the separateness of them being upstairs, safe and tucked in sleeping, while we have grown-up time downstairs at night.  But I grew up in a brownstone w/ 3 sets of stairs, so that's probably a familiarity thing for me.

A family room adjacent / open to the kitchen so you can watch your kids while you cook, etc., is great.  We have one in our (just sold) current house and are sacrificing it in our (just bought) next house.  I think we're going to miss that, but there's always something you give on.

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