5 Attributes of a Good Neighborhood: Your Guide to Choosing

Are you planning to buy a home? Do you want to buy one from a good neighborhood? Do you already know what makes it good?



The neighborhood on where you plan to purchase your house has influence in many things. Whatever exists in it can affect your lifestyle, behavior and even your kids. Therefore, it is very much important to choose a good neighborhood for things to go well on your stay.



A good neighborhood generally has five common attributes. Before choosing your house, consider if it has more than one good attributes. Here are some of them:



• The place poses no danger to health. When you look at the sidewalks, it is free from garbage. It has waste disposal bins that are accessible for every person. Aside from that, a good neighborhood should not have places that can be a habitat of mosquitoes and other pests. Clearly, when you look at the environment, there are no evident health hazards.



• The place has low counts of crime occurrence. If you want to live in a good neighborhood, consider your safety first. The lower the crime rate is the better neighborhood becomes. Find one with lower crime rate and you would not miss getting a good night sleep all the time.



• The beauty of the place is classic and it remains unchanging. You can even see yourself growing old on the same neighborhood with the same pleasantries existing. However, some real property investors would resort to developments to make life even more convenient and fun. Sometimes, this could mean tearing down old places in exchange for a new establishment. The existence of new structures might cause you to lose the spots (in the neighborhood) that you treasure most. Therefore, try to learn more about the development plans of the place.



• There is easy access to shopping malls, schools, office and many others. The road to these places are also be smooth, making travelling easy for its residents



• Presence of amenities makes them good too. A good neighborhood will always have something extra to make life easy and fun. Usual amenities added are gyms and spas, malls, grocery stores, amusement centers and many others.



On the other hand, a good neighborhood can also be defined based one's perception. Sometimes what is good is anything that can meet your current need. For example, you are the type of person who is always late for work since you live miles away from work. Because of this, you decided to buy a home that is close to your workplace so that you do not have to drive long. Now, all you have to do is just walk and you are happy with it. That can be a concept of a good neighborhood.





Those things mentioned above are ideal concept of what a good neighborhood is. Therefore, before you buy a home, try to ensure that you will be picking a home that is in a neighborhood with at least 2 good attributes: safe and healthy. The rest is just like a bonus.



In addition, do not go spending money for the wrong house in the wrong hood. Take time to know them and you will be even happier with your choice.





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