Dimitri wrote:

>
> The place we're in up here is the same.0 The builder was/is (I meet him)
> an idiot. At first glance the kitchen area looked grand then we moved
> in. as example:
>
> The space for the fridge is so tight one can not open the freezer door
> (side by side) 90 degrees, the wall gets in the way.

DH insisted on a huge side-by-side fridge. The space for it is right
near the side wall. I have to pull it out of its space to remove the
shelves to clean it. It's very deep, but it has sliding shelves. I can't
use them when the fridge is in its space because the door doesn't open
far enough. You have my deepest sympathies.

> The dishwasher is about 3 feet from the sink - rinse the dishes and
> spill water all over the floor getting the dishes to the dishwasher.
> The pipes from the guest bathroom run behind the kitchen wall, someone
> flushes and you hear the water gurgle down the drain (very pleasant).

We don't have those problems. The builder insulated the wall between the
living room and the master bedroom. He said he did the same between the
master bedroom and the main bathroom, but we hear the shower.

It has a few flaws, but it's a wonderful house. 2,100+ sq ft. a huge
screen porch on the back, 2 car garage, inside laundry room, 2 baths, 3
bedrooms and a safe room, ceramic tile floors and vaulted ceilings with
ceiling fans in every room, including the screen porch. Closets are
enormous and plentiful. Master bedroom has a huge walk-in closet that
was equipped with double rods and cubbies, a fully-tiled huge shower and
a jetted bath tub. It's on a little less than 3/4 of an acre with a
circular drive. It cost us, in March of 05, about the same as what I
sold my 40 year old, stick-built tract house in NJ for in 1996. I'm not
complaining at all.


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Janet Wilder
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