Nice to haves

mogwai

We decided over the weekend to start looking for 'that' house..the one we'll hopefully be in til kids all grown etc

I don't want to think after, oh I wish we'd looked for a house with a utility room etc - so can I have a peep at peoples list of must haves for that forever house..?:beer:

wiogs

Garden, conservatory, four bedrooms, double garage, driveway, two bathrooms, dining kitchen, dining room, study, lounge and living room.

Haven't found it yet......

And access to fibre broadband.

mogwai

ah thank you! hadn't thought of broadband but we are looking bit further out so may be something to think of

wiogs

mogwai wrote: »

ah thank you! hadn't thought of broadband but we are looking bit further out so may be something to think of

The broadband thing only struck me when I visit a friend who lives in a nice house, nice area and gets no more than 1Mbps, something I could not cope with.

Bennifred

....and a ground floor loo! Oh, and plenty of storage space.

fairy_lights

A Hallway big enough to have a coat rack and a small sofa and a little table with a bowl of fruit.
At this point in time though I would be happy to just live somewhere where the front door doesn't open straight in to the living room.

somethingcorporate

Somewhere to put a chest freezer is always handy.

jules888

For us 4 bedrooms,detached,downstairs loo,good size kitchen and lounge and good location .Moved to a house with all this and more last year!

trailingspouse

I'm in my 18th house, so my shopping list is quite well honed these days!!

Essentials, in order of importance -

Good broadband connection
Room for at least 3 bedrooms plus an office
Double garage plus off road parking
A house (rather than a flat or a bungalow)
Somewhere to fit a catflap
A garden - but it doesn't have to be huge as long as I can hang washing out
At least two loos
Utility room
Not too far from motorway/rail links

My 'nice to haves' are - a bit of character, walking distance from somewhere I can buy a pint of milk if I need to, pleasant places to walk nearby.

My fantasy house would also have an orchard and a stream at the bottom of the garden.

My current house has all of the essentials apart from the distance to the nearest motorway (but only 2 mins to railway station), and all of the nice-to-haves. And I did once have a house with an orchard, but I've never managed the stream.

Jagraf

I've moved house a lot, rented, bought, had tenants etc. I can honesty say the best home I have is where I have the right community for me.

I've had an old cottage (draughty)
I've had a new townhouse (boring)
Terraced cottage (front door into lounge)
Flat (noisy)
Caravan ... Just in the summer.

All had good points too.

In the end I changed my husband instead and now I don't care where I live

bagpussbear

If it was a 'forever' house then my must haves would be:

kitchen big enough to fit a table
2 toilets, one upstairs and one down
shower room in addition to a bathroom
space for a washing rotary line in the garden
double garage - to fit the car and for storage of other things (eg. chest freezer)
En-suite bathroom in our bedroom
Good storage in the house and/or a loft

If I had the money, I'd also want a tv/cinema room :-)