Friday, August 14, 2020

T-Minus 319 Days: What We Want In A House

 While working with a real estate agent, she asked us to go through a bunch of houses and tell her what we liked and didn't like. From that, we created a list of the things we want in our Florida house.




  • Driveway large enough to hold 4 cars (side by side/front to back)
  • Good walking score for the neighborhood (sidewalks around the community)
  • Yard and landscaping is kept up
  • An entry way. Don't have the front door spill into a room.
  • At least 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms on second floor
  • Master bedroom and an office downstairs
  • Master bedroom at the back of the house on the 1st floor
  • Master bedroom walk-in closet
  • No door between pool and master bedroom. Door from pool to master bath would be OK
  • No marble in the master bath
  • Master bath stand up shower. A lot of counter space. An additional tub isn't important to us.
  • Kitchen with breakfast nook and view of the pool area
  • Open between the kitchen and living room
  • Kitchen has either a peninsula or island that can be used with bar stools
  • Pantry for the kitchen
  • Pool privacy (bushes OK. No one looking down at us from ontop a hill)
  • Good pool size (can't be small). Hot tub isn't important to us.
  • Large deck that allows us to walk around all four sides of the pool
  • Concrete pool deck (no pavers) 
  • Screened in pool
  • Lanai large enough for an outdoor kitchen & eating area under a roof 
  • Laundry is indoors (not in the garage)

These are 'nice to have'
  • No neighbor backed up to us. Water or a field preferred 
  • 3 car garage
  • second floor living room
  • Master bedroom has three windows that looks out at the pool
  • Waterfall for the pool
  • Tile floor in the common areas instead of hardwood or rug
  • Palm tree in the front yard
  • Two sinks in the master bath

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