re: Would you buy a townhome?

No. Wouldn't buy a townhome. There are 40 new units for sale at the edge of our neighborhood in Lawrenceville, GA. Going rate on these in particular is $420,000 for three floors (1600 s.f.) and a two car garage.

Since we're moving away from Gwinnett county and over to west Georgia to be closer to the office we found a 2500 s.f. home, 2-car garage, and a full acre on a cul-de-sac with only four other homes around. Just a tad more expensive than the townhomes where I'd have a neighbor on the other side of the wall whose behavior I cannot control or predict, and Kroger shopping center within a quarter mile.

Nope. No townhome for me, thank you very much. I'm getting old fast and I hate people in general. Don't want or need anyone that close to me other than my wife and coonhound.