House & Home Do you prefer to live in an Apartment or a House?

Was listening to a podcast recently which had an interview with a guy who has been training dogs for over 20 years. He said the idea that small dogs are better suited to flats is a myth. It's actually the other way around - large dogs are better suited for small spaces.

Sidenote: when I get a dog, it will be a German Shepherd. There are no other breeds, as far as I'm concerned.

 

Apartment - always loved them more.

Houses bring many many negatives especially constant maintainence, worries, leaking roofs (apparently all roofs leak some of the time?!), noise noise noise - lawn mowers leaf blowers power tools builders. Poor walking index.

Their positives such as privacy are easy to obtain with the right apartment (not some slum with 100s residents, noisy neighbours etc)

I love location security safety apartments

I don't have any time to upkeep a house or even walk there!!

Women tend to like apartments for the lower responsibility of house issues /tradies and for their excellent security and cafes next door...

 

House for PPOR in and houses for investment properties.

In our last apartment we could set the clock daily by one neighbours bowel movements. The lunar cycle was set by another neighbours screaming matches with her boyfriend and a third managed to get a bit fairly regularly on a bi-annual basis.

Our backyard is also surrounded by vegetation. It's nice and private. My wife finds the gardening therapeutic.


For investments, the capital growth and rental growth tends to be better for houses. You don't have to deal with strata corporations, it's your investment, not a shared one.

 

Peter, I suppose what you're saying is that if you have nice and respectful neighbours, then either is a great choice, both with different kinds of perks.

Given your experience (of which I can relate to, due to experiencing a young family with two of the unhappiest toddlers in the suburb deciding to put floorboards in their flat, with substandard insulation and the most incompetent parents having a self-centred DGAF attitude...), I concur with your view...

 

House because you have some space from the neighbours, room for a dog and no strata corps. Also a house gives you a feeling of having your own "castle"

 

And there's a lot more room for installing hydroponic equipment than a flat?

 

"Castle" not "Grass Castle"

 

Latest census results - families can and so live in units. Many suburbs exceed 50% in units including the outer suburbs. Take note education planners.

 

House all the way - all the benefits with none of the downsides for my lifestyle.

The only downside is having gardens to do, but thats what gardeners are for.

 

An 80 storey house.

Best of both worlds.

 

House all the way but tend to be thinking about Apartment now as I get older

 

House, always lived in one so I am biased.
I have total control, have back yard, front yard, pool, veggie garden, dog living inside, can render it, can rebuild it, so much more flexibility and control.
Own units too but dislike the strata, other people to deal with, special levies, or some of the decisions they make. Maintenance takes ages to approve and it is often hard to compare if quotes are not apples with apples, etc...
Even though a house may cost more you have more privacy, control and flexibility in decision making!
I like that....................