RealtyBizNews - Real Estate Marketing and Beyond
Real Estate Marketing & Beyond
Home » Housing » US Real Estate » Home Buying » How to Dig Past All the Listings & Find the Perfect Home for Your Family

How to Dig Past All the Listings & Find the Perfect Home for Your Family

By Hannah Whittenly | March 30, 2017

It’s so important to find the right home. After all, this is the place where you’ll hold Thanksgiving dinners, patch up skinned knees, and read your kids bedtime stories. However, finding the right space in which to do these things can challenge you. This search requires that you look at a number of factors. If you’re not sure where to start, you might consider implementing these four tips into your home search.

1. The Growth Factor

Trulia.com recommends that you look for a home that you could picture you and your family in for a while. This means that you’ll be in the home for up to seven years or more in many cases. It also means that the home you choose gives you and your family room to grow.

Therefore, you’ll want to ask yourself if the homes you’re looking at have access to good schools, shopping, and other amenities. You’ll also want to determine if you have enough storage and living space. What happens if you have another child? Or when your children grow up and want their own rooms? Think about these things as you look.

2. Can You See Yourself in the Home?

Most homebuyers know on some level if a home is right for them. If you’ve walked into a home and you and your family start talking about how your stuff will fit, where you’ll position the future, and who gets what room, you know this home is a possible keeper. The article explains that these type of actions show that you’ve already mentally moved in.

3. Do a Specific Search

Sometimes as you search for your home, you have to be methodical. Check out a realtor website that feature properties. The realtor’s website should also tell you a bit about the area you’re moving to and have an advanced search feature. In the latter case, you can narrow down your home search by area schools, the number of bedrooms, and square footage. The more you address your family’s specific needs, the better chance you’ll have of getting the home you want.

4. What’s Your Home Personality Type?

You need to ask yourself honestly about the type of home or apartment you can see yourself living in. For example, you and your family may really love city living. In this case, you’ll want a realtor who can help you buy an apartment or condo in the city. On the other hand, if you can’t imagine living in anything but a hundred-year-old farmhouse, you also need to find someone who can connect you with that.

However, under no circumstances should you be talked into a home that really doesn’t fit your “home personality.” If you’re really a city person at heart, that’s okay. Find a home in the city. Perhaps you love the country, though, and so you may want to look for a home on the outskirts of town. If you don’t, you’ll spend more time adjusting and making due in a space that really doesn’t fit you or the needs of your family.

Finally, you need to look for a home that can be yours for a while. If you can’t see you and your family staying in a home for up to a decade, that home may not be right for you.

 

About the author: Hannah Whittenly is a freelance writer and mother of two from Sacramento, CA. She enjoys kayaking and reading books by the lake. For your real estate needs, Hannah recommends Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices PenFed Reality.

About the author: Hannah Whittenly is a freelance writer and mother of two from Sacramento, CA. She enjoys kayaking and reading books by the lake.
  • Sign up to Realty Biz Buzz
    Get Digital Marketing Training
    right to your inbox
    All Contents © Copyright RealtyBizNews · All Rights Reserved. 2016-2024
    Website Designed by Swaydesign.
    linkedin facebook pinterest youtube rss twitter instagram facebook-blank rss-blank linkedin-blank pinterest youtube twitter instagram