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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I'd LOVE to have a beach house. But I agree with many of these folks - it's a pain in the neck for a lot of reasons.

Your kids get up early now. When DD was about 10 or 11 she started sleeping in as long as we will allow - so, left to her own devices, she now sleeps until 11 or 11:30.

All my kids do summer swim team at our pool at home - my youngest started at age 5.  We also do summer camps and classes (for school).  They would FLIP OUT if I said they couldn't do swimming.  They also want to be with their friends.

I also say to wait and find something walkable.  Even my 6 year old can walk to and from the beach if she's with her siblings. It's great when you're at the beach and someone announces they need to go #2 or they forgot their towel or whatever...a 5 minute drive (and 20 minutes of looking for parking) is brutal at that point.

Keep in mind that your friends and family will be busy in a few years, too, if their kids are young like yours are.   So you won't have as many visitors as you might anticipate.  And a 3 BR place isn't a huge spot to host another whole family for any length of time.

Not saying don't do it.  Just saying that perhaps you might want to really consider all the advice you're getting from people who have kids a few years older than yours.[/quote]

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