Perks of Apartment Living

Apartments can be a fantastic option for first time buyers, small families, and young professionals, often coming with many benefits including stylish layouts and clever designs. Today, we’re going to tell you our top perks of apartment living!

Space and storage options

 These homes tend to be lovely and open-plan, and using space in smart ways to your advantage enhances the experience even more! Think hanging cupboards and ‘floating shelves’ – they create more storage options on your walls and help to keep clutter off the floors. You can get really creative with your space in an apartment, but if you’re stuck for ideas, just use our show homes as inspiration (pop over to our Instagram and take a look). If you’re considering moving in to one of these homes, then why not take a peek at our storage with style blog post? Or check out our practical organisation tips inspired by Stacey Solomon herself!

Sense of community

A key aspect of apartment living mentioned by customers that we've spoken to is that there’s just a fantastic sense of community that comes with buying an apartment – and who wouldn’t want that? When you move in to a new build home, everybody is in the same boat, though they might not be new to the area, they’re certainly new to that development, which means it’s a great opportunity to meet your neighbours. Despite being private homes in their own right, apartments are often in a shared buildings or complexes, which presents a great opportunity to forge new friendships.

Diverse neighbourhoods

Like an exciting, diverse neighbourhood? When apartments are bedded in with houses on a development, expect exactly that. From younger first time buyers and small growing families, to downsizers and young professionals – when there’s a good mix of homes on offer, this is sure to translate across to the people who move into them too. If you’re somewhat of a social butterfly and this sounds particularly appealing, then you’ll love not only this, but our next point too...

Getting social

Often, apartments and their respective developments can come with their own Facebook groups, created by the residents who live there. These groups can help you to get to know your neighbours, and even mean you can arrange get togethers if that’s your kind of thing. Who knows, your neighbours might even become friends for life! It might all start with a ‘like’.

Less upfront spending

Finally, a bonus of apartments is that these home types tend to be quite cost-effective – making them attractive in particular to first time buyers, young professionals, and single purchasers. Having one floor and fewer rooms can help you to save money on bills. Plus, depending on the region, purchase prices can be lower for apartments than they are for houses, despite both options having well thought-out layouts. All of this, of course, means more money to spend on furniture and other lovely things to fill your home with! You’ll find plenty of inspiration on that over on our blog.