How Local Amenities Accelerate Home Buying Decisions – PART 1

Debb Janes the schools are a huge draw for certain psychographics in Montecito, and people are willing to pay over $100,000 and additinal taxes for that.  Others disagree and prefer to live on the other side.

Michael Jacobs when we felt we had stayed too long in Napa, we were sitting at the Salt Lake airport waiting for our flight to Sacramento.  Then we heard that Delta flew from Salt Lake to Santa Barbara direct on the announcement.  In that moment we decided to definitely make the move.  Sadly, Delta has since discontinued that flight when the new airport was built.  We are hoping that they come back, but don't regret the move at all.  A

Joanna Cohlan I have seen that decision made even in the commercial market which is considered logical (?).  I had an entertainment client whose offices were in Hollywood, and they were hiring guards to walk their female staff to their cars.  I learned this after he had really liked a floor of a building we were representing, and this floor had direct access to the parking structure, and we could dedicate the parking for his exclusive use.  The leasing rate was twice what he was paying for in Hollywood.  He was being extremely number conscious, etc.  My question to him was:  How much would a workman's comp lawsuit cost if something happened to one of your employees in your existing parking lot.  That did it!  I closed him on that one...the cost one of those suits would have taken a large chunk of their profits.  and loosing $$ would have not been fun, plus we were close withing walking distant to all kinds of eateries in different price ranges.  A

Roger D. Mucci it just shows how smart you are.  We move and go where it is better, and smart agents shows us why it is better, and often it is the amenities that win us over.  

Roy Kelley we certainly asked when we moved to Napa, and it took TJ's 3 years to get there, and we drove 30 miles every so often to shop there and Costco.

Andrew Mooers well said, and we love living here, it is perfect for all the things we love doing, like walks on the beach 3mns by car, or our Yoga studio 5mns by car, vet is 3mns by car, and so on.  A

Sally,

You are right, it is all emotional.  And logic is a way to explain emotion.  A

Beth Atalay I so agree with you and thank you for the kind words.

Rob Thomas thank you, that sandwich is so good, and we will be there often I am sure of it. A

Thanks Dick,

We agree with you, and the more informed people are the more likely they make a decision quicker.

James,

I hope you had a good lunch

John,

Like you, I don't want my life taken up with errands, it is nice to have things close by.  A

Hannah Williams it is sometimes those small seemingly insignificant amenities that make life and moving very worthwhile.

Dorie Dillard those have always been a factor in our home selection decision making.  In Napa we chose it over the rest of the valley for its proximity to airports, because it would be less driving time.

Debbie,

You are right, it is a combination of both.  It is, I highly recommend it if one comes to your neighborthood.

Larry and Sheila,

Absolutely right about that.

Joe,

All real estate has romance, even an office space does.  A

Patricia Feager, MBA, GRI, Cert Negotiations Expert, Military Relo Prof you are so right, it makes a difference having something right there.  We have a new yoga studio that is less than 5 minutes away.  Our former one took a half hour allowing to get there, and then walk over and get ready.  We appreciate the time saving.  A