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Some suffer from Acrophobia, many with Triskaidekaphobia. Some family members may be physically disabled, unable to use stairs. Lot of factors need to be paid attention while choosing apartments in the best perfect suitable floor.
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One choice you may need to make when looking for apartments for sale in
Chennai is which floor is best for you. Some apartment hunters care very
much about which floor they live on, and so they limit their search
accordingly.
For example, people who want to live on a high floor may limit their
apartment search to high-rise buildings (and only those offering upper-floor
vacancies). Other apartment hunters don't care much about the choice of
floor but, for instance, just wish to avoid ground-floor apartments out of
security fears.
There's no right or wrong answer when it comes to which floor is best in an
apartment building. If you're on a hunt for the perfect apartment, you must
weigh the factors and decide what's important to you.
Here are the factors to consider:
Security
Evacuation
Acrophobia
Disability
Triskaidekaphobia
View
Money
Noise
Access
VIEWVIEW
One major reason buyers choose higher floors is because of the view. If this
is important to you and you're willing to pay for it, choose an apartment on a
higher floor. Keep in mind that you might not need to look very high to get
the view you want, and so you may be able to save some money.
MONEYMONEY
Generally speaking, comparable apartments within a building cost more the
higher up they are. So, if living on a high floor is something you can do
without, you'll probably save money by opting to live closer to the ground.
NOISENOISE
Some prefer high floors to minimize traffic and other street noise. Others
just aim to avoid the ground-floor because living there may require you to
put up with noise from neighbors walking through the hallway. However, if a
ground-floor apartment isn't located on a path between the building's
entrance and elevators, stairs, or a popular amenity, such as a fitness
center, then there may be no noise issue.
If you believe that a ground-floor apartment may come with extra noise
issues, consider looking for a vacancy on a different floor. The number of
people who need to use the hallways of other floors is minimal (limited
mainly to flat owners of that floor and occasional guests).
ACCESSACCESS
When you need to leave your apartment for work, errands, or any other
reason, is it important that you get outside quickly? Some have little
patience waiting for an elevator to arrive and possibly make several stops on
the trip to the ground floor. If this bothers you, then you may prefer either to
live on the ground floor (where you wouldn't need to use the elevator) or a
low floor (where you can comfortably take the stairs).
SECURITYSECURITY
Living on the ground floor or in a basement apartment could pose an
increased crime risk. Depending on the structure of a building and its
security measures, it may be easy for criminals to break into a ground-floor
or sub-level apartment from the outside, without any climbing.
Keep this in mind to investigate when looking for apartments for sale in
Chennai. The bottom line is if you just don't feel safe living in a ground-floor
or basement apartment, then don't even bother looking at vacancies on
those floors.
EVACUATIONEVACUATION
Sometimes, a fire, flood, bomb scare, or other emergency requires
authorities to order everyone out of an apartment building. People who live
on higher floors of a building generally have a longer, more involved
evacuation, and damage to a building could make it difficult to leave from a
high floor.
Fortunately, such emergencies don't occur often, but if the thought of
possibly having to evacuate quickly from a high floor makes you anxious,
then this is an important factor to consider.
ACROPHOBIAACROPHOBIA
If you suffer from acrophobia, or fear of heights, you might get a little
queasy living on a high floor. Even if you're okay to stay inside an upper-floor
apartment but would be afraid to step out onto a terrace, why give up the
amenity? Instead, consider a lower floor that would let you enjoy both the
apartment and the terrace.
DISABILITYDISABILITY
If you or your family member have a mobility impairment, you may prefer an
apartment on the ground floor -- especially if your building doesn't have
elevators. Be aware, though, that the choice of floor is a decision that's
always a prospective buyer's to make.
TRISKAIDEKAPHOBIATRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA
If you have an issue with the number 13 (a condition known as
"triskaidekaphobia"), then you'll probably try to avoid an apartment on the
13th floor of a building. However, as you might have noticed on elevator
button panels, some buildings skip from 12 to 14 in numbering their floors in
recognition of this sensitivity.
Once again, to remind you, there's no right or wrong answer when it comes
to which floor is best in an apartment building. If you're hunting
for apartments for sale in Chennai, you should weigh some of these factors,
like Disability, and decide what's important to you.
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