There are of course a few other considerations to make when looking at flats and it is something that I didn’t think of until I was viewing a flat myself. Depending on if you are buying an upstairs flat or downstairs there is the noise level to consider. Ground floor flats may well have to consider the noise generated upstairs. If your neighbours are moving their furniture around, that wardrobe unit with a sliding door system can create a lot of noise that will be echoed downstairs. It is one thing to have noise next door, but when it is above you it might get hard to live with. Even if neighbours are friendly and considerate, the noise of children crying, the TV on too loud or people coming and going banging doors can all be heard through the ceiling.
If you are on the top floor there is the consideration that everything you purchase from shopping to furniture needs to be carried up those stairs. If you have brought furniture, check it can get up those stairs or that walk in wardrobes with sliding doors might need to be built within the room and not remotely constructed outside of the bedroom.
Sharing a flat will also come with grounds maintenance. This is something that is paid to keep the grass mowed and any maintenance for the building repairs.
Renting flat accommodation first appealed to me as the space that I would have to maintain was low and a comfortable living space that I could call my own. In some cases, as an added bonus, flats will have parking or garage parking within the price so be sure to look for this and enquire.
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