Five Signs It's Time to Consider Buying a Home
We don't want to persuade apartment dwellers to buy a house at any cost, but rather to offer food for thought and perhaps also recognition that maybe it really would be sensible to make some changes? Here are 5 signs for you that it might be time to consider buying a house:
Lack of Space
We've probably all had those moments when it feels like "we simply don't fit here anymore": jackets, boots and bike helmets are piled up in the hallway, the living room can't fit any more because children's school things, potatoes brought from the countryside, breakfast dishes and beyblades have formed an even "cultural layer" on the floor... Of course, good old-fashioned cleaning can help temporarily, but if you try to fit five people into an apartment that once felt spacious instead of two, it may not help anymore. Bicycles, skis and helmets would fit nicely in a garage, and potatoes really belong in a cellar or shed. And children's things really belong in a children's room. If of course there is a garage, shed and separate rooms for the children!
Your Own Room – Your Own Rules
Unfortunately, that's not how it works in real life. Surely everyone who has ever attended apartment association meetings remembers various more or less frustrating moments where an important question, such as whether to allow an owner to install a small decorative fountain on their enclosed balcony, can take days to resolve. Unfortunately, such questions also need to be discussed, because the word "association" means exactly that – there are many owners and everyone has a voice.
Pets
If your pet is a parrot, a Siberian husky or a guinea pig, this doesn't apply to you, but for example, keeping a large dog in an apartment can be a serious challenge. And that for both the owner and the dog. Could a larger garden and nearby forest significantly ease the burden? In fact, guinea pigs also like to take walks on fresh grass from time to time.
Privacy
Central heating and lift-equipped apartment buildings have been the ideal and dream home for many citizens for decades. In themselves, apartment buildings are still valued and perfectly suitable living spaces – if you are adaptable and follow certain norms.
"If your child doesn't stop running right now, I'll call the police!", "If you don't remove your bicycle from the corridor, I'll leave the basement door open!" – your heart doesn't exactly leap with joy when you find such notes from under your door or in your mailbox. If you combine this with a morse code message conveyed by some nice neighbor by hitting a broom handle or fist against the wall, then all sorts of interesting thoughts come to mind. Maybe you should do something about it? The cheerful neighbor boy in a t-shirt waving from the opposite building's balcony seems to think the same.
Nature
Nature is wonderful! A person is even part of nature and apparently that's why they are irresistibly drawn toward the forest. For some, nature's call is limited to a kalanchoe growing on the windowsill or a spring onion sprouting through hydroponics in a tea glass. For others, a long summer weekend at uncle Mati and aunt Leida's cottage is enough. But if the jungle growing on your windowsill starts to block sunlight and you can no longer peacefully scroll through social media looking at friends' posts about homegrown strawberries or a pleasant summer barbecue, then you need something more. And it's much more enjoyable to keep an eye on the little ones playing in your own garden than to track them down across the city using a positioning service!
Of course, the life of a homeowner is not just one endless party and celebration – as a rule, the cost of acquiring a house is higher than a typical panel apartment, you still can't choose your neighbors and maintaining everything takes significantly more time, effort and money.
If any of the moments or circumstances described above sparked some recognition in you, then you could at least consider your house option in your thoughts
