What type of house do you normally gravitate to?

Original post by yelley77

Jan 22, 2009 02:57 PM

Colonial, ranch, victorian, splanch, high ranch, etc?

I'm curious because I find myself always looking at the same style and wondered what some of you guys liked -- or if the style of house even mattered to you and DH?

TheFutureMrsM Posted: Jan 22, 2009 06:18 PM

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I love Colonial style homes
I love when all the bedrooms are on the 2nd floor

I love the set up of my house, its 4 bedrooms and 2 baths upstairs, half bath on the main floor and full bath in the basement

Its perfect for the 2 of us now.

nifheim Posted: Jan 22, 2009 06:49 PM

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todur, craftsman or cottage like.

Ayne11 Posted: Jan 22, 2009 10:17 PM

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Craftsman Bungalow!

Coach416 Posted: Jan 23, 2009 07:10 AM

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I grew up in a ranch and we live in a split now. It's wierd getting used to all the stairs.....with the wood floors everywhere I'm soooooooooooo gonna take a bad spill one of these days.......

catsgirl Posted: Jan 23, 2009 07:18 AM

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Posted by yelley77

I love when there is brick and siding on the front.

here is a multi-million dollar house i'll never afford

you could afford that if you moved here to Pa.and bought it,

Ayne11 Posted: Jan 23, 2009 07:54 AM

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Posted by catsgirl

Posted by yelley77

I love when there is brick and siding on the front.

here is a multi-million dollar house i'll never afford

you could afford that if you moved here to Pa.and bought it,

In San Antonio, TX where my Aunt Lives this house would go for $180-$200K at the most!

LeslieMike Posted: Jan 23, 2009 08:19 AM

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I love Victorians and colonials. We haven't bought a house probably because I want one of those and they are still a lot of money.

TommysWife08 Posted: Jan 23, 2009 08:34 AM

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ANYTHING with stone on the front... i LOOOOOVE stone front houses!!

too bad DH says we're too poor to ever do that to our house b/c aparently the stone alone is like 10,000 lol

MrsD71208 Posted: Jan 23, 2009 09:19 AM

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Posted by yelley77

Posted by teenigrrl

i love victorians and colonials, but cannot afford them. there was a split that i LOVED, so we really liked that style too, but they tend to have small basements, which DH would never go for. DH likes ranches because of the large basement. what he didn't like were capes, yet that's what we're buying. it's rear dormered, so that's what made it OK for him.

I think capes are my least favorite because usually the ceilings in the bedroom are slanted and being that DH is 6'3 that doesn't work well for us. But when house hunting i always seem to click on capes because they are cute -- then when i see the slanted ceiling i get sad.

You can always dormer to make the ceilings upstairs higher.

MrsD71208 Posted: Jan 23, 2009 09:19 AM

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I own a cape and like them, but like them a lot more when they are dormered. I also love Victorian houses!

SeptBride70 Posted: Jan 23, 2009 10:38 AM

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We like condos a lot - so, we are looking for those first.

If we do get a house we like colonials (center hall ones are nice), ranches, and capes.

We are trying to stay away from hi-ranches or splanches - they are the most difficult for re-sale.

NickandTara426 Posted: Jan 23, 2009 10:44 AM

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I like Victorian and Colonial. Anything that has a more traditional style I will look at. I was looking at houses a few months ago and I want a HUGE kitchen lol!

oktom22 Posted: Jan 23, 2009 10:52 AM

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Definitely Colonial or high ranches

Toucan311 Posted: Jan 23, 2009 10:55 AM

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Damn, nevermind.

ChristineAaron08 Posted: Jan 23, 2009 11:16 AM

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This is 'our' house..or the one we will have built. (not in NY)

Or a totally updated Victorian.

here is the drawing

aahhhh someday......[

yelley77 Posted: Jan 23, 2009 11:32 AM

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Posted by MrsDaniRella

We like condos a lot - so, we are looking for those first.

If we do get a house we like colonials (center hall ones are nice), ranches, and capes.

We are trying to stay away from hi-ranches or splanches - they are the most difficult for re-sale.

How is your brother doing? I look forward to your updates.

yelley77 Posted: Jan 23, 2009 11:37 AM

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Posted by ChristineAaron08

This is 'our' house..or the one we will have built. (not in NY)

Or a totally updated Victorian.

here is the drawing

aahhhh someday......[

wow Christine... that is gorgeous.

How's everything else? I haven't spoken to you in forever. how are you feeling?

ChristineAaron08 Posted: Jan 23, 2009 01:30 PM

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Posted by yelley77

Posted by ChristineAaron08

This is 'our' house..or the one we will have built. (not in NY)

Or a totally updated Victorian.
aahhhh someday......[

wow Christine... that is gorgeous.

How's everything else? I haven't spoken to you in forever. how are you feeling?

I'm doing well, thanks!

Have fun tomorrow! I can't wait to see the pics.

debismom Posted: Jan 23, 2009 10:14 PM

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curiousgeorge Posted: Jan 23, 2009 10:25 PM

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At this point we have looking at it all! I went frome not liking capes to loving them. I prefer ranches though. We have seen so many houses, and so far its been a ride!