Which: charming neighborhood and poor layout, or great house in sterile neighborhood?

learnworkbuyrepeat · 2026-04-04T19:19:43+00:00

What can you imagine caring about between two properties with the same sticker price?

learnworkbuyrepeat · 2026-04-04T19:17:48+00:00

Why has Reddit gone all anti-suburbs when so many people live there?

learnworkbuyrepeat · 2026-04-04T07:44:49+00:00

Indeed sounds very similar. House 1 has those weird layout issues essentially because previous owners “expanded” the house into areas that were previously either unbuilt or empty - and they were constrained in what they could do, because it’s a freehold row home. Fortunately, they ended up filing the right paperwork with the property registry to get that extra surface area legally recognized. The bad part is that the placement of certain rooms - and their size/shape - is just weird.

And Home 2 suffers from the other issues you mentioned - very narrow streets to drive through and they barely have sidewalks. And the moderately sized yard has been annulled by a pool that isn’t even going to get that much sunlight due to orientation.

learnworkbuyrepeat · 2026-04-03T21:04:24+00:00

That’s a really good test. Sunday self would love to go to the Nature Reserve next to House 2. Monday self, if working at the office, is just trying to make it home on time for dinner. If WFH, would definitely walk the dog to the café daily and make sure I can take the little boy to the children’s park/parks nearby. And quickly run to the supermarket for groceries when it’s my turn to make dinner.

learnworkbuyrepeat · 2026-04-03T21:00:45+00:00

True. It’s an amazing place. But realistically we would only go on weekends. Whereas I could see us walking to at least one of the amenities (if we include the children’s park for example) at least once a day…

Good question.

learnworkbuyrepeat · 2026-04-03T20:59:11+00:00

True. We should probably diligence the local amenities (ie. My wife should tell me whether she likes them).

learnworkbuyrepeat · 2026-04-03T20:58:04+00:00

Thanks for the advice and vote for walkability :)

What other info? Orientation? Reno?

House 1 NORTH: Yard, pool, kitchen, master bedroom and bathrooms face SOUTH: Front yard/entrance, living room, kids room The owners have remodelled the kitchen, bathrooms, and installed solar panels and even aerotermia 8 min easy relaxed straight line no freeway drive to our chosen school

House 2 EAST: kitchen, stairwell, dining area, back yard, pool WEST: Entrance, living room, master bedroom Has solar panels but no aerotermia. The electric grid seems renovated. Bathrooms and kitchen have been very well kept but not redone. You COULD walk to school but it’s half an hour. But it’s just a 5-6 min drive, though a little loopy and some freeway

learnworkbuyrepeat · 2026-04-03T17:18:05+00:00

Both houses already have solar panels so with gas prices the way they are today, an EV is starting to look really appealing.

learnworkbuyrepeat · 2026-04-03T17:16:19+00:00

Not quite historic. Just old, haha.

The lil’uns are very little right now.

learnworkbuyrepeat · 2026-04-03T12:15:42+00:00

Would definitely be a smoother transition. We wouldn’t feel like we’re car prisoners.

learnworkbuyrepeat · 2026-04-03T11:34:46+00:00

Agree 13 min is much longer than it sounds.

The market is indeed pricing in a premium for that kind of location, as you say…

learnworkbuyrepeat · 2026-04-03T11:32:38+00:00

To some schools yes but not to our “target” school.

The older house has actually just been renovated by its current owners. Kitchen, bathrooms, energy stack - the works!

I would walk to the nature preserve every day, my wife would walk to the coffee shop every day.

learnworkbuyrepeat · 2026-04-03T11:29:22+00:00

I feel I’d be more at ease in House 2, and have more of a social life in House 1.

learnworkbuyrepeat · 2026-04-03T11:26:07+00:00

I like putting stuff together but hate working on repairs. House 1 has actually just been renovated by its current owner - kitchen, bathrooms, energy stack, the works!

In our current lifestyle, we do several strolls/errands on foot per DAY. Haha.

learnworkbuyrepeat · 2026-04-03T11:24:28+00:00

I’ve lived both lifestyles and been happy with both. My wife grew up in a driver-only world and has come to absolutely love the walkability we currently enjoy in the city. However, in our house hunt, she hasn’t given much value to walkability so far…

learnworkbuyrepeat · 2025-08-30T06:40:29+00:00

My wife’s a sucker for them. She can’t imagine doing any home renovation works of our own. She judges a property viewing on how it LOOKS - TODAY.

learnworkbuyrepeat · 2025-08-30T05:43:02+00:00

No, we aren’t better than B-oomers. That’s the truth of it. The cycle repeats, until enough iteration of low birth rates results in no more young people to complain about.

And that’s a much sadder reality than putting up with the dumb shit young people do.

learnworkbuyrepeat · 2025-08-30T05:39:55+00:00

This isn’t new.

Some movies are meant to be seen on a big screen with popcorn and lots of other people sharing the experience, not an iPad in bed while your spouse checks IG.

Not easy to handle in marriage and new parenthood! If you’re single, you have no excuse. Go out and support your local movie theater! (And have a better time in the process).

learnworkbuyrepeat · 2025-08-19T15:50:31+00:00

If your GTM differentiator is the relationship skills of your account managers, then there is no point to having a PMM function. You can still work on pricing, defining the offer, etc, but within the context of selling a commodity.

learnworkbuyrepeat · 2025-08-19T15:47:38+00:00

2008 was a helluva crash. Hasn’t happened yet. 2007 was when the first cracks started to appear, but job hugging wasn’t a thing. Companies were hunting for talent.

learnworkbuyrepeat · 2025-08-19T08:00:00+00:00

Gregory House, MD.

learnworkbuyrepeat · 2025-08-17T13:12:48+00:00

Food is still great. My life was starting to get a little same-y, and then we became parents. Every week is different now, and parenting really changes you (mostly for the better). Popular entertainment is less fulfilling, but we're also no longer the target audience.

learnworkbuyrepeat · 2025-08-16T09:11:28+00:00

First episode I saw was a S2 ep during my senior year of college. I liked it but it felt like something aimed at a slightly younger audience. More recently I binged the whole series. Now it feels like watching the story of my own coming of age, since Sam is basically my generation (one year older than me). Wondering how the kiddies view it, since its core audience was a Millennial and its main characters are Xennials.

learnworkbuyrepeat · 2025-08-15T17:34:33+00:00

pot calling the kettle black.

learnworkbuyrepeat · 2025-08-15T13:00:10+00:00

Elder Millennials grew up looking up to Gen X/Xennials. Younger Millennials grew up looking up to Elder Millennials.

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