If your children have grown up and moved away, your home may be too large for you and your spouse. If so, you may be contemplating moving into a smaller home or an apartment. Before you do this, you should consider a townhome. Below are some reasons why so you can decide if you and your spouse would be happy in this type of home.
Have Lots of Amenities
One of the best benefits of owning your own townhome is you will live in a community and have a lot of amenities you can enjoy. Many townhome developments have a laundry room, pool, gym, recreation room, and tennis courts. You can use the recreation room for things like family get-togethers as long as you sign up for them in advance.
If your townhome community does not come with an amenity you want, you and the other tenants can get together and pay for this amenity on your own. This does depend on how much room is available on the property.
Be Safer
In most cases, you will know most of the people in the townhomes around you. This is beneficial because it can make you safer. This is because all of you will look out for each other, such as if one owner sees someone they don't know walking around your townhome, you may not see this on your own. The person that did see them will alert authorities. Other tenants will likely know when you are out, especially ones that are closest to you. If they hear someone in your townhome during this time, they will know this person should not be there.
Can Customize
If you choose to have a townhome built, you can customize it in any way you want. This will make your townhome look unique when compared to others in the community. You can choose taller windows or windows that are a unique shape, a fireplace, or custom cabinets. You could even ask the builder to put a built-in hot tub inside the townhome. The ideas of what you can do are endless.
Sit down with a contractor that can build you a custom townhome to get more information. They can give you some tips as they have built many custom townhomes for people in the past.
Talk with your real estate agent if you have questions about townhomes that they can help you with.
