A half acre or more would be nice and allow for more room.
Dan,
As I said in an earlier post, we bought this house 15 years ago and in that time it has sextupled in value....best investment I have ever made! I had a 15 year payment plan and paid the original mortgage off last year - now I have another, but at a better rate!
When we were looking to buy a house, my wife and I each had one feature we wanted. She wanted natural gas as she is a chef and I did not want to see my neighbor each morning through the kitchen window as I drink my coffee - no cookie-cutter house and I did not want a HOA to deal with!
After a few months of searching, we found this house. I knew it was for us when we saw it - it had a 20,000 gal. diving pool, natural gas, a BIG 10ft. Paraclipse satellite dish (now gone) and I was at least 30 yds. from my closest neighbor's window!
We still love the location and house, so we decided to add-on instead of move - we were busting at the seams with stuff. I'm currently at about 2900sf and I have room on the lot (by city laws) to add another 1100sf if we ever want to.
