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02-20-2009, 09:10 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: West Long Branch
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Originally Posted by BonzoHansen
While on the topic, to go along with not buying a house with any condo or homeowner association, as 'car enthusiast', think long & hard about buying a house with no garage. Do not make the false assumption you can just build a garage. You will regret it until you move. Everyone I know that did that ended up pissed.
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tell me about it...
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02-20-2009, 09:24 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Hamilton, NJ
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Gene will tell you, before you start house shopping, make a list:
a) must have
b) nice to have
c) cannot have.
A & C are your deal breakers. Do not shortchange yourself. Everyone's list is different, but everyone needs a list.
Minimum 2 car garage was a deal breaker for me. The 1st house our agent showed us had no garage, the 2nd house had a small 1 car. I told him if he showed us one more house without a minimum 2 car garage he would no longer be our agent. We never saw another one w/o one. Now I wish I pushed for detached and flat driveway, but those would have been nice to haves at the time..
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02-20-2009, 09:35 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: West Long Branch
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Well, it wasnt up to me on the house. But the first house we were sold on had a sweet oversized 1 car, detached. I had such high hopes for the house...oh well.
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02-21-2009, 04:52 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Ewing, NJ
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Yea, I kick myself now for not holding out for a garage. I have a decent sized car-port, but my wife has claimed it for herself.
Another house we looked at had a 1 car wide, 2 car deep attached garage that would have worked out very nicely for us, but there were too many other negatives (like no dining room, and a kitchen that was about the size of a postage stamp).
- Justin
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02-21-2009, 07:24 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Millstone Township, NJ
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BonzoHansen
Gene will tell you, before you start house shopping, make a list:
a) must have
b) nice to have
c) cannot have.
A & C are your deal breakers. Do not shortchange yourself. Everyone's list is different, but everyone needs a list.
Minimum 2 car garage was a deal breaker for me. The 1st house our agent showed us had no garage, the 2nd house had a small 1 car. I told him if he showed us one more house without a minimum 2 car garage he would no longer be our agent. We never saw another one w/o one. Now I wish I pushed for detached and flat driveway, but those would have been nice to haves at the time..
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Couldn't agree with you more. I told my agent the homes he showed me needed to have at least a one car. I was fortunate enough to find the house I did with just about everything I wanted in a first home. My only quip is no basement but that's not something I needed to have but would have been nice.
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02-23-2009, 03:42 AM
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10 Second Club / Meet Coordinator
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Roxbury, NJ
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im glad that i came across this post
im in the market for a house
ive never owned a home, and have been saving up $ to buy a home.. mmaybe i shoud look into this tax credit more.. and talkt o a realtor.. thanks for the info...
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02-24-2009, 05:55 PM
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Join Date: May 2006
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I am a realtor any questions you have hit me up on PM be glad to answer them for you.
Gene
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