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[quote=Anonymous]Big things that I would reconsider if I had it to do over again:

1.) Commute. There is a big difference between a 30 minutes commute and a 50 commute. Back when we were looking, it seemed that an extra 20 minutes wasn't a big deal to end up with a much better house. We thought it was better to either live right in the city with no commute or farther out with a better property/house than buy a ton of money and have a 30 minute commute.

2.)Lot is too big. We have 2 acres and only use .5 acres. The problem was that we really didn't see anything in the middle. Houses were either huge filling every inch of the lot and looking right into the neighbors windows or on a huge lots.

3.)Not enough kids. Big houses on big lots mean less density in the neighborhood. Our neighborhood tended to be one that people moved up into after being in smaller house in a denser neighborhood when the kids were babies through early elementary. There are lots of high school and college kids but only 4 elementary age kids and 1 preschooler.

Little things that I live with and would never bother investing in to fix:

1.) The rooms seem to off by a few feet in one direction and cut into longer shapes. I wish my family room was 3 feet deeper. It could be shorter but I woiuld prefer a square.
2.) We have lots of bi-fold closets every. There are 3 in the master bedroom, more in the hallway etc. They are a good size but I would prefer a walk in closet and to be able to retrive the wall space. 
3.) The kitchen layout is bad. The workable space is very limited with not very much counterspace but then a huge open area in front of a desk and closet and large breakfast room. 
4.) The kitchen window should be bigger. I would prefer windows on the sides of the house because the lot is beautiful but you never see large sections. 
5. The bedrooms upstairs are very uneven in size which creates fights between the kids. I would prefer fewer rooms and two equal rooms or even the same number of rooms and two smaller equal ones.

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