Homeowners, after your experience(s) buying your first home (or second +), what would you do differently the next time you buy a home (or maybe even your retirement home)? Or are you the kind that knew exactly what you got and are happy to be in your home forever?
For me, I am eying a retirement home (for the far future), and one that is all brick (or at least 50%) all the way around and ranch style. A walk-out ranch would be perfect but not necessary. Living in my current home, a 3 floor, over 3000 sq ft (including basement), is way too much to clean. I remember living in a 2-bedroom 800 sq ft condo and having to clean the one bathroom was a pain. Now I have 3 bathrooms to clean (one master, one regular, and one powder) and I just can't keep up. I know, these things are trivial, but it takes so much time going up and down the stairs. Luckily, we don't have our basement finished but when we do, there will be another bathroom there. I'd like to keep it at 3.
I do like our current small yard but I'd definitely like a larger space so that I can plant more trees and flowering plants.