3:-How to find-your ideal area
How do i find my ideal place to live?
Ok so you now understand why you want to move. You also know how much you can afford and you also have a good idea of how big a mortgage you can obtain. The next step is you need to look at where you are going to live.
You may be moving a couple of doors down the same road or you may be relocating hundreds of miles, nevertheless it is vitally important to thoroughly research your area. You may feel you know the area inside out, but that does not necessarily mean you will be up to date with property prices in the area.
If you are moving area even if it is only a few miles, we recommend you do your research. Good homebuying is all about research, research, research.
So, the first question.
What are the most important factors to you in choosing the area you live in?
Rank in order of importance
- Near work
- In a good school catchment area
- Near a good railway station
- Near good road connections
- Near a good tube / bus station / stop
- Near family
- Near good shops
- Near good restaurants and pubs
- Low crime area
- Near sea
- Close to theatre, museums and Arts
- Close to airports
- Open spaces and countryside
- Other reason
A good idea when choosing your area, is to work out what you will be doing in 5 years time. For example at the moment, you may be young couple who have been going out for a couple of years, and needing to be near nightlife, work and your friends. However in 5 years time you may be married, have children and need good childcare facilities or be near schools or simply need more open space. So we advise try and look to the future, it does not mean being a free spirit, but a lack of planning and foresight could result in you having tomove again in a couple of years, and that can prove very costly.
Please now go on and read the remaining pages in this section.
What can I do on britsandmortar.com?
5 examples of how britsandmortar.com can help you in the home buying process
- Read a review of any area in the UK
Read about the area where you want to live. Find out local house price information, the local facilities, good schools, transport, crime, property hotspots, good restaurants and pubs, open spaces and find out the locals’ personal opinions of the area. You could win £500 by submitting your local area review. The best review every month wins £500
- Keep up to date with house price news.
Sign up to our house price newsletter or read our house price news channel to know exactly what is going on in the UK property market.
- Chat to other home buyers in our forums
In our house buying forum you can swap stories, tips, ask advice, make friends, even find buyers as you help each other along the stressful road to buying a property.
- Save time finding property
There are hundreds of property websites out there, we’ve got all the main ones you will need linked to on one page with advice on how to get the best out of them.
- Read hundreds of home buying top tips
Send your tips and advice in and we will publish all the good ones. We want to make home buying easier and less stressful for everyone involved so please get emailing!
