52 - Friday. January 11, 1991 - North Shore News

REAL ESTATE _

Make sure location
suits lifestyle needs

MOST PEOPLE have heard
that the three major charac-
teristics of a wise real estate
choice are ‘location, loca-
tion, lecation.”*

What this really means is
that a home buyer is buying
more than a home. He's
buying a neighborhood and
lifestyle as well.

You can change the inte-
rior or exterior of a home to
suit a family. You can
change the landscaping to
suit your gardening hobby
but it’s difficult to move a
house if a neighborhood
doesn’t prove satisfactory.

Many factors should be
considered before choosing
a neighborhood: the vaiue
of properties all around the
home you're considering:
the care and maintenance by
other property owners in the
area; the future prospects
for the street and the entire
region. You must view the
purchase of a home as an
investment in the future, so
while you're dealing with
the present, be sure to think
of the years to come as well.

Researching a location for
liveability and investment
takes time,
pertise, so depend on your
reaj estate agent to give you
this professional service. He
can provide Multiple Listing
Services sales data that

effort and ex-

cover the general area
you're considering. He can
check with municipal offices
to find if any soning
changes are being con-
templated.

Yow hl want to know if a
main transit artery is being
considered for the area or if
@ warehouse of shopping
centre may be buils there in
future. Realtors can also
give you an outline of the
various services and facili-
ties you'll find in the
neighborhood; from schoois
to parks. churches to con-
venient shopping.

Evaluating the
neighborhoad for liveability
falls on your shoulders
because vou are the one
who knows your family's
needs and priorities. You'll
save a lot of time if you
reveal these to your
salesman right in the begin-
ning so he or she will be
selective in the properties
you're shown.

When you find a home
that appeals, walk around
the neighborhood to assess
the calibre of other homes
and gardens. Be sure the
property you're considering
is of the same general value
as those Surrounding it.

Determine if the yard
work is going to take more
of your teisure time than

CLIFF SADLER

TERRY SADLER

you're willing to spend or
that the existing surroun-
dings provide adequate rec-
reational space for your
growing family.

While you're at it, com-
pare the new property to the
area where vou naw live. IF
you're used to having many
shade trees and the new
property has none, will you
miss them?

fs the area hilly, while
you're accustomed to level
streets? Will this be a dif-
ficulty to any aging member
of your family?

Is there enough parking
for the vehicles you now
have, or that your family
could conceivably acquire in
the near future? If your
family will soon be moving
up fo post-secondary educa-
tion, is there a col-
lege/university close by, or
a transit route chat makes
aecess convenient?

Doing this kind of
evaluation is necessary to
assure the three priorities of
purchase —- location, loca-
tion, location. Those three
equate to home,
neighborhood and lifestyle,
all equally important to
your future satisfactica in
the property you choose.

Contributed by the Real
Estate Board of Greater
Vancouver.

ROBIN SADLER

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