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Are you talking about a high-rise condo? Regardless, most condo owners are either very young or tend to be older with no kids or empty nesters. Kids don't mesh well in condos.
Are you talking about a high-rise condo? Regardless, most condo owners are either very young or tend to be older with no kids or empty nesters. Kids don't mesh well in condos.
Yes, a high rise condo.
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Originally Posted by whogo
If ya hate kids be sure to go at a time when they are due back from school or going to school.
I never said that I hate kids. Don't know where you got that from. I said that we were empty nesters. Also, I said that if we were looking when our daughter was growing up, we would have felt differently living among families with kids.
If you are looking for a building with limited children why not look for a 55+ building? Children in those building are either very limited or not allowed beyond short visits. That is a demographic you are legally allowed to avoid by moving into one of those specially designated communities. If you are looking to avoid any others you will need to grab your binoculars and hope no one calls the police on the suspicious character stalking the building. Kidding... but not. The information you are seeking is hard to obtain because any professional giving you that information would be violating the Fair Housing Act. You really will just have to watch the area or figure a way to diplomatically ask a couple of the potenial neighbors.
Thanks, but we're not interested in 55+ communities at this point in life.
And, yes, I do know that realtors can't give out that information by law. That's why I was asking how I could do the research myself.
Also, I did express concern about hanging around a building for too long.
Why not approach a resident, during daylight hours, if s/he is outside the building? Tell him/her you are seriously considering buying in the building and would just like to hear his/her thoughts about what it is like to live there. You can back off quickly if the person seems uncomfortable. But if you develop some rapport I think the resident will soon get around to mentioning factors that are important to you.
I did this before buying our current house and it was helpful. It probably is easier to do this if you are a woman alone. I also have been approached when working in the yard.
What type of cars specifically screams retirees? I ask because I know several retirees who drive minivans. You'd think they're soccer moms. I have several retired neighbors who all drive large SUVs. So what does this all say about my neighborhood?
Of course there are people who don't follow the trend, but most retirees I know own mid-size to large 4 door sedans - typically not brand new but almost always in better condition than the age would indicate. I know plenty of retirees that also have a second vehicle that's not a sedan - in that case it's usually a older model small to 1/2 ton size truck or a smaller model SUV typically in better condition than the age would indicate. I know some retirees that drive minivans, larger SUVs or large trucks, but you would never find them living in a urban condo building.
Besides you can usually tell a retiree car from a soccer mom car based on how clean it is and what bumper/window stickers it has
Many condos are unit owned so in some areas they have distinct parcel numbers from the condo itself. Using the individual ownership records, you can at least do some sleuthing as to who these people are. Of course, the logical first step is a call to the condo management company if your unable to visually observe the building. Another step would be to see if there are any retail businesses adjacent to the property and tickle some info from them. A sports bar across the street may be willing to disclose the building went to sleep after reruns of Golden Girls or when the Happy Meal is finished, not so much the craft beer drinkers.
This is in an urban area. I've already checked the crime map and the surrounding area is a very low crime area. A few blocks away and not in an area we would have reason to venture into, there is an an area that has just a little more crime. I'll have to check out why that is.
The city's schools, in general, aren't great. In exploring the city, we did notice some Catholic schools---but not many.
Ok. Given that it's a condo apartment building in possibly a gentrifying/gentrified area there may be more young people with no kids or at most one kid, and possibly fellow empty nesters. Many Parents with at least two kids as jbeechuk said don't want to live in apartments and probably would move out to the suburbs in search of single family homes and better schools. As a former NYC resident I can tell you I didn't want to raise my kids in the city regardless of my affinity for it.
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