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Anonymous wrote:Laundry on the first floor. It should either be in the basement or on the same floor as the bedrooms.

Huh? Who wants to make multiple trips to the basement with armloads of laundry? And what's wrong with laundry on the first floor, where you're generally around during the day.

I have a job, I'm not generally hanging out on the first floor during the day. Who are you people?

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Anonymous wrote:Sunken living room - that step down is just disrupting the flow of the house and making it impossible to extend a dining table into the living room for large dinners (like Thanksgiving). Makes the space inflexible.

Those tiny windows at the top of the wall in the bedroom. I get that they are supposed to be for privacy, but that's what blinds are for. I want to be able to reach/open my windows for fresh air.

I also disagree with OP about a bathtub in the master. It's a huge waste of space for a tub that I'm never going to use. As long as there's a tub in a second bathroom (to bathe my kids), I'm good.

You people who dislike a long soak in bubble/fragrant bath are missing out on one of the great peaceful moments of life.

Sweetheart, we have jobs and hobbies and friends. Baths are a huge waste of water and time.

If you don’t have time to take a bath, you also don’t have time to read a book, watch a show, or do any other leisure time activity that doesn’t involve seeing friends. That’s sad.

My main real estate pet peeve is houses with small, boxy rooms. I have a lot of friends who will only live in colonials, and while all of their houses have several charming features, many of their main floors and bedrooms feel claustrophobic to me.

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Anonymous wrote:Laundry on the first floor. It should either be in the basement or on the same floor as the bedrooms.

Huh? Who wants to make multiple trips to the basement with armloads of laundry? And what's wrong with laundry on the first floor, where you're generally around during the day.

I have a job, I'm not generally hanging out on the first floor during the day. Who are you people?

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Anonymous wrote:Laundry on the first floor. It should either be in the basement or on the same floor as the bedrooms.

So funny, I just posted the opposite. I love my main level laundry room!

It must be large. Ours is in the garage mudroom along with a coat closet. It's tiny. There's nowhere to fold or hang things. I despise it.

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Anonymous wrote:Sunken living room - that step down is just disrupting the flow of the house and making it impossible to extend a dining table into the living room for large dinners (like Thanksgiving). Makes the space inflexible.

Those tiny windows at the top of the wall in the bedroom. I get that they are supposed to be for privacy, but that's what blinds are for. I want to be able to reach/open my windows for fresh air.

I also disagree with OP about a bathtub in the master. It's a huge waste of space for a tub that I'm never going to use. As long as there's a tub in a second bathroom (to bathe my kids), I'm good.

You people who dislike a long soak in bubble/fragrant bath are missing out on one of the great peaceful moments of life.

Agreed! Also those big showers just feel like the YMCA to me.

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Anonymous wrote:Sunken living room - that step down is just disrupting the flow of the house and making it impossible to extend a dining table into the living room for large dinners (like Thanksgiving). Makes the space inflexible.

Those tiny windows at the top of the wall in the bedroom. I get that they are supposed to be for privacy, but that's what blinds are for. I want to be able to reach/open my windows for fresh air.

I also disagree with OP about a bathtub in the master. It's a huge waste of space for a tub that I'm never going to use. As long as there's a tub in a second bathroom (to bathe my kids), I'm good.

You people who dislike a long soak in bubble/fragrant bath are missing out on one of the great peaceful moments of life.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sunken living room - that step down is just disrupting the flow of the house and making it impossible to extend a dining table into the living room for large dinners (like Thanksgiving). Makes the space inflexible.

Those tiny windows at the top of the wall in the bedroom. I get that they are supposed to be for privacy, but that's what blinds are for. I want to be able to reach/open my windows for fresh air.

I also disagree with OP about a bathtub in the master. It's a huge waste of space for a tub that I'm never going to use. As long as there's a tub in a second bathroom (to bathe my kids), I'm good.

You people who dislike a long soak in bubble/fragrant bath are missing out on one of the great peaceful moments of life.

Sweetheart, we have jobs and hobbies and friends. Baths are a huge waste of water and time.

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Anonymous wrote:Luxury vinyl tile anywhere other than the basement

Bingo.

Anonymous wrote:I really dislike:

- the great rooms where it is two stories and people upstairs see down into the room. It’s insanely expensive to repaint, hard to heat or cool, and a waste of space you could have upstairs.

- ranges in islands. Someone is going to get burned. Especially a little kid sitting at that island.

- master bathrooms without tubs. Taking a bath is so relaxing.

- double/split sinks in kitchens.

- kitchens without double ovens.

- kitchens without a pantry.

- laundry on bedroom level. I’m a light sleeper and really don’t want to hear it while trying to fall asleep.

- laundry in basement. Too far away.

- master bathrooms without a separate toilet room.

- bathrooms into living areas. They need to be in a hall or tucked away.

Anonymous wrote:Luxury vinyl tile anywhere other than the basement

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Anonymous wrote:Laundry on the first floor. It should either be in the basement or on the same floor as the bedrooms.

Huh? Who wants to make multiple trips to the basement with armloads of laundry? And what's wrong with laundry on the first floor, where you're generally around during the day.

I have a job, I'm not generally hanging out on the first floor during the day. Who are you people?

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Anonymous wrote:I wish our house had a true foyer. It is the one thing we just can’t change at all.

Ubiquitous in the DMV. No transition space from the outside.

Why?!

to save space?