What about Views for My New Home? Mountain? City?
I get so many home buyers and potential real estate clients in the Denver suburbs asking me to help find them a home with mountain views. Why not? Living in Colorado with such beauty to admire I can't blame them at all. And some even desire that double bonus of the downtown view or city lights. So the search begins.
Some people want to buy a new construction home. We go out to the home sales office and find a nice floor plan and then decide on the lot. The buyers want views from their home and the builder shows them lots with views. Along with that come hefty lot premiums, of course. This is where I remind my customers that "views" now may be partially if not mostly blocked in the future as construction progresses. Some lots may not; these you can bet will cost plenty! Sure the sales person tries to paint the picture of better views and such, but even their contract from the home builder (in most cases) it says that you cannot rely on anything that the sales person says regarding these "views".
So lets move on to the resale homes with views. Depending on the age and build out of the neighborhood, you can usually see what you get regarding views. However, you may not want to rely on just the pictures taken for the marketing.
Actually going out to the house may reveal that the views can only be seen from the upstairs, spare bedroom and by looking to the far right of the window. This is an extreme example, of course. My point is that views may be subjective and not always the great mountain views that you were expecting. Marketing the best features of a home is the job of a listing agent or builder. Sometimes the views are a marketing feature. If there are some "views" but maybe not what you expected, then I'm sure the marketing was not intended to be misleading, just subjective.
And sometimes those current views may not reflect what the future holds. You need to take into consideration future construction and even landscaping. Don't assume that the park behind you won't plant some big ol' trees. In many cases they can & they will. There are many different scenarios where views can be blocked and all should be discussed and researched in detail.
Pictures and words can portray a wonderful image of any home. Usually they do a great job. However, nothing takes place of actually visiting the home or site with your real estate agent and seeing for yourself and then knowing where to get the research to back that up for the future. Perhaps that is one of the many reasons why the Internet can never take place of an experienced agent.......We'll leave that for another time.
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