Many are skeptical about the apartments located on the ground floors. Residents look for a lot of disadvantages in them, forgetting about the obvious advantages. When buying a home, people try to "bring down the price" if they are offered the first floors. And some realtors do not even want to work with such apartments, considering them illiquid.
I found a lot of advantages in housing on the first floor. I agree that insects can run into the apartment from the basement, and it is also often damp in it. But such problems are very easy to deal with. Let's move on to the benefits!
1. Any redevelopment can be done in the apartment.
You knew that certain laws apply to each floor. Some of them allow redevelopment, while others do not. So the living room of the neighbors below cannot be located under the kitchen.
If you live on the ground floor, you can arrange the rooms as you like. Prohibitions do not apply in this case.
A wet zone can be made "wherever the soul desires", and this will not contradict the law.
2. You can organize a separate entrance
When the apartment is located on the ground floor, you can get rid of the common entrance and make a separate entrance. The only condition is that the premises must be transferred from residential to non-residential.
When is a separate entrance a must? In the event that the apartment will be used as an office, shop, etc. If clients regularly walk through the common entrance, neither they nor their neighbors will like it.
3. There are no tenders when buying an apartment
Some buyers are categorically against the first floors, and therefore do not even consider such apartments. And others, knowing about the lack of liquidity of housing, try to knock out a big discount. If the property is non-residential, there will be no place for bidding.
Therefore, before the sale, you should transfer the apartment to a non-residential premises, organize a separate entrance. Then various entrepreneurs will begin to show interest in it.
4. Increased level of security
If an accident happens in the house, it is the quickest and easiest way to evacuate from the first floor. You can quickly run out through the door or jump out the window (difficulties in this case will be created by the bars).
5. No link to the elevator
Inhabitants of the first floors do not use the elevator or use it on rare occasions. Therefore, they are unlikely to get stuck in it. In addition, there is no need to waste time descending and ascending. And if the elevator breaks, they may not even notice.
Families with children are best placed on the ground floors. Since the constant transportation of bicycles, sledges, strollers up the stairs is a dubious pleasure. Also, the first floors are preferred by older people who find it difficult to go down and up the stairs.
6. Saving on repairs
Many firms charge money for lifting building materials or large equipment to the floor. Inhabitants of the first floors can save a lot on this.
I want to reassure those who are worried about the increased dampness in the apartment or are afraid of crowds of pests. This can affect an apartment on absolutely any floor. If you regularly do cosmetic repairs, keep your home clean, then there will be no problems.
Don't forget also about the management company, which must control the entire house. If dampness appears in the apartment, you need to go to the Criminal Code and claim compensation for the damage suffered.
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