Anonymous
10/12/2021 13:38
Subject: What's an absolute "No" in your house search?
Less than 3.5 bathrooms.
Anonymous
10/12/2021 13:31
Subject: What's an absolute "No" in your house search?
Owned by someone on DCUM
Anonymous
10/12/2021 13:28
Subject: What's an absolute "No" in your house search?
Loud, busy freeway in backyard
Most of the house is underground
Most of the house is underground
Anonymous
10/12/2021 13:23
Subject: What's an absolute "No" in your house search?
Anonymous wrote:If I'm not looking to renovate; a cooktop in an island is a hard no.
Same here. I don’t understand why they do that. It is so dangerous.
Anonymous
10/12/2021 13:21
Subject: What's an absolute "No" in your house search?
Well water and septic tank.
Anonymous
10/12/2021 13:18
Subject: What's an absolute "No" in your house search?
Fixer uppers. We know ourselves and know it's not for us. We got a newish build 5 years ago and have had blissfully few repairs or issues to deal with.
Anonymous
10/12/2021 13:16
Subject: Re:What's an absolute "No" in your house search?
Anonymous wrote:Open first floor. I need rooms to retreat to, and I want my kitchen apart from the living room. I know I'm in the minority here.
I’m with you!
Anonymous
10/12/2021 13:16
Subject: What's an absolute "No" in your house search?
Just a note for the "no gas" and "island cooktop" people... I used to have those same hard NOs. And then I bought a house with an induction cooktop on the island. It was AMAZING. I thought I would hate it, but I loved it. And now I have gas again and really miss my induction.
Anonymous
10/12/2021 13:12
Subject: What's an absolute "No" in your house search?
1. Washer dryer more than one floor from the bedrooms
2. Musty smell, indicating mold
3. Stairs leading to kitchen, so I have to carry groceries up flights of stairs. Nope.
2. Musty smell, indicating mold
3. Stairs leading to kitchen, so I have to carry groceries up flights of stairs. Nope.
Anonymous
10/12/2021 13:09
Subject: What's an absolute "No" in your house search?
If I'm not looking to renovate; a cooktop in an island is a hard no.
Anonymous
10/12/2021 13:09
Subject: What's an absolute "No" in your house search?
A pool or busy street are my only real hard no things
Anonymous
10/12/2021 13:07
Subject: What's an absolute "No" in your house search?
In no particular order:
1. No powder room on the first floor
2. Insufficient light
3. Busy street
4. Any flooding issues in disclosures
1. No powder room on the first floor
2. Insufficient light
3. Busy street
4. Any flooding issues in disclosures
Anonymous
10/12/2021 13:06
Subject: What's an absolute "No" in your house search?
The benefit to step-downs is a higher overall ceiling height, so there is a benefit. It also provides a separation of space in cases where floor plans are open, which is probably why you see it more starting in the 70s into the 80s when floor plans opened up a lot.
Anonymous
10/12/2021 13:04
Subject: What's an absolute "No" in your house search?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Busy street. My love of silence greatly outweighs any amenity a house can offer. Cannot relax with car noise, sirens, etc constantly bombarding my home.
+100. Or the backyard butting up to a busy street. Small closets, damp basements, split level foyer.
Does the size of the foyer make a difference to you? I'm with you on those little ones where you only have space for two people to stand there, because I want my whole family to be able to come in and take their shoes off at once. If it were a big enough foyer to fit 5-6 people taking their shoes and coats off though, I'd be open to it.
NP. I always said I'd never buy a split foyer because I hated walking into a stairwell landing, but we ended up buying one we loved where the previous owners had bumped out the entryway forward, creating a big foyer with room for a bench and coat closet and all that. Totally solved the issue for me.
Anonymous
10/12/2021 13:04
Subject: What's an absolute "No" in your house search?
Anonymous wrote:When you walk in the front door and are confronted by a staircase a few feet in front of you. I hate that. It makes me feel claustrophobic.
That's, like, every house in Chevy Chase and Georgetown.