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I've lived in a house with a downstairs bathroom all my life and can't see the problem.kiss_me_now9 wrote: »Downstairs bathrooms. Just why.
All 'dirty' areas are on one level and when I'm too old and decrepit to go up the stairs, I can just use the one level.0 -
Many people expect a 24/7 x 365 building at half the price of a real extension, which isn't realistic. They then expect people to do a first class job without any building inspector overseeing their work. Again, given human nature, often unrealistic.I guess I'm alone not liking conservatories. Though with what has been said I may rethink my stance on them (maybe my friends all got them on the cheep, lol).
There's the potential for lots to go wrong and for corners to be cut, especially in areas that add to the cost but can't be seen.
Also, these things need to be designed, not just to keep heat in, but to get rid of it too, when necessary. Sales persons are not interested or usually qualified in design or practicality; all they want is your name on the contract!0 -
Many houses were built at a time when they weren't bog-standard,kiss_me_now9 wrote: »Downstairs bathrooms. Just why.
hence they were add-ons. 0 -
- I don't like reverse houses - where the living is upstairs and the bedrooms downstairs.
- I also wish i didn't live in house that has lousy refuse collection (we have to use 4 different bags - I long for the days of wheelie bins)
- I don't like houses where the road layout means you have to walk the long way around just to get to a shop - we are lucky with the amount of footpaths we have in Cornwall
- i don't like houses where your driveway is obscured so entering/leaving is tricky - for example on a bend
- I don't like houses where neighbours can influence my enjoyment - eg a tree obscuring my sunlight or "their" fence being insufficient
- I don't like houses with no doorbell (although that is easily fixed)
Our major concern when looking for a house is whether it is cat friendly - that means decent garden with fences, no busy road, place you can put catflaps and lots of soil for them to do their business0 -
we're just bought our first home and the things i didnt want were:
houses with less than three bedrooms (as we're hoping we could have two children someday)
no garden
no space for outside storage
terraced
and we had a specific search area but otherwise that was it.
So our house is a 3 bed 80's semi with garden, garage and greenhouse where the only thing indoors that we aren't changing over time is the fire place and where the majority of the doors are.0 -
I don't like front doors opening straight into the living room. I am not even really keen on just a porch. I like a proper hallway.
Having lived in a house for 12 years with the stairs in the living room, I would never ever choose another house with the same layout. The living room was always cold in winter even with the heating on full blast. The landing though was like a sauna!
Also it means sound travels too much. I go to bed earlier most nights than my husband and I could always hear the tv even when he had the sound quite low.
Rooms that are too dark as they make me feel depressed.
Also my last house was between 2 schools - never again. The lazy selfish parents awful parking (even on yellow lines) drove me mad plus I could never walk my dog when they were all going to or from school as they just refused to allow room on the pavement. I ended up walking in the roadThe world is over 4 billion years old and yet you somehow managed to exist at the same time as David Bowie0 -
Also my last house was between 2 schools - never again. The lazy selfish parents awful parking (even on yellow lines) drove me mad plus I could never walk my dog when they were all going to or from school as they just refused to allow room on the pavement. I ended up walking in the road
Yes that's another thing as well reading about the bad parking has put me off from buying too close to a school.0 -
I've just caught up reading all the responses, it's been a great read
Stuff I never even thought of is now on my 'important things' list.
It's also made me realise that the things I think would put buyers off about our house are barely going to register (if we get the right viewers/buyers). E.g. I'm not ripping out the kitchen or bathroom, even though they're about as old as I am, but are clean and functional.
No-one's mentioned cellars though... Even if they are properly done and damp proofed etc, aren't they still just a bit creepy...? *shudderThe second man to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel, Bobby Leach, survived the fall but later died as a result of slipping on a piece of orange peel.0 -
Having lived in the US for many years, where single-storey houses are not only common but the norm, I was surprised at the amount of distaste a lot of people show in the UK to bungalows. I've seen almost a sneering snobbery towards them at times.
I owned two "brick ranches" (essentially bungalows) in NC and TN and loved both of them. They just had a great flow when moving around inside, and when moving from inside to the garden.
They seem to be associated with being old here, I suppose because of the single-level design. I have noticed when searching for houses that they often also have less floor space and a smaller garden than many two-storey houses, which for me is more of an issue than being single-storey per se.
The reason I dislike bungalows is because they never have any character.
The only bungalow I ever recall as having had any charm, was an unmodernised 1920s one - straight out of Metroland - with steps leading up to it from a beautfully-planted and large rockery garden.
It was subsequently sold to someone who immediately ripped out the lovely old front garden and replaced it with crazy paving, replaced the original leaded light windows with upvc, and slapped beige pebbledash all over the black & white mock Tudor front.
It then looked like every other bungalow you've ever seen.
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