INTERIOR DECORATING Ms. Cromartie

Choosing a Place to Live  Which region  Deciding factors  Types of housing  Special needs  Ways to move

Deciding Factors  People with disabilities  Working from home  Leisure time  climate

Region  Which part of the region do you want to live in?  Community  Neighborhood  Population  Site  Zoning  climate

Community  HOA- Homeowners Association  Senior communities  Public transportation

Neighborhood  Crime  Urban  Rural  Suburban

Population  Densely populated  Rural  Town size (Townships)

Site  Subdivisions- undeveloped land owner by private investors called “developers”.  Often the site of “NEW CONSTRUCTION”  Hence the term ‘developments’

Zoning  What is the site zoned for (I.e. commercial properties, residential etc.)  What types of activities does the government permit on this land

Types of Housing  Multifamily  Single family  Assisted living  Senior communities (50+)

Home Purchasing  Spending budget  Buying  Renting

Renting  More affordable  Easy to relocate  Job  school  Lease  Shorter housing commitment  Credit/ Credit score  the ability of a customer to obtain goods or services before payment, based on the trust that payment will be made in the future

Buying/ Financing  Down payment  credit  Mortgage  Mortgage rates  Amount of interest (rate of interest) to be paid on a mortgage loan (~4%)  Up-keep  Association  Lot size  Examples: condo, townhome, single family home.

Early Housing  Native Americans  1700’s/1800’s housing  Urban housing

Native Americans  Early Native Americans were known as cliff dwellers  Often used crude rocks or over hangs for housing  Occupied North America before European settlers  Tee-pees/ Wigwams

Colonists  Dirt floors were common.  Houses often made from sod  Sod- grass covering  Log cabins (around 1640)  Due to the abundance of trees in the northeast (Finnish and Swedish)

Sod-style homes

Finnish Style Homes

1700 and 1800’s Housing  Agrarian- people who make a living from the land  Sod style housing

Sod Style Homes

Urban Housing  Tenement houses- early style apartments  Appeared in New York city around 1840  Mainly houses immigrants  Row housing- dwellings that are connected by side walls  Many were built to house factory workers  Duplex/Two Family Homes  Two identical apartments or homes adjacent to one another

Tenement Housing

Row Housing

Duplex

Assignment- Hunting for Housing  You all will be assigned 1 of 5 scenarios.  Your responsibility is to find the appropriate type of housing based on the parameters listed in the scenario.

Example  ex. You have just graduated from college and have accepted an entry-level job that pays $1100 monthly in Morris Plains, NJ. Your parents live too far from your job; so living with them is not an option. Your credit history is young, so the chances of getting approved for a mortgage loan are low. You are an active individual and prefer to ride a bicycle to and from work. Find housing that is suitable for this situation.