How to choose an apartment

Finding a new apartment is an incredibly pleasant task, although not easy. You need to find the perfect option for your budget. And here you found a place that seems perfect: a large square, a nice area, a charming view from the window. But in the end it turns out that such a cherished 100 square meters. m more discomfort than in the former little two. All the fault is not quite a good layout.



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Editorial "Site" It will tell you about 6 layouts, from which it is better to stay away. Especially if you have a limited repair budget.

How to choose the right apartment before How to buy an apartmentBe sure to think about what the repair will be and how you will arrange the furniture. Planning should depend on the final picture of your expectations, not vice versa. After all, your home should be first of all cozy, and not just large or with high ceilings. Here are 6 examples of not the most successful plans.

1. Free planning
   Apartments with free plan are now in trend and are more expensive than usual. Inside only bearing concrete walls or columns, and everything else the owner supposedly can do at his discretion. It seems like a real paradise for creativity. But in fact, the BTI plan always indicates the location of the kitchen and bathrooms, ventilation terminals, the number of rooms. Any redevelopment will have to be coordinated. That's a lot of time, money and nerves. Therefore, when choosing an apartment, look precisely at the BTI plan, and not at the allegedly free layout that the developer shows. In addition, repairs in such an apartment will be very expensive, because all partitions must be done yourself.
   
   
   
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2. Few windows.
   Natural lighting in the apartment is very important. But many new buildings on 100 square meters. m can have only 2 windows. Note that the area of windows should ideally be 1/7 of the total area of housing, the minimum norm for developers is 1/10. Therefore, such an apartment should have at least 5 windows of standard size.
   
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3. Very large balconies.
   At first glance, a large balcony is a great bonus, because it can be attached to the living area and make the apartment more spacious. But that's not always possible. To avoid disappointment and not think how to heat a cold huge balcony, when buying a monolithic or monolithic-brick new building, you should contact the author of the house project or the design bureau that developed it to clarify the possibility of redevelopment.
   
   
   
   
   
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4. Unusual shapes
   How fashionable in plans and design projects look apartments with unusual rooms. These intricate corners and niches seem like a breath of fresh air against the background of bored square Khrushchev. But the more unusual, the more inconvenient in practice. In fact, you pay for sharp corners and protrusions that are almost impossible to use functionally. So at the stage of viewing the apartment, think about where you can put the wardrobe, sofa and other bulky furniture. Sometimes a smaller area can be more beneficial for living and repair.
   
   
   
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5. Roundabouts
   Along with unusual angles in fashion rounded houses. In pursuit of the external beauty of the building, architects sometimes create completely uninhabitable apartments. In one of the rooms you may have a semicircular wall. But such a living space is quite difficult to furnish with ordinary furniture. You only have to make it to order. Also, such a room is quite difficult to divide into zones or separate rooms.
   
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6. One riser.
   If plan Only one riser is provided, forget about redevelopment of the kitchen or bathroom. You won’t be able to combine the kitchen with a hallway or living room or equip another bathroom next to the bedroom. It is great if each side of the doorway has its own supply of communications. In this case, you do not have to raise the floor level to move the wet area to the other half of the apartment.
   
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Of course, you can choose any comfortable layout of the apartment. Just think for the future, will it be easy to repair it and comfortably furnish. Also, always carefully study the technical documentation, or better – show it to a smart engineer. After all, much depends on the technology of construction and the soil on which the house stands.

If the territory where the house stands, until recently there were swamps, do not be surprised by the constant dampness in the apartment. Another important point: the land on which the house stands should not be rented.

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