My Dream Home Worksheet

Here are a few key questions to help narrow down what you want in your home.

• What type of home are you looking for? Detached or semi-detached?
• What style of home is best for you? Two-storey, bungalow, split-level, duplex, townhouse?
• What about the age of the home? Does the home need to be brand new?
• How many bedrooms and bathrooms do you need?
• What are you looking for in a kitchen? How about a family room? Do you want a separate dining room? What is your preferred layout?
• What are your high-priority features? Appliances, ensuite, fireplace?
• What other rooms do you need? Main floor laundry room, home office, hobby room?
• What about storage space? Basements? Lockers?
• Do you need a garage or extra parking spaces?
• Is energy efficiency important? Newer windows or a high-efficiency furnace?
• How long is your daily commute? How easy is it to get to the places you need to go?
• How close do you need to be to transit, shopping, schools, places of worship, and hospitals?
• Are there any important location factors? Backing on to parks? How about road traffic? Do you need to be on a quiet street?
• What size of yard are you looking for? Is the backyard important, or is a side yard enough? What about the front yard?
• What other landscaping features are important? A fenced yard, play areas, a pool, gardens, a patio?
• Is it important that the house faces a certain direction?
• Who are you sharing this home with and what are their needs? For example, pets might need a fenced yard, or extended family may want a separate entrance.
• How long do you plan to live here? This decision can impact the type of home, the location, and how much you will spend.
• How much do you want to invest beyond the purchase price of the home—both in terms of money and effort—if you can’t find all the features that you want?