Unlike buying a home if you’re single, buying a home for your family is a whole different proposition.
Why?
Put simply, you no longer have to contend with just what you want – you now have to account for the needs of everyone else in your family.
Whether you have young kids, teenagers, or elderly parents, the decision making process now becomes a lot more complicated.
As an example, when you have young kids, you’d definitely want an open space that allows you to keep a line of sight on your kids while you’re cooking/doing chores.
If you have older kids? Well, you’d want more privacy for sure.
So while that may sound straightforward enough, what happens when your kids are in between ages? Which do you now prioritise more?
Unless you plan to be moving pretty often, the eventual condo unit chosen needs to be flexible....