As everyone knows, Ryan and I are hopefully going to be buying a house next spring/early summer. There's a few things that can deter us from this goal, but at this point we are planning on it.
Today as we were watching "My First Place" on HGTV this one crazy woman actually stated that a house that didn't have an ice machine dispenser on the front of a refrigerator was a deal breaker for her! Obviously she was insane and seriously needed to readjust her priorities on what she was looking for in a house. But, it got us to talking about what we want in a house. And the obvious main factor is location!
However, our requirements for location are all over the place, hopefully some of you can help us out.
1. We want to be close to 295, but are willing to live between exits 17 and 34. Preferably between exits 26-34 though.
2. We need a city that has decent schools systems, with a high school that has good academics, sports, and arts programs (you know, just in case all our kids are super talented)
3. A nice neighborhood where we can feel comfortable letting the kids ride their bikes down the street, or walking to the nearest Wawa. I definitely want a neighborhood with sidewalks. I am so tired of wanting to go for a walk but having to walk in the street with cars speeding past Ryleigh's stroller.
4. We are also considering Pennsylvania, probably south of Philadelphia, so it would still be reasonable for Ryan to get to work in Gibbstown (exit 17 off of 295).
I think the biggest thing we really need to find out more info about is the school systems. Since I grew up in RI, and Ryan went to private school we have no clue how the public schools fare around here. So, anyone with any advice let us know. Or if you know of a good website to check out the schools that would be great too.
And yes, we know a realtor can help us with these questions, but we don't have one yet :-)
So if you want to suggest a good realtor that'd be great too :-)
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