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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Deal breakers - 
Pipe stem driveway
[b]No driveway[/b]
Busy street
[b]No sidewalk[/b]
[b]More than 3-4 steps to enter the main door[/b]
Yards or driveways with retaining walls, terraced back yards
Neighbors with dilapidated homes, messy unkempt landscaping- either it’s a have for rodents and wildlife or it’s a target for a tear down and I’ll have to live in a construction zone. [/quote]

If it's no more than 3-4 steps to get to a houses front door, the driveway would be of similar length, rendering it useless as a driveway.  The car would be sticking out into the street, or at a minimum blocking the sidewalk.

I don't think you've thought this through.  [/quote]

I believe the PP is talking about steps on a stairway.   [/quote]

This kind of entrance is a deal breaker to me. I don’t want guests entering my home through the garage. I don’t want my mom with 2 hip replacements to have to navigate those steps inside or out to be in the main level of my home. 
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Dealing with aging relatives changed my perspective on this. Straight, wide stairs are fine. It's easy to install a stairlift, and I like how our first floor windows are elevated above the street. If we ended up with someone in a motorized wheel chair, we'd move. But straight stairs are pretty easy to deal with. I'm more attuned to narrow doors/halls/stairs and small bathrooms with regard to accessibility. But I also just accept that when we really have mobility problems, we may need to move. I hope I'm not one of those people who clings to the house. [/quote]

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