• Neb
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    341 year ago

    Where I live, I would look what Internet connection speed is available at this address. A very slow connection with no possibility to upgrade can be a pain in the ass imo

    • @dissonant
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      151 year ago

      Piggy-backing on that, check who your ISPs are at that address. I didn’t and then discovered Comcast had a monopoly on my area :(

    • @QuarterSwede
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      101 year ago

      We refused to look at any lot (we built) that didn’t have access to fiber. Best decision ever.

  • @[email protected]
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    291 year ago

    My dumb pro tip for buying a house: go and scope out the area at different times of the day before you put in an offer. Example, go to the neighborhood when you would leave for work and get home from work and see how the traffic is. Also go in the evening. Just visiting the house once in the middle of the day will not really tell you if the neighborhood is a good fit for you.

    • rigo
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      111 year ago

      Also friday/Saturday night if you have the time. I swung by on July 4th so see what the neighborhood was like. A couple of small get togethers happening but nothing too crazy. Figured if it wasn’t too bad on a national holiday it wouldn’t get too crazy normally.

  • @panda_paddle
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    291 year ago

    I will only buy a house East of my office. That way I’m driving away from sunrise and sunset.

    • @ShakeThatYam
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      21 year ago

      Wish I thought of that before buying a house over an hour west of where I live. Luckily I mostly work from home and only have to go into the office once or twice a month.

  • @LaunchesKayaks
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    261 year ago

    Town ordinances. Some places are so strict that it’s dumb. It took me quite a while to find a town that allows people to own ducks. There are ordinances in my town against specific types of flowers(that aren’t even invasive) and you’ll get fined if you put out more than 6 bags of trash on trash day. And God forbid you regravel your driveway without a permit.

    • @minimar
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      51 year ago

      I live in a rural area, and I can’t imagine needing to deal with shit like that. You can pry my tulips from my cold dead hands!

  • @[email protected]
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    231 year ago

    Walking distance to things like a grocery store or heck, just a short five minute drive to something would be good. Too many housing subdivisions are a thirty minute drive to even a gas station. It makes me wonder what people are thinking in building a housing community in the middle of nowhere. In the USA walkability is under rated.

    • @kat
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      41 year ago

      Being priced out of suburbia hell ended up being a good thing for me. I would’ve loved to have a garage and more privacy, but found those were decent trade-offs for the convenience of living in the city. There are 2 major shopping centers that I can drive to in 30 seconds or walk to in about 10 minutes.

  • Canopyflyer
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    221 year ago

    If you live in a northern clime, having your house and your driveway facing south is nice in the winter.

    My house faces north and my neighbors across the street always have a nice clean and dry driveway, where mine is packed with snow and ice.

    • @Next_Position_Please
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      71 year ago

      As someone who’s had both, it’s not as bad as I thought it would be. You have to keep on top of it. Don’t let snow sit for a few days. And get a good floor scraper to break up ice.

      A positive to having a north facing house: my garage stays cooler in the summer.

  • @Z_Karma
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    191 year ago

    Dogs. I’m not an anti dog person, our most recent family dog passed away 5yrs ago and when i left for work, she would howl indoors loud enough for the neighbors to hear. 5 yrs later, i’m getting my due payback. The new neighbors on both sides of me have 3 dogs each that will run to the fence and bark when I go out back and also howl when their owners are away. Several houses down there is a family with a female pitbull that shrieks when she is left in their back yard. a really sweet dog, but has anxiety issues. Normally not an issue, unless it’s the summer and all your windows are open.

    • @Velvet
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      21 year ago

      Dogs and neighbors come and go, though

  • Donovan
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    181 year ago

    Neighbors that mind their own business. If a neighbor tries to chat me up while I’m looking at a home I’m out, I had one terrible fucking experience with a guy trying to insert himself into mine and my wife’s lives.

    • @dan1101
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      41 year ago

      Yeah bad neighbors can be hell. I think the best way to handle that if possible is to have a good buffer zone around your house. Otherwise a house can have great neighbors but they might move or die.

  • surfrock66
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    161 year ago

    Attic/crawlspace access for wiring, we live in a time where Ethernet all over is super important in the long term and taking devices off the wifi speeds up the wifi-only clients. Also, check available breaker space as a lot of electric retrofitting is on the horizon and easy rewiring access may be a boon, especially when you might swap gas appliances to electric in the coming decade.

    • @aaaantoine
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      31 year ago

      Access to voids makes these things easier, but if you can’t get that, at least get a house with drywall.

      Drywall my be flimsy, but it’s also easier to patch than plaster and lathe (or harder surfaces).

  • Slug
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    161 year ago

    Especially if it is an older home, is there space in the breaker box for additional circuits.

    • @Know_not_Scotty_does
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      11 year ago

      Our feed is under ground so you should also check the size of the conduit running to the breaker box as that dictates the maximum size wire (and thus capacity) you can run into it. The box at our house had a few extra circuits but is limited to 100A service by the conduit/wire size from the main feed.

  • Zerlyna
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    151 year ago

    Drive the neighborhoods you like after it rains and see if the streets flood. Especially if there’s retention ponds nearby. I found out the hard way 20 years ago. Luckily it was an apartment and we could leave when the lease was up. AFTER the car was caught in 3 feet of water. 🤬

  • saltypanda
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    121 year ago

    Single-story. I’ve witnessed/lived through too many expensive and stressful upstairs bathroom and washing machine leaks. No stairs is a plus, too.

    • @ShakeThatYam
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      31 year ago

      Counterpoint, having multiple levels is great if you want to cut down on noise from other house members/guests.

  • @dan1101
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    111 year ago

    My notes:

    -Face west for sunset view. Or east for sunrise view. -If house has a mailbox and road is busy, make sure mailbox is on house side of the road. -Enough land to keep me away from neighbors.

    • @DinosaurSr
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      51 year ago

      Next time I buy a house I’ll definitely pay more attention to the direction the “main” side faces. Our current place faces north (gets the least sun here in the northern hemisphere). The deck and concrete gets covered in moss/mold and in the winter it’s hard to find a spot to sit outside and soak up the sun.

  • @schmalls
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    111 year ago

    Having wired Ethernet.

    • @[email protected]
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      31 year ago

      Exactly. Makes placement of access points so much easier later on. Also not relying on bad wifi for your computer.

  • @breakerfall
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    91 year ago

    Radiant floor heating, especially in the bathroom.

    • @dan1101
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      21 year ago

      Also a heated towel rack is really nice in the winter. I happen to have a baseboard heater right below a regular towel rack, that works the same and heats the room as well.