Planning To Buy A House For Your Backyard Wedding? Keep These Details In Mind
Posted on: 8 February 2018
If you and your soon-to-be-spouse are shopping for a house and plan to hold your upcoming wedding in the backyard, you definitely want to get the right property. Buying a house is exciting on its own, but when you're also thinking about tying the knot in your yard, the purchase will have even more significance for you both. While you might dream of a palatial estate with a view of the ocean from the yard, this won't always be possible if you're young and have limited funds. That said, you can still find the right house that offers the perfect yard for getting married in. Here are some details that you should keep in mind.
Quiet Neighborhood
An important criteria that you may overlook when you shop for a home with plans to get married in the backyard is the quietness of the neighborhood. A house on a dead-end street will be quieter than one that backs onto a busy road, for example. The last thing you want is vehicles revving their engines and honking their horns during your wedding vows, and a quieter street will give you less of a chance of experiencing this problem. Don't be afraid to visit the area in which you're thinking of buying and walk the neighborhood at different times of the day to assess the noise levels.
Backyard Access
You should also consider how easily it is to access the backyard. If you're getting a tent, portable toilets, tables, chairs, and other things delivered for the wedding, you'll need to get these things into the backyard with ease. On some properties, a delivery vehicle can easily drive through the side yard. However, with a townhome, access to the backyard can be a little trickier — especially if you're in one of the middle units. Consider, too, how you want guests to get into the yard. In a middle-unit townhome, they may all have to walk through your house instead of accessing the backyard from outside, which could be less than ideal.
Visual Elements
It's probably important for you to choose a home with a beautiful backyard. If you have to put some time into landscaping, just be sure that you have enough time and money to do so between buying the house and the date of your wedding. Think about what is visible beyond the yard, too. Is a neighbor's house looming just beyond the back fence, or does the house back onto a wooded area? Keeping these factors in mind will help you to find the right property to buy.
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