W2R
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In the "What's your dining room used for?" thread, Khan said:
That is so true! Then Martha said a lot of people feel they need a family room and a living room for the same reasons.
I could use a family room for a home gym, but honestly I have a 3 bedroom 2 bath house because they have better resale potential, or so I am told. I really only need a 2 bedroom 1 bath house if I could have a large luxury shower in the bathroom. But then, the next person down the line would want a tub and two bathrooms, right?
I wouldn't care at all if I lived on a busy street, but those families with kids wouldn't want to live there so I don't dare buy such a house.
Right now, I am painfully scraping off wallpaper that I actually like, to some extent, to start getting the house ready for resale (and we all KNOW that buyers never like wallpaper, right? )
When you buy a house, is your decision influenced by resale? In what ways?
Interesting observation.
People don't want/use formal dining rooms but insist the house have one because the next person buying the house doesn't want one either but thinks the next person down the line will want one...
That is so true! Then Martha said a lot of people feel they need a family room and a living room for the same reasons.
I could use a family room for a home gym, but honestly I have a 3 bedroom 2 bath house because they have better resale potential, or so I am told. I really only need a 2 bedroom 1 bath house if I could have a large luxury shower in the bathroom. But then, the next person down the line would want a tub and two bathrooms, right?
I wouldn't care at all if I lived on a busy street, but those families with kids wouldn't want to live there so I don't dare buy such a house.
Right now, I am painfully scraping off wallpaper that I actually like, to some extent, to start getting the house ready for resale (and we all KNOW that buyers never like wallpaper, right? )
When you buy a house, is your decision influenced by resale? In what ways?