fengshui master here
We had a pie-lot in a previous house. Couple things I remember:
Property tax is based on the value of the lot and home. A bigger/better lot , just like a bigger / better home will increase your tax. If you want to pay less tax then buy a smaller house on a smaller lot.ssj4_ootaku1 wrote: ↑ FYI, the larger the lot size
the higher the property taxes as well, compared to your neighbours
Atleast thats the case in ontario
Not really fengahui but certainly can be a concern if facing directly to incoming traffic. It'll depend on specific lot and house positioning, but generally I find houses on corner would be ok as following the curve of the corner kinda avoided that situation.dottawat wrote: ↑ I'm no fengshui expert, but when I was shopping for my last house, my realtor talked lots about fengshui (don't even know if he was an expert). But he cautioned us from lots that are located in on the outside sweep of a corner (like drawn in your picture). He told us it was bad fengshui for your front door to face upwards to a street. Please don't ask me anything about this, I don't understand the rules (but I do kind of believe in it...some houses just "feel" right).
More practically, he told us that when you are on the outside of a corner like that, every car that drives down the street and turns that corner will shine its lights right through your windows. Every single time. This would drive me crazy, to be honest, especially on a busy street.
My favourite lots are mid-block (e.g. some distance from corners and "non-house" stuff (stores, parks, parking lots, apartments, etc.). Drove my wife crazy when house hunting, lol.
I agree with B: No place to shovel the snow. By the end of the winter, we'd have piles 6+ feet high. This is a challenge I face, also no where to put recycle bins or blue boxes or compost bins or put large items for trash collection like mattress, bed frames, ect they will go on your driveway in the winterCNeufeld wrote: ↑ We had a pie-lot in a previous house. Couple things I remember:
1) Great backyard to front yard ratio.
2) No place to shovel the snow. By the end of the winter, we'd have piles 6+ feet high.
3) Limited parking for guests. Wasn't too much of an issue for us, as we had a double car garage, and along enough driveway for 2 sets of 2 vehicles. But you end up with no curbside parking, because your entire curbside area is driveway.
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The value of a big pie lot isn’t just necessarily using that extra space, It’s also the added privacy and space with your neighbors vs having houses so close together. Even when you’re inside the house this is a benefit IMO.GoodFellaz wrote: ↑ I agree with B: No place to shovel the snow. By the end of the winter, we'd have piles 6+ feet high. This is a challenge I face, also no where to put recycle bins or blue boxes or compost bins or put large items for trash collection like mattress, bed frames, ect they will go on your driveway in the winter
Another thing, if you have a big backyard pie shaped, cutting the grass will be a pain in the you know what, I fill up on average 3 bags of grass clippings and misc yard waste like twigs, leafs, branches, weeds, etc. lots of time consuming work
If you have any kind of storm and the fences get damaged or breaks for falls down, be prepared for a big repair bill compared to your neighbours with a smaller more regular sized backyard. i had 3 sections of fence break, and the repair bill was $24,000 so unless you go thru insurance, and even if u go thru insurance they only cover your portion, the neighbours may not agree to fix it so your on the hook for the neighbours cost.
weeds, more grass means more weeds, lots of cleanup involved, time consuming, and lastly
property tax. your property tax is NOT on the size of your house its the size of your lot, bigger backyard means bigger lot means more tax compared to your neighbours, so u better use that space really good, cus your paying for it
