House choice

[divanerd]

We are relocating to an Atlanta suburb, which would you choose out of these?

TH A- 2 br, 2.5 ba,1300 sq ft updated everything,HOA upkeep small yard, 4 mi to school $1350

TH B-2br/2.5 ba 1450 sq ft, updated everything, no pool, HOA upkeep small yard, 3 mi to school$1450

SFH 4br/2.5ba,1995 sqft, updated, pool,tennis court,big yard, 5 mi to school $1500, we upkeep yard

[bma]

SFH would be my pick.

[xctsclrx]

SFH for my family. My DH likes yard work though

[sandandsea]

Sfh

[erinshelley21]

SFH. You can probably outsource the yard stuff for a reasonable price. Compared to the bigger TH, I would say the bigger house and yard is worth the $600/year.

[mommyatty]

SFH. Sharing walls is so risky. When we left DC and our shitty upstairs neighbors, I had an “As God is my witness, I will never be hungry again!” scene. No more sharing walls. Nope. Nope. Nope.

[saraml13]

SFH, unless you both travel and don’t have any time for upkeep. Even then, I’d be willing to hire a lawn service for the extra privacy and space.

[2chatter]

SFH all the way. And I can’t imagine doing 2BRs with kids - I did a large 2BR SFH with one infant, but we had three living areas, so one was a playroom and one was an office. And we had a big yard.

[librarychica]

SFH. I’d be cool with a SFH, small yard, but not a townhouse if I could avoid. Our best friends live in ATL. Now I’m curious where. Happy moving!

[sunbutter]

Without additional information, I would go with the one close to 2000 sq ft.. I am currently in 1600 with two growing kids and we are beyond ready to get more space.

[k3am]

SFH. Townhouses are hard unless you're townhouse people. Are you townhouse people?

[divanerd]

Thanks ladies! We are TH people. Close proximity to commute has always been important to us.



We figured the swim tennis club membership in this area is $750 a year for our family. So an extra $750 spent for the SFH makes it worth it, plus SFH in this area are truly hard to come by.
This is the town we want to purchase in which makes it worth it.



Update! They will rent the SFH to us for $1375!

[shakinros]

I grew up in an Atlanta suburb! Hope you like it there.

[mustardseed2007]

SFH

[rere]

SFH, but I am not townhouse people. We are barely neighborhood people, so shared walls would send all 4 of us over the edge.