hey folks how you doing this is chris at Hauseit we're filming here in miami
florida anyway today i'd love to talk to you
about a topic that's frequently asked by transplants or implants as sometimes we
are called by folks who are here locally anyway just kidding but uh
all jokes aside the question is
what are typical amenities in buildings here in florida miami in particular
surrounding areas in south florida you know as a buyer coming to to the south
florida area being new to here especially from new york what should one
expect
because you know frankly in new york there often aren't amenities for
buildings i'll just give you an example most new yorkers for parking if they are
lucky enough to have a car they're going to have to walk to and and find
hopefully an open spot at a parking garage and these tend to be somewhat
rare and you probably end up having to pay you know 500 600 or more dollars per
month to rent that parking space and don't uh forget the new york city
special tax rate on parking which is like 18
plus so anyway
usually that is not not included you know many buildings especially in
older neighborhoods with older buildings in new york aren't going to have
sometimes even elevators and you know washer dryers
really it's a luxury to have one in unit you know sometimes buildings might have
them oftentimes new yorkers will just have to
go to your local laundromat so you know not a lot of these things are not taken
for granted in new york but you know here in florida
from our experience we'll have to say most buildings come with a different
level because people expect a different level of amenities here and they they
get it because developers have learned to to build for them and of course
the zoning here is a bit different it's easier to build there's less you know in
the way of zoning restrictions or historical neighborhoods to speak of
so yeah so buildings here all tend to have a
wide range of amenities and they include such things as
a parking spot oftentimes a unit especially larger ones
will have two or more parking spots that are included oftentimes these parking
spots will include complementary valet for the owner and sometimes for guests
maybe it's some x number of free valets per month for guests
and then you know in terms of swimming pools you know coming from new york for
example it's very rare to find a
condo or co-op building with a swimming pool i mean it's almost unheard of you'd
have to really get a membership at your you know at a soho house or something to
access a pool during the summer but here pretty much every condo building has
a swimming pool especially the newer ones sure you might see some older ones
that are you know decades old and perhaps you know in the process of being
redeveloped soon that might not have one but
pretty much every condo building has some sort of
pool or multiple pools and hot tubs and such
and the next amenity we'll talk about are for example tennis courts uh this is
something you know in new york you might have to
either pay a hefty sum at a local tennis club to play or a new york tennis and
you know like a racquet club or something or perhaps on the west side
highway you have to go and reserve some of the public courts to play but many
higher end condo buildings here will have one or two usually
tennis courts included they'll often be outdoors on the amenities section
but you'll see that you'll see basketball courts
other outdoor areas you know for example even uh at one
pariso for example you have sometimes you'll have outdoor park sections dog
parks on-site restaurants or attached
restaurants that are often very high quality
and of course the next one gyms now in new york space is so tight that
new yorkers expect to have to pay a separate gym membership to you know
equinox or whatnot several hundred dollars per per month
sometimes and here it's not the same of course you have uh
gyms that you can join if you would like and sometimes people like that ufc gyms
they have equinoxes of course you can do that but most buildings have their own
ship and again i speak to especially larger and newer buildings will always
have their own gym and sometimes they are so extensive for example at the
carillon miami wellness resort that they rival those of the biggest equinoxes
so that is something that
miamians here usually don't have to worry about paying for extra the next
one we'll talk about is outdoor space now of course any condo building here is
going to have plenty of outdoor space and you walk right outside you sometimes
have the boardwalk various you know design districts and such
there's sun everywhere there's over 200 i believe 50 days or more of sunlight
per year so there's lots of sunshine here and in terms of outdoor space of
course all buildings are going to have ample outdoor space most especially
newer and again larger buildings and have lots of outdoor space
for some of the various public outdoor amenities like the pools we talked about
but a crucial distinction is apartments themselves almost always have some those
sort of outdoor space now in new york it's uh common to when you search for
listings for example on a street east street easy to filter by outdoor space
because it is a you know rare luxury to have to have a private balcony or you
know private rooftop or anything like that it's very rare and and quite a you
know quite a luxury to have but here in miami
even older buildings most apartments have some sort of outdoor space like a
balcony two balconies three four balconies terraces private roof decks
and more so even your most humble apartment typically will have at least
some sort of balcony and a balcony that doesn't stare directly into another
building's wall by the way
which brings me to the next amenity which is uh just natural sunlight
uh you know we remember from from our days living in new york i mean
having direct natural sunlight is actually uh
quite a rare privilege to have it's not something that usually you can filter
and search for but to have open views or partially obstructed views
with direct sunlight you know southern exposures and all of that
it's quite rare and it's really something that people in new york search
for now here
it goes along with the balconies because most of these units have outdoor space
to begin with um there's a there's a lot of use of glass floor to ceiling glasses
construction material here in south florida
many you know many most uh
condos and of course houses you know that's it
you have your own exposures on all four sides but even most apartments
are going to have much more much more direct sunlight versus a
comparable apartment in new york again this is due to building materials
florida glass ceiling windows outdoor space that comes with it's just a it's a
natural part of the landscape to expect
more natural light in your apartment and then now we're going to go
back to something else that's very unique for uh
for folks living in miami versus new york
in new york you know you can filter when you search for apartments by a washer
dryer like we talked about here again in miami uh pretty much it's standard i
mean it's uh it's really unheard of in our experience to see a unit that
doesn't have its own washer and dryer so it's something that people here tend to
expect and it comes included so again those are just some of the uh
amenities that uh the most common amenities that that you'll see of course
there's many others that you know
as much as you can think of for example the carillon miami has its own rock
climbing wall it has a 70 000 foot spa and a hydro aromatherapy circuit
that you can go to you know there's conference there's
beautiful conference rooms available that you can just at least out the the
One Paraiso in the Paraiso complex uh very new building has a private movie
theater that you can just again not rent out you can just reserve
for free when you want to watch something private with the family so
lots of amenities lots of places to work and sit
and and again this is fairly common this is what people expect here in miami in
south florida and uh we hope you will like it as well
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of course miami-dade county so there you have it my name is Chris at Hauseit we hope
to see you on the next one