Guide to buying a house : What type of home do I buy?
When someone decides to buy a house, there are usually a series of needs that the house must
cover. Factors such that, as home buyers, one put as preferences, for example, the number of
bedrooms, the surface of the house, the distribution of the rooms, its location, the state of the
property or some ingredients such as a garden, terrace, swimming pool, garage, basement or
the proximity to the beach or some services.
In this process of searching for our dreams' house, it is widespread to have doubts about the
type of home best suited to our needs. Condominium for Sale Houston TX? Apartment by the
sea? Houses for Sale on Lake Conroe? Finally, it will be a sum of factors that determine the
type of home that one is going to look for, but we can differentiate some large groups of
elements:
1. The area
The first thing will be to decide on the locality where you are going to live. This choice will
be influenced by emotional factors (the closeness of family and friends, living in the area
where we have grown up, etc.), and objective factors (budget, urban plan, ease of parking and
access, the proximity of services and work, etc.). Often these factors will vary over time.
Thus, for example, young couples without children may prefer to live in an area close to work
with an affordable house price, a family with children will value the proximity to schools and
the tranquillity of the neighborhood, and some retirees will value the proximity to the beach
and the services that the area offers.