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I hate that my block is quiet large for residential, but 80% of the land is un-useable.
Stupid positioning of the house makes the 1000sq out the back no accessible except thru the laundry, but the back yard of steep slopping so difficult for the kids to play in unsupervised. It also means that about 700sq of the front is just "bush" gardens, but slopping again.. plus we are infested with spiders outside.. yuk!!!
The kids only have about 100sq of nice grass to play on.. seems such a waste!!!!!!
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Dp LOVES to find and keep useless crap. So our house is overwhelmed with "stuff". And he refuses to get rid of it.
Plus renovations!!!! We moved into our house last November, and we just finally been able to put things where we want them, and finish unpacking. With the rooms getting painted, and then all the floors getting new carpet and lino, everything had to stay in boxes. Sooooooo annoying.
And my biggest thing.....We have no bath, just a shower with a small tub sort of bath thing at the bottom. I would give my right BB for a bath at the moment!
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We thought it would be nice to build a sand-pit for our boys. Biiig mistake!! It's worse than living in a beach house. And to top it off they have created a second 'sand pit' in the car-port so they can play in the sand when it is rainy or sunny. Every time I sweep it they transport a fresh load of sand.
And the toilet is a bad design - the S in the S bend is too far forward so every time the boys do poo they leave giant skid marks!
And the car-port and garage is designed for 4 cars (it's a 2 bedroom house - go figure) all in a row. If I want my car DH has to reverse his out.
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Your not in Yarra Glen are you!
The house I built 7 years ago had a silly huge garage (4 cars plus workbench, not my idea) compared to the size of the house.
Oh but wait at least it was square, yours sounds rectangle, thats annoying.
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The Lounge and study have big floor to ceiling west facing windows. It is NEVER cold enough in the tropics to have those blinds open, especially in the afternoon, so we keep them shut all the time and use the family room instead because it stays cooler, and of course these rooms become junk magnets.
We dont have as much junk now as we used to, and it is getting even better, DH has taken everything out of the study and started sorting through it, so now the lounge is a mess, but there is a lot going in the bin.
The washing line is not height adjustable and is down the side of the house, so I cant hang the washing and let the kids play with their equiptment at the same time, because I can't see them.
OHHH and the thing that irks me the most is that our neighbours have their dogs on the opposite side of their house from their bedrooms - Right next to our bedroom windows. And they YAP constantly!! Their yard is wider on the other side too, so they have the dogs in the narrowest part and ignore them when they bark. Truly a PITA.
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We're on a busy-ish road and the road noise bugs me.
Our toilets are reeeeeeeeeeeally loud when you flush them... being pregnant it sucks when I am going to the bathroom 2 times a night and knowing the loud flush in our ensuite could wake poor DH who has to be up at 4am.
No dishwasher in a huge, modern kitchen.
The oven is too small... I can't fit my favourite cookie tray in it
No fence in the front yard... a fence would make me stress a little less about DS2 going out the front (which he isn't allowed to do)
Other than that, I love my house
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It's too god damn big. It takes forever to clean.
Our house is 34sqm, with 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 3 living areas, study, rumpus, seperate dining.
Before constructing this house we were about to construct a 45sqm double storey house with 4 bedrooms and each had an ensuite with a powder room downstairs too.
I would've definitely thrown a tanty each time i had to clean that house!
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Alioops, I would definitely complain about the neighbours' dogs. That is so inconsiderate. I have a dog myself (who barks only when the neighbour's cat gets into ourr yard once every week or soo, and then only does 2-3 barks and that's it). But I can't understand people that let their dog bother the neighbours all night. I would feel guilty.
We have a neighbour's dog who yaps all night most nights, too. Makes me so angry. It used to keep DD awake. I think he barks at bats. Lucky, it's not our immediate neighbours so there is a little distance. But it makes me so angry. Not at the dog, but at the owners. They're never home, so the dog is pretty neglected and just plain bored.
Turkish Delight, I can so see where you are coming from. DH is dreaming about buying a house and he was showing me a 5 bedroom, 2 loungeroom, dining room, 3 bathroom mansion. i said: Only if we can get a cleaning lady. I have enough work to do with 3 bedrooms. Thanks.
But I think you might have made a typo with your square meterage. 34sqm is tiny. The average loungeroom is probably about 25-30sqm. A bedroom that is 5m long and 4m wide is 20sqm.
One otherthing that annoys me about our place is DH's "toys" A few surfboards and fishing rods are normal. But then he takes up half the driveway with a boat (small runabout), half the garage with a trailer,... No space to put some shelving for storage. Oh, and he only just sold his VW beetle that he was doing up and is talking about getting another old car. We don't have the space (let alone the time or money).
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I hate that the laundry and kitchen are bedside each other, but separate. To move from one to the other you either have to go outside or through the living and down the hall. Makes going outside hard as my shoes will often be at the other door, also a lot more crud gets walked through the house due to it. There is not enough paving outside the laundry, plus it is a shady area so grass does not grow. It just becomes a mud pit.
Annoyed that only the back toilet in the 3rd bedroom is on bore water, the one in the bathroom is on tank, so we try not to use it but it is the most convenient toilet.
I loathe the computer corner, it is just piled up crap upon crap. DH will not keep it tidy, he is excuse is that I create the piles and it is already neatHe needs a set of drawers.
We need a proper dog run. We have to keep the dog in the paved area off the kitchen over night and when we go out. It reeks of dog poo and limits going in and out of that area to the shed. At the moment we can't have people over for BBQ's etc and it is so embarrassing if someone comes to the back door and we have not yet done the poo clean up. Also it limits the kids going out into a covered area to play.
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34 squares (not including garage)
Do not get conned into buying a big house, unless DH will help out. I'm lucky enough that he does, but when i do a BIG clean, it takes me ALL day.
I am soooo over it.
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It's an old house so it has absolutely NO storage - no wardrobes, no cupboards, no linen press! Plus DP loves to collect junk (seems to be a male thing) and has no idea how to tidy or organise so I end up throwing his junk out when he isn't home
I'm going to get one of those ladder things to get some attic storage as we have enough space for another couple of rooms in our roof.
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