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Bathroom off a kitchen? Yes or No? New house plan
Comments (44)I am so sorry, I posted my post before I saw Angela and Memo's follow up! Angela and Memo, thank you SO much for such a detailed answers. Angela, I am definitely going to make the fridge even with the counter, I can easily lose that space in the pantry, that is the best idea in the world and I never in a million years would have thought to do that on my own. Right now I have a 30" wide fridge, which is next to new (stainless, freezer bottom) but it is not as wide as many I see as my current 45 year old house couldn't accommodate any bigger. I am wondering, I guess I should plan for a 36" deep space because in the future, I will want a bigger fridge, I do know that. I will have to make my fridge area extra large and have a smaller fridge for the moment (but this fridge could last 15 years!!). I'll try and figure that out. Re: stacking washer dryers - I am actually making 2 laundry areas - one in the garage for business (see previous post) and the other on the second level (see below my second level floor plans - original and changed). I will think about the stacking though at either location. But having a laundry and utility sink in the garage kind of solves memo's thoughts about muddy kids. In a pinch I could have them strip down there and keep some extra clothes in that room. Memo, my region is really not a farming area at all. There are no farms around for at least 30 min away, and even then only a couple of high end "heirloom variety and herb" crop farms. We are in the mountains, no room for farms! There may be hobby farms, but the community is not really a farming community. It's more of a tourist village, it's a skiing community in the winter. In the summer, there are lakes all around. Not saying kids won't find messes in the country, oh they will! But my garage laundry and sink should take care of that in a pinch. I am still debating your garage mud room though! Angela, I will def. think about a pocket door for the mud area, but I don't think company (except my kid's friends) will come through the back (garage) way. And that's why I want the bathroom out of the mud room, to keep people out as much as possible! Angela, I really like your idea about reducing the pantry size to accommodate a closet or storage area of some sort on the north wall of the pantry. Thank you for that. I had a feeling the pantry was a bit spacious, but I just thought it's be a great place to put things like a vaccuum, brooms etc in the middle. But that does make getting to the pantry items more difficult. I think your plan is more efficient. Re: Garage space. I reduced it to 2 bay partially because of the laundry room, but also I NEED to have an exterior pedestrian door enter on the same east side as the garage doors. They left NO room in the plan for an exterior door on that side! I can't put an exterior door facing the front house side, looks bad and confuses people as to which door to enter (hate that). I can't do it on the south (backyard) wall either as that is just too far to walk to the back and then walk back across the whole garage again to enter the house, crazy. Plus snow may be there in the winter. So hence, 2 bays + a pedestrian 3 ft entrance door. I know they sell garage doors with a entry door in them, and I may look at that option for the single 3rd bay, but since I am "ruining" the 3 car garage anyway with laundry and workshop/storage, I just thought I'd eliminate the garage door as well. Our ATV can scoot in there from the the 2 door garage. Plus, a 3 bay is not common in my area, just 2 bays or even one bay. The development where we are moving to (42 homes) is pretty diverse and we all have our own builders, people have different styles - no cookie cutter homes here. RE: Double pocket doors with glass for the office. I have a single pocket door with glass that is SUPER HEAVY to push open and closed. I struggle to open it, and it was a new high quality track. I think it is the sheer weight of the pine door and the glass. I don't know if that is typical, but I just wanted to avoid all of that by having regular swing doors. If I can be reassured that there is a way to do this without that heavy pull, I would be into it. I know they sell frosted fake glass (I have that too) that is lighter, but the look is very fake and light doesn't seem to come through it normally. I am open to suggestions. I was also "thinking" of installing glass on either side of the french doors for an even more open look, and I couldn't do that with a pocket door. I am going to work through that idea about using that space by the stairs where the window is to add to the bathroom, great idea again, I will draw it out. I hate loosing that window though, I like windows everywhere! I don't think I want to add a door on the sunroom side though, I personally don't like jack and jill bathrooms and I really plan the sunroom to be a very occasional use bedroom if at all on the main level as I already will have a guest bedroom upstairs. It's really just more to have a full bath on the main level. Love the idea of the ??? as a linen nook!! Problem solved! Or I tuck linens in the foyer closet in a tupperware bin and make a nice niche out of the ???. I really want this to be an occasional use "emergency" full bathroom... But time will tell, you never know about things until you really live in a house. Here is my second floor plan and the original. I will try and darken it in the next day or so....See Morenational open house -- should I open my house?
