Houses Construction And Rooms

Here comes another thread about homes/construction from me. Now that we are in process of looking houses to buy, I see every house with different eyes and evaluate every thing.

Anyways .. I was at friends place, 2 big kids, they had really huge place and very well maintained. Now I put my self in their new house, I can not maintain big space. I am not creative person. They had really huge rooms + perfect type of furniture in it ( like in movies or magazines)

so I think pros/cons of these features. What do you think?

~ Multi-storey home (3+) = We do not find 3 rooms homes in 2 stories. DH likes to have 2 stories. For that we have upped to 4+ rooms :-(. I do not care, Infact overhead of cleaning, old age, unsafe for kid etc But I think 2 stories would help saving in electricity atleast. Is it?
~ Room size = I think 1 room should be big atleast for guests/parties. Smaller room I think saves heating bills. But either we see houses with all big rooms or all small rooms. But again we are not party people So I find same space separate in tiny rooms to create more rooms or huge rooms. There is no balance.
What is your pick?
~ Basement = I do not see much value/money difference in finished or unfinished basement ( cemented) basement . I think I want to leave it just cemented, not wood flooring etc so we can do any wet/paint etc kind of jobs easily. Does it help? any opinions
~ front porch = from important factor, it has become non important to me now as I found out how it makes homes dark/shady and cool and I will be lucky I can see sun for 2 months.

~ backyard = I really needed some privacy here, hidden with trees/high fence so I can hang out sheets/carpets on deck etc. But unless I move to very old house or out skirts,I donot get fencing or hiding. People can drink on backyard deck but not hand clothes atleast sheets. Strange country.
Good is our old India..everyone has freedom to do everything.

~ Curtains - I noticed everyone has plain net/tulle/thin curtains not thick/blackout curtains. Why?

We are 3 and do not need big space but I wish there are was custom home making machine.

 

Somehow I do not find combinations of good/best features anywhere. With in right price, i have to compromise many places.
~Home itself: if overall home is good, it is in poor school district.
~Bathrooms: No home had 1 bath ( 3/4 bath) in 1st floor for disability/old age. Bedrooms are anyways never on 1st floor but for old aged parents, we can convert any room.
~Kitchen Size: Homes that I like for kitchen (big kitchen) are also big and too too many rooms ( 4+ Br sand other extra) :-( . Will keep giving my BP to fill them or temp.

~Basements : I hate those dark dingy smelly places too but can not avoid.

I am tired of looking houses now. I know people take yrs to find right house but me and H do not have lot of patience. I do not know what should i do at this point.

Send her to private and buy home in avg school dist because homes are in range. It also increases my commute by 20 mins? I wanted my options open in terms of school but i think i can'nt have win win.

 

I agree with you @viki123 But my H is chasing homes and throwing emotion or anger bombs on me. I was comparing private fees last night and those are just too much, plus not in our way to work/office. Then he gives examples of indian people living/studying in avg/below school distt and excelling.

In my region top school distt do not have community or Indian community at all.

 

Home we are looking is on hill and most unusable land on front, because of on hill, highly steep slope. Also driveway is really strange,really really steep and not good. I can not drive my car up myself. So snow days are going to be very difficult and we would need pros to shovel up ofcourse. but H is hell bent on that house but I am scared of making decision. Then house might have radon emission as they had big radon mitigation system

 

@aspha @viki123 @hermitcab
Thanks for opening. Were you able to find your dream houses? I think there is no inventory right now. Some homes we have been chasing on internet have been gone in days. Even though we are getting desparate now, but I think right thing is to wait till right home comes.

Which ever home is see has some problem that i can not agree? if not, then money.

Anyways any comments about resellability of diagonal homes on a plot. So I noticed, homes on corner have smallest plot so to take max out of it, builder constructed home diaogonally which means less front yard and even lesser backyard as it has deck etc. But advantage is - it gets more light and air from both sides
What do you think ?