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[quote=Anonymous]Location/reasonable commute, within our budget, decent schools (including MS and HS even though our kids were in elementary at the time) and move-in-readiness were the big ones for us. We were moving cross-country and didn't have the bandwidth or time to handle a bunch of up-front renovation work/fixes before we could comfortably live there. Aesthetic changes could and did come later, and the house didn't have to be new, but we didn't want something that needed big system replacements or had major projects staring us in the face that kept us from using the house fully (like totally unfinished basements, or a back door that opened in mid-air where a deck was meant to be built but had no deck, etc.).

High-speed internet access was another priority. I have WFH for more than a decade, and we were looking in the exurbs and ruled out any place where satellite was the only option. We were fine with well/septic vs. city water, but reliable internet connectivity was a must-have.

Even location was somewhat negotiable, though. I preferred something suburby, DH wanted something more rural with a multi-acre lot even though he's the one with the commute. Two very different lifestyles, we had to pick one or the other. We ended up in the more-rural category and it was a great choice, especially during covid. 
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