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One choice you may need to make when looking for apartments for sale in

Chennai is which floor is best for you. Some apartment hunters care very

much about which floor they live on, and so they limit their search

accordingly.

For example, people who want to live on a high floor may limit their

apartment search to high-rise buildings (and only those offering upper-floor

vacancies). Other apartment hunters don't care much about the choice of

floor but, for instance, just wish to avoid ground-floor apartments out of

security fears.

There's no right or wrong answer when it comes to which floor is best in an

apartment building. If you're on a hunt for the perfect apartment, you must

weigh the factors and decide what's important to you.

Here are the factors to consider:

Security

Evacuation

Acrophobia

Disability

Triskaidekaphobia

View

Money

Noise

Access

VIEWVIEW

One major reason buyers choose higher floors is because of the view. If this

is important to you and you're willing to pay for it, choose an apartment on a

higher floor. Keep in mind that you might not need to look very high to get

the view you want, and so you may be able to save some money.

MONEYMONEY

Generally speaking, comparable apartments within a building cost more the

higher up they are. So, if living on a high floor is something you can do

without, you'll probably save money by opting to live closer to the ground.

NOISENOISE

Some prefer high floors to minimize traffic and other street noise. Others

just aim to avoid the ground-floor because living there may require you to

put up with noise from neighbors walking through the hallway. However, if a

ground-floor apartment isn't located on a path between the building's

entrance and elevators, stairs, or a popular amenity, such as a fitness

center, then there may be no noise issue.

If you believe that a ground-floor apartment may come with extra noise

issues, consider looking for a vacancy on a different floor. The number of

people who need to use the hallways of other floors is minimal (limited

mainly to flat owners of that floor and occasional guests).

ACCESSACCESS

When you need to leave your apartment for work, errands, or any other

reason, is it important that you get outside quickly? Some have little

patience waiting for an elevator to arrive and possibly make several stops on

the trip to the ground floor. If this bothers you, then you may prefer either to

live on the ground floor (where you wouldn't need to use the elevator) or a

low floor (where you can comfortably take the stairs).

SECURITYSECURITY

Living on the ground floor or in a basement apartment could pose an

increased crime risk. Depending on the structure of a building and its

security measures, it may be easy for criminals to break into a ground-floor

or sub-level apartment from the outside, without any climbing.

Keep this in mind to investigate when looking for apartments for sale in

Chennai. The bottom line is if you just don't feel safe living in a ground-floor

or basement apartment, then don't even bother looking at vacancies on

those floors.

EVACUATIONEVACUATION

Sometimes, a fire, flood, bomb scare, or other emergency requires

authorities to order everyone out of an apartment building. People who live

on higher floors of a building generally have a longer, more involved

evacuation, and damage to a building could make it difficult to leave from a

high floor.

Fortunately, such emergencies don't occur often, but if the thought of

possibly having to evacuate quickly from a high floor makes you anxious,

then this is an important factor to consider.

ACROPHOBIAACROPHOBIA

If you suffer from acrophobia, or fear of heights, you might get a little

queasy living on a high floor. Even if you're okay to stay inside an upper-floor

apartment but would be afraid to step out onto a terrace, why give up the

amenity? Instead, consider a lower floor that would let you enjoy both the

apartment and the terrace.

DISABILITYDISABILITY

If you or your family member have a mobility impairment, you may prefer an

apartment on the ground floor -- especially if your building doesn't have

elevators. Be aware, though, that the choice of floor is a decision that's

always a prospective buyer's to make.

TRISKAIDEKAPHOBIATRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA

If you have an issue with the number 13 (a condition known as

"triskaidekaphobia"), then you'll probably try to avoid an apartment on the

13th floor of a building. However, as you might have noticed on elevator

button panels, some buildings skip from 12 to 14 in numbering their floors in

recognition of this sensitivity.

Once again, to remind you, there's no right or wrong answer when it comes

to which floor is best in an apartment building. If you're hunting

for apartments for sale in Chennai, you should weigh some of these factors,

like Disability, and decide what's important to you.

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