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myLot reputation of 97/100. katsmeow1213 (7751)   ranked 24 out of 548 in buy a house 3 years ago

Right now my biggest concern is that my house doesn't have enough outlets, especially not in the kitchen. I decided to plug my coffee maker in yesterday, and had to unplug the toaster to use it. It's sitting on top of my chest freezer too. As soon as I'm done drinking the coffee I'll have to move it because the baby's high chair is right next to the freezer...

I wish I had an outlet on the counter by the sink, that would make things a bit easier.

Or I could just wish I had more space in this place. *sigh*

What do you need more of in your house?

 

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tags:  house, outlets, clean, homes, more closets
 
1. myLot reputation of 92/100. meandmy3 (1320)   3 years ago

I wish I had less house. Do not get me wrong I love my house but I hate cleaning it etc. but today is the day the service comes so at least it will get a deep clean, floors on hands and knees (not my request) etc..


myLot reputation of 97/100. katsmeow1213 (7751)   ranked 24 out of 548 in buy a house  3 years ago

I already told my hsuband, if we ever buy a really big house, we'd darn well better be able to afford a maid. I don't like to clean the house I have now. Granted it would probably be easier if I weren't picking up after so many other people!

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2. myLot reputation of 96/100. cher913 (21900)   ranked 23 out of 548 in buy a house   3 years ago

i like our house but i wish we had less stairs. i have troubles going up and down the stairs due to my knees. i wish it was more on less levels (its a 5 level townhouse). once the economy gets better, we will be moving.

oh and i would LOVE another bathroom - with one teenaged girl and one on the way (she is 12), 2 bathrooms would be heaven!


myLot reputation of 97/100. katsmeow1213 (7751)   ranked 24 out of 548 in buy a house  3 years ago

One thing I am happy about is not having stairs! I did have them a few months ago before we moved in here, and that was one of the things I was looking forward to was no longer having them! Each of my kids had fallen down them at least once, yes including the baby! So now our only stairs are the 4 or 5 that lead up to the front porch!

I'd also like at least 1 more bathroom... but I've been dealing for 4 years with only one, and in our last house the only bathroom was downstairs. Try that in the middle of the night! Ugh!

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3. myLot reputation of 98/100. 4ofmyown (707)   3 years ago

The one thing I would give anything for is more closets. We live in a 4 bedroom 3 bath house...there are 6 of us (2 adults & 4 kids..soon to be 5) and we have 1 linen closet for the whole house. In this one closet I have to try to keep towels and sheets for 6 twin beds and 1 king. Also, in this closet is toilet paper, paper towels, beach towels and boxes of tissues. We do have a walk in closet in the Master bedroom that we could add shelving for more storage, which is probably what we are going to have to do after the baby arrives. We do have a garage but it gets so hot and humid here I don't like to store anything like towels or paper products out there. There alot of people that I have spoken to that have had the same complaint about there houses down here. My family that is from up north thinks it is insane but they are also used to having basements. I think having a basement would be awesome!


myLot reputation of 97/100. katsmeow1213 (7751)   ranked 24 out of 548 in buy a house  3 years ago

What's a linen closet??? Seriously, it's been 5 years since I've lived somewhere that had a linen closet.. my last 3 homes have not had one.

When we moved into this place there's a big gap in the wall where the hot water heater is, right behind the tub. So I asked the guys to create a cabinet in there for me, so I use that for my towels. Other bathroom things go under the sink. The sheets are on a bookshelf in my bedroom which is what I was using as my linen closet in the last 2 houses too.


myLot reputation of 98/100. 4ofmyown (707)  3 years ago

My husband is in the middle of re-doing the Master bath because of a horrible leak and instead of spending a ton of money on a bunch of cabinets I suggested getting a small bookshelf for the towels. It actually seemed to make more sense to me. Do you mind having to use a bookshelf?


myLot reputation of 97/100. katsmeow1213 (7751)   ranked 24 out of 548 in buy a house  3 years ago

Actually, I do. It's hard to keep it organized, and it looks pretty nasty half of the time because things get pushed and shoved and not put away correctly, and you can't hide that mess. I think if it were just me and hubby it would be fine, but with all the kids, none of whom help keep things neat, it's just an eyesore. I'd go with cabinets with lots of shelving if I could!

