When it’s time to buy a new home, one of the first decisions you’re likely to make is where you want to live. Whether you’re moving around the corner or across the country, there are a few essential questions to ask yourself to choose the best possible future home location.
While things like school districts and commute are a common consideration when buying a home, it’s also worth thinking about your day-to-day lifestyle and the activities you enjoy. For example, how close do you want to be to a grocery store, a gym or shopping center? Do you want to live right on the beach or close to hiking trails? These are all important questions to ask.
Living close to friends and family is an excellent reason for moving to a new place. Even better, knowing where certain points of contact live can give you a helpful starting point for your home search - especially if you’re unfamiliar with the area. Consider the social convenience of a new home location along with the rest of your lifestyle.
While some thrive in quiet tranquility, others prefer to be close to the action. Understanding and finding the right level of peace for your preference is crucial to enjoying your new home. The closer you live to big cities or other developed areas, the easier access you have to certain services and entertainment. On the other hand, this can also mean more noise, more traffic and less privacy.
To find the perfect balance to meet your needs, it helps to work with a real estate agent who knows the area. They can use their local knowledge to find potential properties in neighborhoods where the activity level is just right.
Beds, baths, square footage and home style are all essential criteria for finding the right home. However, location is just as important - if not more. When choosing a new place to live, remember to consider how you like to live your life and choose your dream home accordingly.
Shana Lundell has been a real estate professional since 2003 in Bourne, Cape Cod, Plymouth and the surrounding areas, where she’s lived since 2000. Shana is a luxury and waterfront specialist who has represented hundreds of buyers and sellers, including representing builders in over 100 new construction transactions in her career. She consistently achieves recognition awards for top production, including membership in the Coldwell Banker® International President’s Elite, an honor reserved for the Top 3% of agents globally. Shana ranks in the Top 100 of 4,000 Coldwell Banker agents in New England.
Shana works with a range of clients, including lifestyle properties, vacation residences, down-sizers, trade-up buyers, land, first-time home buyers, and new construction sales. She understands that moving happens for a myriad of reasons and has had the honor of helping all types of transactions. Many emotions can come into play during this time, but Shana is skilled at keeping calm and carrying on with care, professionalism, open communication, and the ability to keep things on target to achieve results. She guides her clients smoothly through the process, from dynamic marketing measures, negotiation and solution strategies, connecting pivotal professional resources, to coordinating the essential closing details.
Shana is proud to have over 100 five-star client testimonials that rave about her positive, professional, responsive, and authentic approach to real estate service. Love where you live. Live where you love. Looking to buy or sell? Call Shana Lundell!
