need help in deciding which floor to purchase on

thuf

Hi i am thinking of buying an apartment but undecided on which floor to purchase

there is a option of ground floor, first floor or second floor. i personally am thinking of ground floor as no stairs to climb. however can anybody please tell me the benefit of either floors. Also there is a lift available if that helps

thanks in advance

littleredhen

i personally would never buy on the ground floor - i don't feel safe sleeping on the ground floor - i would always buy on the top floor then i don't have to listen to someone walking about above my head - but just my personal opinion;)

pennylane99

I prefer top floor...security wise, and dont hear people upstairs clumping about....

PasturesNew

The following are a collection of maybe contradictory thoughts I have:

- ground floor is best, especially if it owns the garden
- top floor is best as nobody's stomping on your ceiling
- ground floor sucks if people clomp up and down the stairs and slam communal doors
- ground floor is allegedly less secure, but I say all houses have a ground floor so is a flat on the ground floor more vulnerable than a house?
- top would suck if the lift was out of order
- middle floor you'd have the possibility that you'd get noise from every direction
- ground floor, if above have laminate flooring, it might be noisy (probably worst in older properties, built before laminate was trendy)

thuf

thanks for all the replies so far, well the block has around 5/6 floors but not available on my price range, hence my decision on only 3 floors

from what you and others have said my main concern would be noise from people above, its a new build so hopefully that will be avoidable to some degree and possibly theft.

so the only advantage the other floor will have is theft avoidance? do people on 3/4/5 floor apartment rarely get broken into? because if thats the case that would be a very good selling point for me

PasturesNew wrote: »

The following are a collection of maybe contradictory thoughts I have:

- ground floor is best, especially if it owns the garden
- top floor is best as nobody's stomping on your ceiling
- ground floor sucks if people clomp up and down the stairs and slam communal doors
- ground floor is allegedly less secure, but I say all houses have a ground floor so is a flat on the ground floor more vulnerable than a house?
- top would suck if the lift was out of order
- middle floor you'd have the possibility that you'd get noise from every direction
- ground floor, if above have laminate flooring, it might be noisy (probably worst in older properties, built before laminate was trendy)

Jorgan_2

thuf wrote: »

thanks for all the replies so far, well the block has around 5/6 floors but not available on my price range, hence my decision on only 3 floors

from what you and others have said my main concern would be noise from people above, its a new build so hopefully that will be avoidable to some degree and possibly theft.

so the only advantage the other floor will have is theft avoidance? do people on 3/4/5 floor apartment rarely get broken into? because if thats the case that would be a very good selling point for me

It depends on who is buying the apartment. Some people won't want to go up & down the stairs with bags of shopping etc so the ground floor may appeal more to them.

Is their a lift with the apartments? If not, anything over the second floor may be a hard sell.

BiggaThanBen

I vote for the 2nd floor (safe, privacy, views), and you have a lift ! would be better if it was the top floor because of loft and no noise over your head

TBeckett100

we tried to sell a ground floor flat but had problems due to privacy. However, at night i can glance up and the first and second floors and see people doing the same things as those on the GF.

Also, many houses have a ground floor so security wise, there is no real difference.

leanneq

Hi
I owned an apartment and was in the same position as you as it was a new build and i had the choice of ground 1st or 2nd(top).
I chose 2nd floor for various reasons really : security ( its obviously safer as no windows accessable for burglars!!), privacy, a huge loft!. I liked that it was only me and the other resident on that floor and noone passing by. Also, the front communal door had a habit of slamming but i couldn't hear it from my place.
I think it depends on who is going to live there. Also, if the ground floor owns the garden!
I hope that helps

barrymoney

due to awful experiences living below other people stamping around, I'd only ever buy top floor (or simply not buy a flat...). But, if I had to choose ground, 1st, 2nd in a 5/6 floor block, I'd go for 2nd.

born_again_saver

How about the differences in heating between floors? A friend told me her flat was very easy to keep warm as being in the middle, it benefited from the heat from the flats below, above and to the sides and so she rarely had to use her own heating. I'm not sure if this makes much difference in a modern and presumably well insulated place though.