I don't know why I dislike ranches so much. I like the idea of having two stories because there's a greater separation between sleeping life and living life, assuming bedrooms are upstairs. This area has a lot of split level ranches, which I find difficult. You walk in the front door, and immediately, you're faced with a decision: Upstairs or downstairs? Then the heating (assuming one zone, which most are around here) is always too hot upstairs and too cold downstairs. Bedrooms are upstairs, but it's kind of like the normal downstairs. I don't know. They just confuse me :-)
Robyn Jim Davis wrote: >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 12:24 AM >>To: CF-Community >>Subject: RE: Buying a house (was RE: Bought a house! Mover ...) >> >>You can have dual zone air handling with a ranch house, its not hard, just >>many people don't do it. >> >>I used to live on 5 acres land, so the foot print of the house wasn't an >>issue, but I'm a country boy, so maybe that's just me. >> >> > >Well - there is a reason they call them "ranches". ;^) > >At least in my neighborhood (the close Boston suburbs) you're lucky to get >10' between you and a neighbor. Your front "yard" might be 6' deep and the >back yard perhaps 15-20' deep (just enough to place a small detached garage >at the end of the driveway and still allow access to the house). > >In this area there are actually very few one-story buildings of any kind. >There are actually very few single family homes come to think of it - most >houses are triple deckers. > >Jim Davis > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:143762 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