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4. myLot reputation of 100/100. jillhill (17687)   3 years ago

I live in an old house and it has been rewired but they could have also put in a few more outlets....and light switches....all my lights upstairs you have to pull on a chain to turn the lights on.....that would be much more convient!

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5. myLot reputation of 95/100. OreoCookie3 (22476)   3 years ago

Hi Kats.. my house doesn't have enough room. My room is soooo small. I have a chest of drawers, a dresser, and my full sized bed, and a night stand. I would love to have room for my computer and desk in my room, but there is no room. I have it in the living room. We have a one bedroom house, with a dining room converted into a bedroom, and then my bedroom.. that's it. We have a living room, a laundry room, and kitchen with it, and that is all.


myLot reputation of 97/100. katsmeow1213 (7751)   ranked 24 out of 548 in buy a house  3 years ago

I feel your pain, that's one of our problems too. I have 5 kids in a 3 bedroom mobile home.. and the bedrooms are tiny too. My daughter's bedroom doubles as the laundry room and I literally have to stand on her bed to get past the washer and dryer.

My 4 boys share a room, we have a crib, toddler bed, and bunk beds in that room as well as a dresser and the small TV stand. There are 3 small dressers lining the hall outside the bedrooms.

My room has a queen size bed, a dresser, a bookshelf that acts as my linen closet, and my computer is at the foot of the bed. We literally have to push the computer chair out of the room to get to the dresser or book shelf, or for my hubby to get into bed.

My side of the bed is up against the wall, so I just have to climb in and out of bed.

We're not happy about it, but we have a roof over our head and we can afford our rent so we won't be evicted anytime soon. That's what really matters, right?

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6. myLot reputation of 97/100. polachicago (8508)   3 years ago

I don't complain, but I wish I have more storage space in my bathroom and storage in general. Now I start thinking that my house is too big and too small.
too big for cleaning, too small to get lost...lol

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7. myLot reputation of 91/100. AcousticSoul (736)   3 years ago

you can fix that get a surge protector for you outlet with about 7 or 8 outlets in one...


Let see for my house I think we need more Storage space. we have so many clothes and no where to put them


myLot reputation of 97/100. katsmeow1213 (7751)   ranked 24 out of 548 in buy a house  3 years ago

I do have a surge protector, but that section of the counter is all taken up now so the coffee pot doesn't fit there.


myLot reputation of 91/100. AcousticSoul (736)  3 years ago

Oh ok I see you need more space with more outlets LOL.. I have that problem too

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8. myLot reputation of 68/100. robert67 (1340)   3 years ago

my house is the most awkward house in the world!

the radiators are all in the wrong place so i can't arrange a room how i want it. the main thing that it lacks is power sockets and those that i do have are in awkward places so i have to arrange the room around a radiator being in the wrong place and power sockets not being plentiful enough.

i might move.

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9. myLot reputation of 98/100. ckyera (4912)   3 years ago

hello katsmeow...
i wish our house has bigger space in the bedroom! yes the bedroom is really small just good for sleep. i can't do anything about this because this house is not actually mine, we just live here for a while then after a year or two we will move to another house again, depends on my husband's assignment.
and like you, i also have problem with the outlets.it only have two in the kitchen, and none in the other rooms so we always need to use an extension! it sometimes annoyed me but ok its not my house i'm just living here for free and i have no choice but to cope up with the situation and just do sacrifice a little! huh!
;-)

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10. myLot reputation of 97/100. Jae2619 (1201)   3 years ago

My house doesn't have enough closets. We moved little over two years ago and we lost 5 closets, I'm down to 3 in this house now and I hate it. I have stuff so jammed up in them, that i'm afraid it's all gonna come piling down on me when I open the door. I also have stuff in my kitchen cabinets that you'd never think to find some of that stuff in there but hey, I have no other room for it. lol

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