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MommaG
Yay Spring!
Member since 5/05 5133 total posts
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Gloria
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If you have children or are planning to...
... how important to you is it to have a big yard? If you absolutely loved the house, but didn't have a yard for the kids to play in, would you still buy it?
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Freddie
LIF Adult
Member since 3/06 1162 total posts
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Freddie
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Re: If you have children or are planning to...
If it is on a quiet street, a small yard can be OK.
We have 1/2 an acre and we have already said that we would want the same or more if we buy another house.
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| Posted 7/9/06 12:12 PM |
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wcs3504
my boys
Member since 2/06 2506 total posts
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Wanda (formerly cw0904 on LIW)
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Re: If you have children or are planning to...
We are looking at homes that have a decent yard where we can build a deck (if it doesn't have one already) and plenty of room for the little ones. :D
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| Posted 7/9/06 12:24 PM |
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MrsSchwags
Soccer Baseball Lax Mom
Member since 10/05 11240 total posts
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Jennifer
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Re: If you have children or are planning to...
A big yard? Depends on what you describe has big. The house we just bought is 62*121 which isn't huge but decent enough so we can eventually put a pool or whatever and the kids can play.
It is definitely important to have a good size yard though. I don't want them playing in the street/front yard.
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| Posted 7/9/06 12:25 PM |
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LuckyMe
LIF Infant
Member since 5/05 205 total posts
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Antoinette
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Re: If you have children or are planning to...
I have 4 and I can tell you without the yard I dont know what I'd do. I've lived in apts. forever with my two oldest because I had no choice but I can tell you dragging them to the park when I had other things to do was a chore.
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| Posted 7/9/06 2:05 PM |
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Redhead
You Live, You Learn
Member since 5/05 31871 total posts
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Jennifer
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Re: If you have children or are planning to...
I don't know what people's definition of a "big" yard is...
But to be honest i don't want a HUGE piece of property
1/4 of an acre would be just fine for me
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| Posted 7/9/06 2:42 PM |
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CunningOne
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Re: If you have children or are planning to...
We bought our house before we were even engaged, but we did consider children in the plans. Our house is on a semi-busy street, which can be a big negative, but we fell in love with our deck and yard. It's also a wooded area, so we don't have neighbors behind us. A yard is something we take into consideration when looking to move.
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| Posted 7/9/06 2:58 PM |
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LIMOMx2
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Re: If you have children or are planning to...
Our lot is 40 x 135 and it is big enough for us. I wouldn't buy our next house if the lot was smaller then that. Believe it or not our lot size is very big for our town
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| Posted 7/9/06 5:21 PM |
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Chatham-Chick
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Re: If you have children or are planning to...
A decent size property was important to us for a number of reasons: children, dogs and resale.
We wouldn't even look at it if was less than .5 acre.
We currently live on 1 acre and "property shrinkage" has already set in. 
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| Posted 7/9/06 5:34 PM |
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Teri
my girls!
Member since 2/06 1491 total posts
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Teri
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Re: If you have children or are planning to...
We didn't need a "large" lot but I did want a nice backyard. We looked at so many houses on corner lots but I hated how you had only a side yard or almost none at all.
Our backyard is big enough for a few kids to run around (and have a ton of toys out as well) and we have a large deck as well, and both were big selling points for us when we bought the house (I was PG about to give birth!).
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| Posted 7/9/06 8:27 PM |
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krwm
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Member since 7/05 3466 total posts
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Re: If you have children or are planning to...
One of the things on my list of things we needed was a yard. I've always had a good size yard and didn't want a house without one. I don't think we would have even considered a house without one.
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| Posted 7/10/06 8:55 AM |
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MegZee
My bunny
Member since 5/06 8777 total posts
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Meaghan
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Re: If you have children or are planning to...
we want .25 or .30 of an acre...noting too gigantic, but enough to have a poll and grass and a deck.
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| Posted 7/10/06 9:02 AM |
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BikerGrl
Merry Christmas!
Member since 5/05 2875 total posts
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It's not the destination....it's the journey!
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Re: If you have children or are planning to...
A yard is VERY important to me!!
We currently have 60' x 100' which makes for a decent size yard....but I probably would not want to consider a pool because I would loose space for when we have kids to let them run around.
If we were to move....well then I would consider nothing smaller then 100' x 100' so that we could put in a pool & still have yard space!
