🇬🇧 What to know before to choose your next home

More tips for those who are moving! Today I will talk about some important things before choosing a property to live in, regardless of whether it is purchased or rented.

Before looking for a property in your destination, visualize what you are going to take and the space you need to accommodate yourself in comfort. Making a short list with indispensable features in the property helps to focus on what will satisfy your needs. The list is important for you not to be enchanted with a property that is wonderful in some areas, but where others are missing.

Do you have pets? Do you have children? Teen children? Do you intend to have a car or prefer to use public transport? Do you prefer to live in a totally residential area or in a region with a good commercial structure, where you can do a lot of things on foot or by bicycle? What is the ideal space for your wardrobes (and that of other family members or friends you live with)? What is the ideal kitchen space and what do you need in it? What is the ideal bathroom structure? How many bathrooms are needed? How many rooms are needed? Do you need a yard or garden? If you are going to live in an apartment, do you need a balcony? What is the ideal space for the service area?

Here I pause for two explanations. In some places, such as the United Kingdom, the service area, where washing machines and dryers are located, is usually in the kitchen. In Brazil, it is usually a separate space, close to the kitchen, but not inside it. Clothes dryers exist in the Brazilian trade, but are not yet very common in homes. Dishwashers are also not very common, although they do exist on the market, as wealthier families generally have a domestic worker whose job includes keeping the house clean and organized and cooking, and may include other services. For small properties, in Brazil, it is more interesting to have a daily cleaner, a person who comes once a week, cleans the house and receives only that day worked. The amount is more than a day for a monthly housekeeper, but it does not make sense to have a monthly housekeeper without her working for it. Well, the money is yours, if you want to keep a maid without a lot of work, feel free.

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Nycka, the Nomad