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Re: what style house did you growp up in?
Grew up in a Splanch and bought a Splanch!!!!!! My childhood house is a much different layout than the one we bought, though.
So, same style house but:
House I grew up in: 4 bedrooms, 2 of them on the small side Current house: 3 bedrooms, all great sizes
House I grew up in: 2.5 baths Current house: 1.5 baths (the half bath can be easily converted and we often think about it)
House I grew up in: Very huge center hall Current house: Has a center hall but it's small
House I grew up in: Living room not really in a place where it would be used Current house: Living room is very inviting
Both houses: not a full basement. It's a Splanch thing. But I hate basements
Both houses: North shore
House I grew up in is more sq. footage but I have no idea how much more. ETA: house I grew up in would not have been in our price range in 2005, when we bought.
Both houses = happy!!!!
Also in the running were split w/ more land and a different splanch more like my parents', but not as desirable b/c backing a main road.
Message edited 11/27/2006 1:53:22 AM.
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Posted 11/27/06 1:51 AM |
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VirginiaDeb
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Re: what style house did you growp up in?
3br ranch.
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Posted 11/27/06 7:00 AM |
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Eva Luna
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Re: what style house did you growp up in?
Posted by beautyq115
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Posted by Eva Luna
DH and I bought a "traditional", I guess. I don't know what you would call our house.
Id call it a big azz house
Seriously...its gorgeous!
Thank you!!
And Meaghan, you're one to talk...I've seen your new house and it's...
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Posted 11/27/06 7:31 AM |
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Kissy331
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Re: what style house did you growp up in?
I grew up in an expanded ranch that was dormered. We had 3 bedrooms & 1.5 baths. No basement but a large living room attached to the dining room. My mom's kitchen was small with no space (levitt house) We had a porch that was covered & also a garage
We bought a 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath splanch with 3/4 basement. I LOVE my house. All the bedrooms are on the top floor w/bathroom. Master bedroom has large bathroom. We have 2 different levels of entertaining space. My dining room goes directly into my kitchen. Have a lot of counterspace in the kitchen. Eventually our backroom will become our children's play area. The basement is strictly storage & we also have an attic & garage.
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Posted 11/27/06 8:06 AM |
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leighdvm
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Re: what style house did you growp up in?
I gtew up in a Cape Code house -- 4BR, 1 bath.......
Our new house is a....well, I honestly don't know what the frig it is? It was called a "transitional"......I never heard of it before....
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Posted 11/27/06 9:51 AM |
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sirk1020
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Re: what style house did you growp up in?
I grew up in a 4 bed colonial w/ half basement
the basement was finished so it was our play area - and I liked living in a colonial
I am thinking I would like to buy a colonial but I don't think that will be our first house. I like ranches, colonials and tudors
I agree about wanted open space for entertaining. I would love a big great room .....one day
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Posted 11/27/06 11:28 AM |
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MrsSchwags
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Re: what style house did you growp up in?
4 bedroom split
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Posted 11/27/06 11:30 AM |
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MrsA
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Re: what style house did you growp up in?
5 bedroom colonial. But my parents did have 1 bedroom on the first floor.
Eventually Id like to buy a house with the same layout.
The house we bought (which is our first) is a wideline cape.
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Posted 11/27/06 3:42 PM |
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AimeeE2006
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Re: what style house did you growp up in?
I believe that both my parents house and my current house would be classified as bilevels. Our main level has the living room, kitchen, dining, bedrooms & bathrooms...but downstairs, also above ground - is another few rooms and an apartment.
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Posted 11/27/06 3:58 PM |
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2PreciousBlessings
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Re: what style house did you growp up in?
Posted by Eva Luna
My mom didn't own a house, and we moved around a lot, but I always lived in a typical PR cement house, 2 floors, similar to the first one except that ours were open in the bottom, no closed garage. That's where the laundry room was.
DH and I bought a "traditional", I guess. I don't know what you would call our house.
ETA: Thanks to Meaghan, the type of house we bought is a colonial, also called a traditional colonial.
Sasha, your house is absolutely GORGEOUS!!!!! I am so happy for you Mama!!!
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Eva Luna
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Re: what style house did you growp up in?
Posted by BellaPaige
Sasha, your house is absolutely GORGEOUS!!!!! I am so happy for you Mama!!!
Thanks Opal!!
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Posted 11/27/06 8:48 PM |
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CheeChee
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Re: what style house did you growp up in?
First half of my life grew up in a colonial, then moved into an expanded cape, wound up buying a colonial.
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Posted 11/27/06 10:12 PM |
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july06bride
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Re: what style house did you growp up in?
Grew up in a High Ranch and we bought a colonial... I like the colonial style better, but it is a smaller house than the one I grew up in
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Posted 11/27/06 11:08 PM |
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bikramaddict
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Re: what style house did you growp up in?
I grew up in a 3 bed. colonial. When I was little, my parents extended the house to make a dining room/den and another bathroom.
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Posted 11/28/06 10:43 AM |
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lululu
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Re: what style house did you growp up in?
Grew up in a 4 bedroom colonial.
Live in a 5 bedroom colonial.
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Posted 11/28/06 10:56 AM |
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MichaelsMommy
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Re: what style house did you growp up in?
My parents owned a 2 family house (w/ full basement) in Ridgewood, NY - then we moved to LI where we lived in a dormered cape. Three years ago DH and I bought a cape (also dormered). We hope to move in a few years and hope to get a split with garage and basement - two things our house is missing now.
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Posted 11/28/06 1:58 PM |
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Jax430
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Re: what style house did you growp up in?
I honestly have no idea what kind of house I grew up in...I'm first learning the differences as we slowly start to look online at houses.
My childhood home was semi-attached. When you walked in the front door, there was a long hallway in front of you and a long flight of stairs to the right. The hallway lead back to a den. Upstairs was the kitchen, LR/DR, and up two more steps, a hallway with the 3 bedrooms and a bathroom
Any ideas what this is?
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