cycling and house buying

[Koronin]

Yep, it is location, location, location. Of course it also has to be an easy drive to base for my husband (civil service) and to the major shopping area since that where much of my merchandising work is at.

[Owlie]

Yep, it is location, location, location. Of course it also has to be an easy drive to base for my husband (civil service) and to the major shopping area since that where much of my merchandising work is at.

The big thing for us was that DBF have a reasonable walk to class in the morning. (Yeah, he has a free pass for the RTA, but that's not always on time.) It works out from the respect that he's got a 1mi walk to class, and we're about a half-mile from the grocery store and near bus routes if we need to go to Target or something. There are places within walking distance of campus that are closer to nice bike routes, but realistically, I'd have to want to live with another two people to make those work.

[tulip]

Proximity to cycling routes was a huge factor in deciding to buy my house. Even though it needed a ton of work, the location allows me to be on quiet country roads in 5 minutes from my door by bike. I'm also 3 miles from downtown by a bike path that was built after I moved here, so I just got lucky with that one.

[limewave]

That is the one thing we did right early on in our marriage. When we were shopping for houses, we'd park in potential neighborhood and spend hours walking around and riding our bikes. Ride- and walkability was one of the top 3 factors in choosing location along with proximity to work and school district.

[Karma007]

That is the one thing we did right early on in our marriage. When we were shopping for houses, we'd park in potential neighborhood and spend hours walking around and riding our bikes. Ride- and walkability was one of the top 3 factors in choosing location along with proximity to work and school district.

We did this too. Before even working with and agent and looking for a house, we chose neighborhoods, and made lists of needs and wants. By the time we had a real estate agent, we knew exactly what we wanted. That being said, it then took us another 18 months to get it, but we couldn't be happier, especially with the location. The house you can always fix, the location and neighbors you're stuck with.

[soprano]

When my husband and I bought our house in 2009, we made some serious trade-offs in terms of the size of the house and its amenities in order to get a good location. A walkable/bikeable neighborhood and proximity to public transit were priority #1. We save for three extra years in order to make the down payment on a house in this area.

Every single day, we congratulate ourselves on making such an awesome decision. Totally worth it.

[Catrin]

I rent, but I recently moved to an apartment complex mainly due to the ability to ride to my favorite country roads by cutting through a park. I do not have easy access to local transit from this location, but right now the ability to ride to the country trumped access to transit.