Comments (6)Several years ago there was a news article on the 'Disappearance of the Open House Signs', that sprang up every Saturday morning! It seems many buyers weren't comfortable with their neighbors and strangers walking through their home, without desired results of offers. From statistics, (I presume from the industry) the article stated that an 'Open House' rarely benefited the house in which it was held, and the Realtor usually sold one of their other listings to the potential buyers! So good avenue for Realtors, not so good for your house!...See MoreVenting...open house and agent....
Comments (21)Patty, I'm sure you know I've learned a bit in the last few weeks of doing research since our contract was about to expire (it did last week). I don't want to write a lot on a public board, especially after what happened to the other poster yesterday. If you want to know more of what I've been (similar to you) through, I will share in an email... IMO, catfishsam is a little different. If you do a search for the posts, they were listed as victorian and the house was not. You posted to her post about the fenced in yard, the front was fenced with a wood privacy fence. The post Thinking of taking house off the market - is here. The pictures are gone but if you reread what you wrote, it will refresh your memory. Roselvr, YOU ARE A SWEETIE. Thank you so much for every single one of your suggestions! I haven't checked any of the other listings, so didn't know about the higher price coming up~that's very 'enlightening', to say the least, and could kill my sale. When it was first listed, I saw the listing on the KW site. However I tried to find it last night and nothing came up~what the he** is going on? I haven't signed up to watch~didn't realize that was an option. Will do that, too. You're very welcome! I ended up doing a bit more looking after I posted and was going to post but I figured I'd wait till we got back. It was one of those days where I couldn't shake my meds after waking up, so looking at this stuff was perfect for this morning. At Remax (http://rbranchandbeach1.california.remax.com) if I searched using $375 - $400, your place did not come up. It was only when I used the $400 to $450 that it did. This is something that seriously needs to be addressed. Why use "value pricing" if it isn't showing up for the lower amount catching those buyers? What I would do is send an email with all of your concerns and tell him he has 48 hours to fix them or you are going to consider breaking contract. There is nothing I dislike more then to be ignored by an agent once they have my business. If he was ignoring my phone calls, he would get either (or both) a phone call or an email with me asking how he planned to present offers to you if he isn't accessible during the weekend. Tell him that this is a major concern of yours, that you are afraid it may lose a sale. The longer you wait, the worst that the market can get. Since you are able to break contract, do so. I have no thoughts on the man vs. woman agent. I really feel that it is the individual agent that I have to click with. Things they say to me are weighed, then I decide. Find out about the commission. From what I am hearing from agents I interviewed the other day, 6% is better and may make a difference on whether the house gets shown. Ours was also 5%, but in our case, I really feel that we have to go local because the inventory is high, they don't have to go out of the office for listings to show. We'll see. Dabunch, boycotted~you hit the nail on the head cause that's exactly how I feel. If I am right, the reason you are being boycotted is because your house is not listed properly. This is due to the lower pricing not being searchable and the fact that you are not on his personal / company web site. This is a biggie; be sure to address this now, with 48 hours to fix this. I haven't signed up to watch~didn't realize that was an option. You know how I am always saying to sign up on all of the major sites using your house info as the search options like you were buying? This is what you need to do. Go to Remax, Century 21, Keller Williams, Weichert and any of the magazine sites - if you have a real estate book from the super market, they should have a site. Yahoo has a real estate site as does MSN. Be sure you break the search info down into 2 different ones - one to watch the lower price you have and another for the higher. You'd use say the numbers I listed up top. I know it is a lot of work, but you need to do this before he fixes everything so you can see if it comes as an email update. Sorry for the book.... I didn't write it all at once lol...See Morecan't make open house
Comments (7)That note things is a good idea. When DS was in 1st his teacher had us leave a note at open house (a no-kids thing at that school) for our child to read the next day. I don't know if DS remembers anything he made for that night, but he remember the note (It started an inside thing of me telling him "may the force be with you" whenever he has to do something challenging). You could even just give it to DH to give the boys that night. Really, they'll probably be just fine, harder on you than on them no doubt. But if you want to make sure they remember something good about the night and not bad, make something good happen. Like the note, the guys night, how cool for dad to go with you (not as many dads go to those things, that will probably make your kids feel very special). I know the feeling though, DH offered to go the parents' night at DSs schools a couple weeks ago so I wouldnt' have to take the baby (breastfed, ya know, he goes where I go for now), he thought it would be easier for me. But I just couldn't stand the thought of not being there myself. I might miss something! So I really think this is harder on you than on them. You're a great mom, don't beat yourself up!...See Morettabb
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