Apartments on the ground floor: Who wants to live down?

As you know, on the first floor Khrushchev live primarily disabled and elderly people, as well as those who just might not be enough money for more expensive apartment. literally live "in front" of passersby uncomfortable and uncomfortable. This room on the first floor of newly built business class in a good area will cost more than the apartment several floors above. Although recent first Floors are increasingly Lying for offices, beauty salons, pharmacies and coffee shops. The Soviet legacy Today, people in possession of available funds, will be unlikely to buy an apartment on the first floor of a house. From the windows open is not the best views of the clogged yard, street garbage bins , garages, etc. Often, the first floor windows are typical of houses is so low that passing on the street people can see into the apartment, so you have even a day to keep the windows tightly curtained. Because of the poor people at home soundproofing in the yard can hear everything that occurs in the apartments on the first floor. Yes, and breathe into them almost nothing, especially if windows are located on the roadway. In addition, residents of the first floor windows have to be put on the lattice. All of this contributes to the demand for apartments on the first floors of old housing . In the modern solid, brick and panel buildings even many disadvantages of the first floor on the wane. For example, the windows are high enough so that nobody looks at them. sound and thermal insulation is also much better than in Soviet homes. This leaves only the physically irremovable option - no panoramic views. However, the cost of apartments on the first floor is dependent primarily on the house. "Homes built during the Soviet period, the first floor always lowers the price. The quality of socialist construction was such from the basement that pulls cold, I hear the slamming of the door driveway, talking in the courtyard. On the first floor of a very low level of insolation, so these apartments the most dark and uncomfortable because of the bars on the windows and the growing nearby bushes and trees ", - says Mikhail Kulikov, Director Control secondary market, "Inkom Real Estate." Now the choice floor - a matter of taste or prestige. "If the house is located in a quiet location overlooking the park, park, pond, etc., then almost certainly there will be many who want to lower floors. And someone just afraid of heights and therefore does not want to buy an apartment on the upper floors. Earlier on higher floors had problems of poor water pressure or non-working elevators, but in modern homes engineering thought out, as a rule, to the smallest detail and in accordance with the requirements of time, " - said Irina Romanova, Head of Marketing Group of Companies "Pioneer." An individual approach, she said, at the moment each individual developer is building its pricing policies depending on the subject. "There are examples where all the apartments in the complex are approximately the same regardless of floor . But at the same price per square meter can vary significantly depending on the specific features and footage of the apartments, "- says Irina Romanova. So, in the residential complex" Lazarevskoe "in South Butovo selling prices are set so that today the cost per square meter depends on the area of ​​the apartment and its location (of the world, specific characteristics), and there is little differentiation in the floors: the cheapest apartments are on the lower floors from the second to fifth. For example, a 5-room flat of 104.5 square meters. m on the 2nd floor is 105 thousand rubles / sq. m, the same apartment slightly smaller area - 102.7 sq. m - on the 5th, 8th, 13th floor is 108 thousand rubles. / square meters. m, and the same area of ​​103 square meters. m on the 22nd floor with panoramic windows, worth 115 thousand euro / square meters. But all this applies mainly to economy class. The objects of another format, the cost of the apartment is in direct or backward depending on the floor. For example, an apartment on the first floor of the old Khrushchev will cost much cheaper than the others. A room on the first floor of newly built business class in a good area is more expensive. A similar situation occurs with high floors. Accommodation on the top floor of nine-panel always sold at a discount. "Homes built during the Soviet period, the apartments on the top floor of 5-15% cheaper than the others. There is often a leaking roof. As a result, dampen and falls off the ceiling plaster, peeling wallpaper, especially in advanced cases it was possible to remain without electricity - water flooded the electrical panels. These woes of residents of recent stories related to the gross violations of building codes for roofing work, the choice of unsuitable materials, as well as unfortunate design decision ", - says Mikhail Kulikov. At the same time an apartment on the upper floors of luxury homes in the segment of the business class are more expensive. The difference in price between the apartments of the same size and located in the same house can reach, depending on the floor, about 15-20%. The first floor? Offer! According to experts, interesting ground floor today including those in the future, these areas translates into uninhabited fund (for use as an office). "In this case, priority is given apartments, located on the first floor, preferably in a" pass-through "place on the first line of houses (depending on the future purpose of the office) ", - says Alexey Shlenov, Director General of" Miel Brokerage. "According to him, the cost of land for commercial real estate, located on the first floor, approximately 5-10% higher than the price of flats, located on the middle floors in these buildings. This first floor, uninteresting in terms of commercial real estate, usually located in the houses located in residential areas, no pedestrian traffic. "On the ground floors are often the enterprise consumer services, shops, beauty salons, pharmacies , cafe, etc. Popular with the acquisition of non-residential investment purposes: for subsequent lease ", - added" NDV-estate. "Thus, in the neighborhood" Tsarina's "first floors are reserved for non-residential premises. Cost per square meter starting from 80 thousand rubles. per square meters. But this is more the exception than the rule. In most cases, the apartment is on the ground floor it is desirable to the buyer in old age, if a house is not equipped with an elevator. Also, buyers of apartments in the basement can be people who do not have enough money to buy more liquid housing. Others prefer to "climb higher».