Too much house for me a desperately needs a full kitchen reno (baths too if I'm honest). But I would like the 4 bedroom version of this house with a new kitchen and about a tenth of the outdoor space.

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Anonymous wrote:I want the master on the main floor, away from the kids/guest bedrooms. Also, I want kids above the master, not below (for safety and harder for teenage sneak outs).

But it's otherwise lovely.

Houses from this era do not have the primary bedroom, or any bedrooms, on the first floor.

My grandmother lived in an 1880 Victorian house and the master was on the first floor. I used to give tours of her house during town festivals.

Many Victorians of this size had a first floor bedroom. There was always a grandmother living in, or mother recovering from a pregnancy. Or someone with a long illness. But Victorian layouts were also flexible as rooms could be a bedroom or a library or an extra parlor.

As it is, this house reminds me why I have no interest in a Victorian of this kind. Too many small poky rooms. No openness. Happy to respect it but not to buy it.

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Anonymous wrote:I want the master on the main floor, away from the kids/guest bedrooms. Also, I want kids above the master, not below (for safety and harder for teenage sneak outs).

But it's otherwise lovely.

Houses from this era do not have the primary bedroom, or any bedrooms, on the first floor.

My grandmother lived in an 1880 Victorian house and the master was on the first floor. I used to give tours of her house during town festivals.

Anonymous wrote:I want the master on the main floor, away from the kids/guest bedrooms. Also, I want kids above the master, not below (for safety and harder for teenage sneak outs).

But it's otherwise lovely.

Houses from this era do not have the primary bedroom, or any bedrooms, on the first floor.

I want the master on the main floor, away from the kids/guest bedrooms. Also, I want kids above the master, not below (for safety and harder for teenage sneak outs).

But it's otherwise lovely.

Silver Spring is a dump though with no character. I’d rather just negotiate WFH for a lower salary and live in Roland Park if Victorian SFHs were my thing.

https://www.redfin.com/MD/Baltimore/4-Hillside-Rd-21210/home/11163798

It's gorgeous. Utterly charming.

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Anonymous wrote:Nice house on a decent-sized lot but it’s zoned to Einstein.

I knew somebody would say this you're all just school obsessed weirdos. Thousands of Einstein grads have done just fine.

There’s no need to pay $1.32M to go to Einstein.

And yet, people do just that, and like Einstein!

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Anonymous wrote:Nice house on a decent-sized lot but it’s zoned to Einstein.

I knew somebody would say this you're all just school obsessed weirdos. Thousands of Einstein grads have done just fine.

There’s no need to pay $1.32M to go to Einstein.

Anonymous wrote:I love this home! So much character and charm. The porches and outside garden are lovely too. Out of my budget but I would rather this home than a new build any day.

This is where I’m torn. It’s a lovely house and so charming. But man, I love (some) new build designs for how I actually live. Energy efficiency, bathrooms where the toilet is not right on top of the sink, a garage.

At least this is a fair fight though. Charm and uniqueness vs a thoughtful new build. The worst is some of the new and 90’s, 2000’s builds that have no charm and STILL were not thoughtfully built (garages on the opposite side of the kitchen, for example).