CHAPTER 3 Buyers' Needs and Desires
After you’ve decided to buy a home, what sort of home will suit your needs is your next decision. It’s helpful to have a clear vision in mind of what type, features, and amenities you want in your home, to make the process of finding a suitable home productive. Imagine your dream house. It fulfills both your needs and desires. It fits the need for a good roof over your head, a sturdy structure, modern fixtures and appliances, living space (i.e., bedrooms, living room), and functional rooms (i.e., kitchen, bathroom[s]). Your needs fulfilled, you turn to your desires. Perhaps you envision a home on the beach or in the city, a gourmet kitchen, a wood-paneled den, a crystal chandelier over a banquet table in the manor-sized dining room or an Olympic-sized swimming pool with a hot tub and sauna. Your priority in any home purchase should be ensuring that most of your important needs are met. many times, you won’t find everything you desire in a home and will need to compromise. It’s important to prioritize the things you want in a home by how important they are in your search.
Decide your needs vs. your desires .
• Would you like a swimming pool? Enough that a home without one will not be looked at? • In what areas or neighborhoods might the home be located? Where do you want to live? Where might you have to live for work commute, schools or home price reasons? 24
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