| Home buying is a decision. It involves | | | | locations, you won't have any problem |
| careful analysis of factors like its | | | | shifting your home. On the other hand, when |
| location, cost, structure and design, | | | | you own a town home, you have to sell it off |
| proximity towards workplace and so on. Buying | | | | before relocating which again is a time |
| a single family home is not everyone's cup of | | | | consuming process and the process may take |
| tea and need less to mention affluent | | | | about 6 months or more. |
| families are better off in buying them. | | | | |
| | | | One of the most striking features that set |
| If you are a person of moderate means, and | | | | town homes a class apart is the wide choice |
| want to own a house for yourself, leasing a | | | | of designs. If you are looking for town homes |
| town home may come to your rescue. Town homes | | | | for rent, you would be able to select town |
| are generally two storied buildings together | | | | homes as per your preference. The structural |
| arranged in a row. Most town homes share a | | | | designs range from a traditional to |
| common wall and are festooned with a yard. | | | | contemporary, from rustic to elegant. |
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| There is no denying of the fact that a single | | | | Again, it caters you with added amenities |
| family residential unit is a pillar of one's | | | | like, spa, tennis court, barbeque, fitness |
| financial stature and monetary prowess. But | | | | rooms and swimming pools. The dwellers of |
| at the same time town homes offer certain | | | | course are required to share these with other |
| advantages over single family residential | | | | home owners. Most importantly town homes |
| units. Town homes offer you a secured living | | | | entitle you to enjoy these benefits and |
| as opposed to single family homes where you | | | | relieve you of their maintenance. However |
| are exposed to the risk of robbery, theft and | | | | some town homes associations have stricter |
| pilferage. | | | | rules regarding children and pets which can |
| | | | sometimes get over bearing. Though the home |
| Single family homes entitle you to the | | | | owners association undertakes to take care of |
| ownership of the land and sometimes the | | | | all adjacent properties, any delinquency in |
| maintenance of the house appears to be a | | | | their part might prove non-conducive to your |
| toilsome task. Leasing a town homes relieve | | | | daily living. |
| you of this responsibility. It is the | | | | |
| homeowners association who takes charge of | | | | Last but not the least, townhomes foster |
| maintaining the residential units. In return, | | | | community feeling. It is ideally suited to |
| you have to maintain nominal fees in their | | | | people who hail from a common institutional |
| reserve account or pay them a monthly rental. | | | | background. It harnesses the common feel |
| | | | developing the togetherness of a community |
| More over if you have just stepped your foot | | | | and thus benefits the society as a whole. |
| in the early career, you might consider job | | | | |
| changes which might involve relocation to | | | | Summary: The article gives a brief comparison |
| some other place. In that case, leasing a | | | | of buying a townhome over leasing it. The |
| town homes is probably your best option. If | | | | author explains the advantages of leasing a |
| your job requires you to move to some other | | | | townhome rather than buying them. |