If you say size, since most of us need more size, share a second answer as well?
For me it would be the layout of our apartment. There is a lot of wasted space on the first floor (our bedroom/office) that I wish were part of the second floor (kids rooms, living room, kitchen). The second thing on my list would be light! We don't get good natural light in our apt.
What would you change?
wonderful pear / 26210 posts
The style. I really wanted a center hall colonial, instead we got a raised ranch.
blogger / pineapple / 12381 posts
Nothing! We're really lucky to have our dream house... but a stretch goal would be to have solar heat/hot water.
pomegranate / 3863 posts
We have 2 different styles of hardwood. Very blonde looking bamboo and more traditional oak. It looks like our house had an identity crisis!
pomegranate / 3003 posts
I'd be in a house, and not an apartment. I'd love to have a big yard and a breakfast nook. Someday!
GOLD / squash / 13464 posts
Adding a basement. Our house would be PERFECT if it just had a basement.
GOLD / cantaloupe / 6581 posts
Having a split floorplan would be nice. The bedrooms are all clustered together, which is nice for when LO is a newborn, but it's going be hard trying to be quiet all the time! 
pineapple / 12802 posts
Finishing our basement with the perfect layout (ie: office & bedroom).
We NEED another bedroom SO BADLY.
honeydew / 7504 posts
Size - I'd love to add a finished basement. And after that, the kitchen. Man I want to redo our kitchen so badly!
cantaloupe / 6800 posts
Bigger bedrooms with a privacy fence.
If we had bigger bedrooms we would stay here a lot longer, the teeny rooms will push us out of her in the next 6 years or so
apricot / 340 posts
another small bedroom next to the master so I can make that the baby's room. my two extra bedrooms are on the second floor (master's on the first) and the extra spare room (which is our study/office) is on the first floor but across the house from the master.
GOLD / grapefruit / 4555 posts
I would probably have to say cosmetic work - I wish the outside of the house looked better. We have to redo the porch at some point this summer and will eventually have to replace the siding, repaint the trim, and maybe splurge on a metal roof. Other than that? Nothing 
GOLD / cantaloupe / 6703 posts
I'd throw away half of our stuff. Our place is small but well layed-out, it's just full of clutter!
bananas / 9357 posts
Bigger backyard with grass. The yard we have is so tiny and our dog has caused there to be no grass! Second would be more natural light. I would love to install some of those light tubes around the house.
coconut / 8472 posts
I'd really love another bedroom on the same floor as the the master and guest room, and a 2 car garage instead of a 1 car. I bought the house when I was single, and it is so not ideal for a family.
squash / 13764 posts
A separate dining area--ours is literally just a table pushed against a wall between the kitchen island/bar and our living room. And another bedroom--then we could stay here indefinitely!
hostess / wonderful persimmon / 25556 posts
I would like a fireplace and a gas stove. Both would be feasible if we had somewhere for the gas line to go! We are on a slab so it would be difficult to run a gas line now.
(I was going to answer basement but that's more space so I left it out).
pomelo / 5509 posts
Well, the first thing is that I'd be in a house and not an apartment. But (and I'm basing my answer off the place we're moving to in a month and not our current place) I'd add more counter space to the kitchen, increase the size of the bathroom, and add more closet space.
persimmon / 1233 posts
We have a broken pocket door leading to our bedroom. Apparently the owner has tried to have it repaired before, but it would be crazy expensive and not worth it. We haven't pushed the issue but there have been times when it would've been nice to have a door that could close! Besides that, nope, our place is perfect. I'd love to own it in fact.
GOLD / pear / 1845 posts
New floors. Or maybe windows. Okay I vote windows. Ours our old, single panned and most of them don't open. We don't have air conditioning so it's pretty much sucky year round.
persimmon / 1153 posts
For our house to be completely paid off and a bigger yard with a pool would be nice, although we have a really nice neighborhood clubhouse with a splash pad, kid pool and adult lap pool available.
grapefruit / 4235 posts
i wish we had a daylight basement. It's finished, which is awesome, but I wish it had some kind of egress down there.
That or a bigger kitchen.
bananas / 9973 posts
I wish we had a playroom area. Our "open" concept house is great, except no where to hide future toys everywhere! I'm already cringing just from gift toys and hand me downs we've received! A half bath for guests would also be ideal.
pomelo / 5331 posts
I would like an entryway. Currently, our front door opens into our living room.
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21616 posts
Definitely size- we are at 1000 sq feet and although the space is well used, it's tight for sure. At least it's less to clean 
it actually feels bigger than our last place which was 1500 sq ft- bit the layout was awful!
Since I need a second option: I would make the kitchen bigger with a pantry. We end up storing a lot of food on our counters because we just have nowhere to put it.
OR (since I'm so indecisive) I'd change our flooring to wood floors.
pomegranate / 3604 posts
Make it soundproof. Or tweak the layout so that the kitchen + dining/living flow better into each other, thus making it feel larger.
honeydew / 7488 posts
I would love more storage space on the first floor. There are no hall closets, only a linen closet. Nowhere to store a vaccuum.
GOLD / wonderful grape / 20289 posts
I'd like 2 more bedrooms. And a wrap around front porch.
GOLD / apricot / 315 posts
I love our house, but there are also so many things I would change. The biggest one (and something that I can't actually change) is the layout of the bedrooms and bathrooms. The master bath is off of a pretty small bedroom, and it would be nice to have a real master bedroom. There are two bedrooms on our third floor that are much larger and have much more closet space, but there's no bathroom up there. (Cue the violins, I know.)
On a more realistic front, I'd love to have a fence in our backyard.
papaya / 10560 posts
um i know just pick one..but...
larger kitchen.
or
1 more bedroom or bathroom.
we only have a 2/2 and i'd love that extra bed or bath for guests!
bananas / 9227 posts
The practical part of me favors changing the windows from double glass to triple and having the whole house checked by a professional for efficient insulation. Cosmetically, I want to take out all the 70's accents, like our stairs and replace it with something more classic. But what I would really love is a bigger kitchen!
There's so many things I want to change, I can't pick just one!
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