7 signs you are living in a good neighborhood

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Modern residential complexes have shops, schools, and even parks in the neighborhood. We are going to tell you how a truly convenient area for living with a well-thought-out layout should look like.

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It is convenient to get to the house both by personal and public transport

Calculate for fun how many minutes (or hours) per week you spend on various kinds of trips - to work, to the gym and to the store. For example, an average Muscovite gets to work: public transport is the fastest in Togliatti, personal transport in Sochi takes 64 minutes to get to work by public transport, and by car this journey takes about 45 minutes. To spend less time moving around the city, choose a microdistrict from which you can get to the office, clinic and the nearest hypermarket with a minimum of transfers.

Before buying an apartment, do some local exploration. Try to get to your future home by public transport during rush hour. Check how long the trip takes and whether it is realistic to do without a car. The fewer connections, the better: if there are no metro stations within walking distance, then a direct bus should go to the nearest one. Another good option is the lines of the Moscow Central Diameters. Comfortable trains will deliver you to your destination quickly and without traffic jams.

Modern parking

It's simple: even if you don't have cars in your family, your neighbors will probably have them. This means that a spontaneous parking lot can form near the house, which will occupy the entire courtyard. This problem is especially acute in areas built up back in Soviet times: they are simply not adapted for a large number of cars.

Now developers, even at the design stage, allocate special parking areas. The concept of “courtyard without cars” is used not only in elite residential complexes, but also in comfort-class microdistricts. For cars there are underground parking lots with lifts: to get into the apartment, you don't even need to go outside. Playgrounds and sports grounds are being erected on the space freed from cars, so that the courtyard is a place for walks and rest.

Comfort-class residential complex "Emerald Hills" is located in Krasnogorsk. There is a forest near the complex, where you can meet many wild animals and birds - which means that everything is in order with the ecology. The microdistrict is fully equipped and ready for life: there are schools, shops, cafes and beauty salons. Now "Emerald Hills" is already 80% populated, so it is better not to hesitate with the purchase of an apartment.

In 2021, New Emeralds will be commissioned - the three final buildings of the project. They have apartments for every budget - from cozy one-bedroom apartments to spacious three-room apartments for large families. If you do not want to waste time and effort on repairs, choose the option with a finished finish. All you have to do is buy furniture, and you can enter the new house immediately after receiving the keys.

It is convenient to get here by public transport. From Novye Izumrudnye you can get to the Opalikha MCD station or to the Mitino, Tushinskaya and Skhodnenskaya metro stations: the bus stop is located next to the residential complex. It's even easier with your car: Volokolamskoye, Ilyinskoye and Novorizhskoye highways lead to the city, and only 8 kilometers to the Moscow Ring Road. For cars in the residential complex there is an underground parking for 4,478 cars with round-the-clock security.

The microdistrict provides for recreation areas for residents

On a summer day, many people want to go to nature - take a walk, have a picnic and play badminton. But there is not always the opportunity and desire to travel far. Therefore, choose a neighborhood with at least one green park nearby. Ideally, it should be within walking distance - then you won't have to postpone a walk for the weekend, and you can get some fresh air even on weekdays after work. At the same time, resolve the issue of lack of physical activity: you can forget about excuses that you have nowhere and no time to run in the morning.

The courtyards have playgrounds for children of all ages

A set of sandbox, slide, swing and horizontal bar is suitable for kids. As children get older, they need a spacious place to run and jump around. If you do not want to constantly worry about what the child is doing on a walk and whether he has run away in search of adventure, choose an apartment in a house with a closed yard.

Playgrounds should be kept in good condition: no rusty slides or swings that are held on parole. It is good if modern sports equipment is installed in the yard. And the playground must also have a special coating GOST R 52169‑2012. Equipment and coatings for children's playgrounds. Construction safety and test methods. General requirements are sand, pine bark or rubber tiles. It will protect against injury if the child plays catch-up or decides to jump off a slide and fall.

Schools and kindergartens can be reached on foot

This is not even a wish, but a requirement of SanPiN. The distance the nearest school should be from residential buildings depends on the climate zone in which the city is located. In Moscow and the Moscow region, it does not exceed SanPiN 2.4.2.2821-10. Sanitary and epidemiological requirements for the conditions and organization of training in educational institutions are 500 meters, and in the northern regions it is reduced to 300 meters.

A school close to home is also a bonus for parents. As long as your child is too young to get to school on their own, you won't have to get up early to get to school in time. And the grown-up student will be more comfortable: he does not need to go to school and back with transfers, and the parents will be sure that the child got home without incident.

There are no large factories in the vicinity

If there is an industrial zone next to the area in which you looked after the apartment, you can not dream of a good ecology. Instead of walking in the fresh air, you will have to enjoy the aromas from the sewage treatment plant or the nearest poultry farm.

The distance from residential areas to industrial facilities is regulated in accordance with the requirements of SanPiN. So, powerful thermal power plants operating on coal and fuel oil should be separated by SanPiN 2.2.1 / 2.1.1.1200-03 Sanitary protection zones and sanitary classification of enterprises, structures and other objects from the populated area by a sanitary zone of 1,000 meters, and a large the bakery should not be located closer than 100 meters from houses. These standards regulate not only the location of large enterprises, there are also requirements for dry cleaners and veterinary clinics - for them the sanitary protection zone is 100 meters.

There are shops and pharmacies in the neighborhood

A modern microdistrict is a city within a city. To stock up on food for a week, buy medicine or have fun, its residents do not need to go anywhere: everything you need is nearby.

There is an important nuance here: if a residential complex is being built from scratch, by the time the keys are received there may not be shops and cafes there. The best option is an inhabited microdistrict, where the houses are already at least partially inhabited. You can cheat and look for reviews about the area on social networks: for example, near the Emerald Hills complex, the site contains real photos of residents from Instagram.

In "New Emerald", picturesque views from the window are provided: the microdistrict is surrounded by a coniferous forest, and nearby there is a landscape park with places for recreation and paths for jogging and walking.

The residential complex even has an open-air museum: life-size models of the legendary Vostok-1, Voskhod-2 and Soyuz spacecraft are installed on the Cosmonauts Alley.

"New Emerald" was created according to the concept of a safe yard: instead of parking under the windows there will be places for rest and walking. In green and closed yards, modern playgrounds will be built for children, and adults will be able to warm up on sports grounds.

By the beginning of the settlement of "New Emerald", the infrastructure of the residential complex will be completely ready. Already, the microdistrict has everything you need for a comfortable life: there are four kindergartens and three schools nearby, including an art one, clinics, pharmacies and private medical centers. Shops and beauty salons are located on the ground floors of the houses, and the nearest café can be reached on foot.