When you’re looking for somewhere to live – whether that’s renting or buying – what do you actually look for?
Are you bothered about storage space? Do you need a nice living room? Are high ceilings essential (…are you very tall?)?
Or is it all about the location, location, location? Are you only bothered about the price? Will you be put off by a strangely shaped living room or having a bathroom with massive windows?
It turns out that alongside the expected stuff, like number of bedrooms, toilets, and garden size, British people prioritise some interesting things when looking for a property.
A poll of 2,000 homeowners and renters found that a spacious living room is more important than having a modern kitchen, for example, and local shops are a bigger priority than having loads of storage space.
Brits on the lookout for a new home also keep an eye out for the nearest pub, the quality of the insulation, and just how much decorating will need doing.
Oh, and internet speed is really important, which makes sense considering how many of us need to work from home, rely on wifi to make up for cheap phone data plans, and watch hours of Netflix and can’t stand buffering.
30 most important things British people look for in a new home:
- Number of bedrooms
- Garden size
- Off street parking
- Size of the bedrooms
- Spacious living room
- Local shops
- Nearest school
- A garage
- Storage space
- Double glazing
- The amount of decorating which needs doing
- Safety record of the area
- Amount of traffic on the street
- A modern kitchen
- Nearest bus stops
- Where the sun hits the garden
- Separate dining room and kitchen space
- Energy efficiency of the property
- Number of toilets
- Cracks in the walls
- Nearest park
- The décor
- Having an en-suite
- Broadband speed
- Wi-Fi
- Fast internet connection
- Quality of insulation
- Age of the roof
- Nearest pub
- The flooring condition
Charles Davies, MD ISP at Hyperoptic, said: ‘The results show an interesting change in home-movers’ preferences in recent years.
‘Brits rely on the internet so much nowadays for everything from entertainment, to working and keeping in touch with others.
‘The rise in flexible working and the number of people working from home is likely to have had an influence on homeowners needs, such as speedy broadband.
‘It’s interesting to see how WiFi is in the same list of priorities as parking and garden sizes.’
Well, a garden is nice but you can’t use it to find out if you’re a VSCO girl, can you?
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source https://metro.co.uk/2019/10/12/nearest-pub-fast-internet-among-things-people-look-searching-new-home-10907651/
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