EMPTY NEXT FAQS 4th Edition
December 5th, 2008 categories: Buying, Lifestyle
At the top of the “must have” list for many transplants from suburb to city is GREEN SPACE. Many of them won’t look at a home that without either a balcony or a patio. Frequently the patios or balconies with the most plants belong to people who have just moved in from the burbs and are missing their yards and plants.
Rules can be a source of frustration and friction such as:
- I have to reserve the elevator! What are you talking about–this is MY HOME! Yes, indeed you do have to reserve the elevator! Think of the chaos and expense if two new homeowners tried to move into the same building at exactly the same time.
- I have to use the freight elevator to take my dog out? Yes, you do in most buildings. My dog is so small–can’t I just carry him/her in my arms? No, not usually. This is for the comfort of the owners who don’t like dogs and don’t want to ride the elevator with one. My dog weighs 70 pounds–the building I want to live in has a 35 pound weight limit–what’s with that rule? Many buildings have very stringent weight and quantity limits for pets–this is a requirement your agent should check carefully when making showing appointments. The board application will usually have a space for information about the animals who will share your home and you really have to be totally honest at that time. If a dog puts on a lot of pounds after you move in–well, I have never heard of a board conducting a doggy weigh in but I guess it COULD happen. . . .
- I HAVE to keep my doors closed so that I don’t have any cross ventilation? Yes, you do. Most buildings have a rule about leaving doors open. For one thing it increases the building’s costs for heating and air conditioning halls. For another it violates the privacy of your neighbors–they truly don’t want to see you walking around scantily clad, they don’t want to hear your side of a phone call or your television program as they go in and out of THEIR home.
So there it is–a few more things to think about when you move into the city.
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