Home buyers often start their search with a long list of must-haves \u2026 only to find they need to whittle it way down once they see what\u2019s within reach. Unless you\u2019re a bazillionaire, it\u2019s impossible to check all those boxes on the wish list. So, how do buyers decide what pieces of their dream (home) they\u2019re willing to hack off?<\/p>\n
Imagine a triangle with price, location, and size\/style\/upgrades at each point. In most cases, you will have to be ready to give up on one of those three!<\/p>\n
Compromise No. 1: Location<\/strong> Compromise No. 2:\u00a0Square Footage Compromise No. 3: Yard Size Compromise No. 4: Awesome Garage Buyers are often flexible on the type of garage as well. Some garages are detached, which means that buyers can\u2019t enter directly into the home from the garage\u2014helpful during inclement weather. And some single-car garages are attached to the house, but\u2014surprise\u2014there is no entry from the garage into the house.<\/span><\/p>\n Compromise No. 4: Specific Architecture Home buyers often start their search with a long list of must-haves \u2026 only to find they need to whittle it way down once they see what\u2019s within reach. Unless you\u2019re a bazillionaire, it\u2019s impossible to check all those boxes on the wish list. So, how do buyers decide what pieces of their dream (home) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1811,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nIt\u2019s one of the first thing agents say their clients are willing to budge on.
\nWhile they might want to find a home that is within walking distance to the downtown area with shops, restaurants, and public transportation, buyers do not want to compromise on their living space.\u00a0Sometimes these homes are too small to fit their lifestyle needs, or the larger in-town homes are simply above their price range. So the dream of a walk-to-town\u00a0<\/span>location very often will get removed from a buyer\u2019s must-have list<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>But not everyone is adamant\u00a0about doing everything they can to keep\u00a0from downsizing. After all, if you\u2019re willing to skip that guest room, playroom, or dining room, you may be able to stay within your budget and<\/em>live in a nicer neighborhood. Sometimes the reward is not paying long term for family and friends to be able to stay in your home. So, if you\u2019re hoping to discourage the in-laws from\u00a0spending three weeks with you each summer, this compromise could work out for the best!<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Plenty of\u00a0buyers fantasize about landscaping a sweeping garden, or at least having an outdoor pool or hot tub\u2014until they see what they have to shell out (or give up) to get it. \u00a0When it comes to describing their dream home, buyers frequently say they want a large backyard. After seeing lots of\u00a0places, however, buyers realize that the size of the backyard is not as important as the spaciousness of the interior of the home.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>For the first-time home buyers who are moving from an urban area to the suburbs, it often comes as a surprise that not all homes have a two-car garage. Older homes, built in the early 1920s and 1930s frequently do not. While there are homes that do not have a garage at all\u2014and these homes are a much harder sell\u2014buyers will compromise and buy a home that has a one-car garage if the home meets the other items on their must-have list.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>So, you\u2019ve always pictured yourself in a Craftsman bungalow<\/a>,\u00a0until you saw the asking price. If you suddenly find yourself smitten with a Cape Cod<\/a>, it\u2019s OK;\u00a0you\u2019re not alone. \u00a0Whether it be the architectural style of the house or type of kitchen counters, those things are one of the first things mentioned when clients tell me what they want. \u00a0However, when compromises have to be made and they\u2019ve had time to look at homes for a bit and consider their budget, the home\u2019s aesthetics usually are the thing they choose to overlook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"