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Why Buy a Single Family Home

by Rossi Real Estate Services LLC 04/04/2021

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You have been in the same home for several years, but you want to move. You'll need to decide whether to rent or buy and if you decide to buy, what type of home you want. Condominiums, townhouses and single-family homes all have benefits, depending on where you are in life. Many people don’t want to deal with lawn maintenance when they get older. Sometimes, younger people who are focused on their careers would rather not have any maintenance to deal with. However, the perks of owning a single-family home often outweigh the cons, especially if the only con is the maintenance. After all, you can always hire someone to take care of the maintenance.

More Privacy

Even if you are in the city with your neighbors close to you, you have more privacy with a single-family home than you would with a condo or a townhouse. Even though you have a yard with a townhouse, you'll likely share it with the others in the same building. And, when you share a wall with your neighbor, you must be mindful of loud noises, which means you can’t turn the television up as loud as you want. With a single-family home, you can also fence in your backyard for even more privacy.

Add-Ons

When you buy a single-family home, you can add to the value of the property without getting anyone’s permission. If you want to add a garden shed, a detached garage or even a pool, as long as zoning allows it, you can do that. However, if you are buying a house in a neighborhood with deed restrictions, you will probably have to get permission from the property association before initiating these projects.

Additionally, with a single-family home, you can build out additions on as long as you can get the permits. Maybe you have aging parents you want near you. If they don’t want to live in the same house, you can add on an in-law apartment, guest house on the property, or even add a bedroom suite to your house. If you start out small but decide to have more kids than you originally planned, you can add more bedrooms to a single-family house. 

If you plan on adding to your property, you probably want to avoid restricted deed neighborhoods.

Entertaining

Single-family homes are usually better for entertaining as they have more room inside and out. With a single-family house, you can add decks and porches to your specifications. You can even create an outdoor living area complete with a kitchen and screened in patio that you can enjoy yourself or for entertaining large groups. If you do enjoy entertaining, a home with an open floor plan makes gatherings more comfortable because you don’t have walls creating smaller spaces. People can mingle throughout the living room, dining room, kitchen and den areas. Adding French doors out to the deck or patio makes your entertaining space even larger.

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Rossi Real Estate Services LLC is a boutique real estate brokerage firm that provides close personal attention to buyers and sellers in the Capital Region and surrounding areas. “Typical” is not a word that clients use to describe Rossi Real Estate's approach to home buying and selling.  Building upon years of experience, Rossi Real Estate employs creative marketing approaches, combined with a vast network, to quickly sell homes.  By creating home floor plans, professional photography, and online marketing videos, Rossi Real Estate is able to depict home layouts and professional marketing to potential buyers before stepping foot in your home; this saves the seller valuable time by attracting only those buyers who have greater interest in the home. Additionally, by employing targeted online marketing, Rossi Real Estate targets buyers searching for homes just like yours.  

Joe Rossi, the Principal Broker at Rossi Real Estate, builds upon over 12 years real estate experience in every transaction. Joe zealously advocates for his clients by combining his diverse background in law, finance, complex negotiation, and management, with compassion and exemplary communication skills creates.  He explains transaction details and guides his clients through every step of the buying and selling experience.  Furthermore, Joe listens to his clients’ wants and needs.  In a recent transaction, the buyer profusely thanked Joe, stating he was, “[T]he only one in the transaction that was capable of communicating with the sellers in a way that ensured we were able to close on our dream home”. 

Our real estate practice includes leading professionals, all of which are NYS Licensed Real Estate Sales Associates: Joseph R. Rossi, Ryan Hart, & Dustin Cogswell. Their experience includes work at a fortune 100 company, military operations, and technical recruiting.

If you're looking for a real estate broker who goes above and beyond the industry, who genuinely cares about their clients, and who will drive results, contact Rossi Real Estate Services LLC today.

The Stuff our attorneys make us include...

In accordance with Real Property Law §442-H, Rossi Real Estate Services LLC implemented a Standardized Operating Procedure governing client engagement. As such, prior to any engagement, Broker:

1. Requires a buyer to produce identification if the identity of the buyer is not readily known through a personal relationship with the broker or licensed sales person;

2. Requires an exclusive agency agreement (i.e. exclusive broker agreement) prior to engagement with any buyer;

3. Does not require pre-approval for a mortgage loan; however, a pre-qualification letter for a mortgage loan or, for cash buyers, proof of funds is required.

Although Broker may not require certain information, a seller of real estate may require this information prior to showing the property and/or as part of any purchase offer.