"Christine Dabney" > wrote:
>
> How do all of you cooking/foodie types choose your dwellings?
>

What a great question! We are in our first house in a relatively expensive
city,
(at least for our incomes!) so the mortgage payment was a big factor.

To keep it down, we chose a house hold enough to be unfashionable, but
not old enough to be hip. We wanted as much space as possible and as
much "real stuff" as possible--e.g. hardwoods, tile baths, slate and stone,
anything but plastic junk. I had to have an upstairs. For some reason, it
just is not a "real" house for me without a second story. (I did not know
this
until I began looking with a realtor.)

Neighborhood was also important--not social status but "feel." We wanted
it to feel like an old neighborhood. Honey, cracked sidewalks, trees big
enough for shade. Because we compromised on the age of the house we
were able to get a great location--it is borderline citysuburb/suburb, and
in
20 years will be a wonderful old city neighborhood.

Our kitchen is small with old appliances, but the appliances are plentiful
and came with the house! Good for us because we moved out of
apartments. We have had to replace them as they broke but they were
a great help in the first years when we needed to save money. Yard is
important too--I just wanted green. Lots of green. A fenced back yard.
Big trees. *Most important of all--a pre-sale inspection by a certified
inspector NOT connected to the realtor! Ours was right about
everything.

Another good idea for a thread: your dream kitchen and house!



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