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Is this too picky to ask for?
We will be starting to look at houses in the spring. Is it too picky to have these requests for a realtor to look for: at least 3 bedrooms, 1 1/2 to 2 baths, one level house with a basement, no gas heating, a little bit of land (1 acre or less)?
Re: Is this too picky to ask for?
No. That's kind of a standard list, IMO. But - you just have to realize that the realtor is going to show you houses that don't necessarily 100% meet your preferences. Any "wish list" you come up with, you need to break it down - was are absolute musts, what is largely preferable but you're flexible, and what's a dealbreaker?
And think about things like location (busy road, near a highway, etc), garage vs carport vs nothing, a fixer upper or already updated, and so forth.
For us, a minimum of 3 bedrooms and 2 baths was a requirement. Anything less, we weren't interested. It also had to have a useable yard for our son.
But a garage was preferable, but when we ended up w/ a carport, we were fine.
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No gas heat? Why? Gas tends to be cheaper and more efficient than electric.
Your list is reasonable.
I don't consider it picky, but you could have a tough time finding a home without gas heat.
You can be as picky as you want, but understand that you might have a hard time finding everything you ask for in the location/price point you are in. As a pp mentioned, it is important to be open to viewing homes that might be missing something on your list unless it is an absolute deal breaker.
We ended up finding one that had 99% of what we wanted and we conceded on a few things. It had all of our "must haves" and was missing a few of our "it would be really nice ifs" because it was "the" house for us!
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Depends where you live. There are places where it's rare for homes to have gas at all. Sometimes propane, sometimes just electric.
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