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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We live in a five level split (including semi-finished basement).

I totally agree they are ugly, and when we were looking at houses, was a little horrified that split-levels and split-foyers made up most of the housing stock available to us (given location and $).

That said, I actually really like our house. The lower-level playroom keeps the kid stuff contained (and keeps the kids close by, but out from underfoot), the main-level living area is perfect for our needs, our bedroom and office has it's own floor and thus affords some privacy, but is only a couple steps down from where the kids are. The house isn't large, but seems to keep going and going... we can accommodate plenty of house guests without everyone being on top of each other.

It bothers me that we don't have a bathroom on the main level, but we did some renovations so that now there's a guest bath right at the bottom of the stairs to the lower-level - not perfect, but better. The stair thing really isn't an issue - there are a lot of them, but you're never going up many at once.[/quote]

I relate to the being horrified at our housing stock options part. I thought I'd never buy one but at our budget they are the bulk so I gave up and put an offer on one. I lost the bid and was so relieved. I guess I still can't stomach the split foyers (less so the split levels). 
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