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Best is that it is a detached house that we could afford and it isn't too far from the city core.

WORST: the rest!

LOL!

Best: layout and space; it's just what we want!

Worst: the outside. I wish I have money to redo all sidings!

It's a rental so we aren't stuck here but:

Best: a nice backyard for our dog and enough space for us to grow into with a baby.

Worst: EVERYTHING is brown. Cheap brown wood paneling, brown cabinets and counter tops, brown exterior paint, etc.

Best: we live in a great neighborhood and have an acre, so plenty of room to run

Worst: no storage! I'd do anything for more closets!

Hands down our kitchen. But yes, location, school district, I love that bedrooms are on another level and our big backyard.

Worst: the bathrooms are god awful ugly. The main bath is blue, blue blue. Blue tile, blue tub, blue seashell sinks. YUCK. Our master is small which I don't mind terribly because I think humongous master baths are a waste of real estate. But we plan to steal some space from our closet to make it just a tad wider.

Best: charming details, lots of built ins, great front and back yard, sunroom, huge master with door leading to patio, great neighborhood, big trees

Worst-2 bedrooms, master not a full bath, carpet, small kitchen

Best: located in charming walkable neighborhood near enormous beautiful park, we have a deck which is unusual for our area

Worst: cost is completely unsustainable for us long-term, lovely century-old floors have nails constantly popping up that ruin our socks (one of LO's first words was "hammer" since we're forever beating back the nails)

@hummusgirl: if you dip the nails in salt water they should stay in the wood better!

Best: high ceilings, big kitchen with way more counter space than our last apartment, everything is new

Worst: bedroom is a bit small, and it looks out onto a shared, enclosed courtyard with terrible acoustics. When anyone is on their balcony talking, we can hear them very clearly in our bedroom, even with the windows closed. There are a few people who tend to hang out on their balconies late at night being very loud, meaning I can't sleep. Ugh.

Best: the location - it's in a great neighborhood in my hometown about 2 miles from the house I grew up in. Having my mother nearby makes the babysitting situation SOOO much easier. We also have decent sized bedrooms and two full baths.

Worst: Small lot of land, kitchen needs a makeover, very little storage other than the bedroom closets.

Best: our basement. One entire wall is a feature with real stone and a fireplace, and it is comfortable and dark and cozy down there, with a full bathroom. The basement sold us on the house.

Worst: the kitchen. The flooring is terrible (it is old and cheap and never looks clean, even after hand-scrubbing), the cupboards are dingy and there aren't enough of them, and the pantry is wide open to the room. I cannot wait to reno the kitchen, but $$$$!!

Best: location, high ceilings throughout, beautiful hardwood floors, big open spaces.

Worst: not a ton of natural light and the stinky bar downstairs. We are moving though because of those two factors.

Best: huge fenced in yard, new decks, great neighbors/schools, lots of charming details, updated kitchen/bathrooms

Worst: all of the bedrooms except the master are walk-throughs because the house was built in 1770. Literally, you have to walk through one bedroom to get to the next (4 rooms total). It literally keeps me up at night sometimes because I hate it so much! lol.

Best: Tall fence (10ft) with a nice pool and spa (nice bc we redid everything to it. Re-coped, re-tiled, and re-plastered).

Worst: Super limited in storage space and poor insulation. It gets crazy cold and crazy hot depending on the weather which causes our furnace to run extra hard to keep up. Which results in high electricty bills. No bueno!!

We just moved into a house from a small apt, so I'm loving all the space and freedom.

Best- kitchen, layout, space, yard
Worst- closet space, master bathroom is small.

Best: the layout, even though it's a split level we have a lot of spcae and storage and a ton of counter space in kitchen.

Worst: carpet/flooring and trim color. It's all basic builder code, we want to start doing upgrades to make it a little more special. We just are not DIYers so we haven't yet

@redsmarties: we have toads everywhereee in the summer!! Ahhh I'm glad it's not just us. Must be our whole neighborhood! My dog goes full on toad-hunter and I am constantly running out with her to save the toads from being eaten.

@redsmarties: Yikes, you may actually have them worse than us! I'm such a freak about any sort of animal though and I have to try to save them all. It drives SO batty, haha.

best: location! I'd stay forever if we could, I love love love it here. The only thing that separates where my house is from the city is the Charles River. 4.6 miles from Fenway Park. Two malls, lots of restaurants, the T!, summer evening walks to Harvard Sq., bike trail directly behind house, park across the street & it's pretty cheap!

worst: it's teeny tiny, no storage, it's pretty dark, the kitchen has new appliances but is the smallest ever and cabinets are awful, ugly rugs.

it's great for right now

Best: We put a lot of work into making the house our own - Added livingspace, 1/2 bath, eating area, finished basement, and it works really well for our family of 3. Fenced in yard. great town with great schools and near my hubs family.

Worst: busy street, shared driveway, no garage. If we want to have a 2nd kid we'll have to look at either expanding the house again or moving. Bedroom not big enough to fit a king size bed and creaky older floors (while they look great, at night we're always careful where we step not to wake the baby)