When buying a home, it is easy to get caught up in emotions such as love at first site. This can lead to disaster. The best way to buy a home is to apply your daily life to it.
What Do You Do Daily?
Ask yourself what a typical day is like. Then, for any home that seems like a real possibility, think about how youd handle a typical day there. Can family members shower and dress in a timely fashion without getting into each others way terribly? Is there a good place to put on make-up? If someone needs something quickly touched up with an iron, can you picture a way to handle that?
Picture the way you and other family members handle breakfast and lunch preparations if theyre made at home. Can you see that flowing well here?
What about evenings? Do you cook dinner at home and dine together as a family regularly? Is there adequate counter space near the sink, refrigerator, and stove? Can you picture preparing a typical meal in comfort in this kitchen?
If you have school age children, what about homework? Do you and they like a homework station near where youre working in the kitchen tidying up after dinner and near where youre catching up...