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| Posted 7/10/06 9:42 AM |
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patti08
Happy
Member since 5/05 3893 total posts
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Patti
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Re: If you have children or are planning to...
A large yard was very important to us. We left Nassau and bought in Suffolk with this in mind. We're in Lindenhurst so the lots aren't huge throughout but our property is 2.5 lots or .33 acre
We love having the large yard for our future children, it has so much potential, swingswets, pool, soccer, wiffleball, football... If we ever buy another house we will not consider anything smaller until future children are grown we retire.
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| Posted 7/10/06 10:17 AM |
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Blu-ize
Plan B is Now Plan A
Member since 7/05 32475 total posts
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Susan
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Re: If you have children or are planning to...
We bought this house knowing there was no backyard, but two side yards. Do I wish it was different? Yep..so our next house will have a bigger yard.
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| Posted 7/10/06 10:27 AM |
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kaklesmay
Love my baby boy!
Member since 9/05 1151 total posts
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Kim
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Re: If you have children or are planning to...
nah, we need room for our doggies too!
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| Posted 7/10/06 11:37 AM |
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Kidsaplenty
Sister love
Member since 2/06 5971 total posts
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Stephanie
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Re: If you have children or are planning to...
If it didn't have a big enough yard I wouldn't buy it.
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| Posted 7/10/06 12:15 PM |
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mommysboy
my beautiful baby is here :-)
Member since 9/05 1136 total posts
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amanda
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Re: If you have children or are planning to...
i grew up in an apartment with no backyard when i was a kid and no one in my family had a yard to play in my grandparents lived in woodhaven where the yards are concrete so for me its very important and we bought a house with a huge enough yard for a swingset and a pool so my kids can have what i didnt
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| Posted 7/10/06 12:24 PM |
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lorich
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Member since 6/05 9987 total posts
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Grammie says "Lora Gina"
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Re: If you have children or are planning to...
Since I grew up with a big yard (3.5 acres) there has to be some sort of a yard.... Granted...it won't be that big, but at least a 60x100 lot... 
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| Posted 7/10/06 1:22 PM |
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SweetestOfPeas
J'taime Paris!
Member since 3/06 32345 total posts
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Re: If you have children or are planning to...
DH moans and grumbles about having a house with a big yard (his Dad forced him to pick a bag of weeds everyday when he was younger ) but we both agree that having a nice sized yard is important. not only for kids but we will probably have some kind of a dog too. having a big yard also means more privacy! it just makes sense for us.
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| Posted 7/10/06 1:24 PM |
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MrsBlueSash
Love my sailor
Member since 6/05 5793 total posts
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Christian
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Re: If you have children or are planning to...
We bought with a back yard as a 'must' for dogs and any future kids. We have .3 and even that seems a little small when we think about things we want to do and put in the back yard.
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| Posted 7/10/06 1:45 PM |
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schnapy
LIF Adolescent
Member since 9/05 766 total posts
Name:
Diana
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Re: If you have children or are planning to...
thats the one thing I wish we would have looked for. And Im sorry we didnt make it priority. 60x 100 stinks
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| Posted 7/10/06 3:07 PM |
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pinkandblue
Our family is complete, maybe
Member since 9/05 32436 total posts
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Stephanie
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Re: If you have children or are planning to...
We just moved into our first house...we love it, it is on 1/3 of an acre (not huge but big enough for a pool, swingset (when the time comes). It has a nice deck already
The house itself is not big but the area is great, once we have a few kids, we will probably need to add a second story.
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| Posted 7/10/06 4:43 PM |
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2Pisces
Life Coach
Member since 2/06 3337 total posts
Name:
Paige
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Re: If you have children or are planning to...
A big yard was a pretty important factor to us. Our home is 90x170.
It does take Michael a long time to mow the lawn though. 
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| Posted 7/10/06 9:01 PM |
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msrsfeb
LIF Adult
Member since 2/06 1277 total posts
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Re: If you have children or are planning to...
Posted by SweetestOfPeas
DH moans and grumbles about having a house with a big yard (his Dad forced him to pick a bag of weeds everyday when he was younger ) but we both agree that having a nice sized yard is important. not only for kids but we will probably have some kind of a dog too. having a big yard also means more privacy! it just makes sense for us.
I hear your DH's pain! I used to hate doing that.
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