Home shopping is often done during business hours. This may seem like a good way to find the right place to live, but that should not be the only time a neighbourhood is visited. Business hours today take up the time of most residents. This means a neighbourhood could appear calm and quiet, but that might not be what it is like during the evening hours. Taking the time to even drive through an area on a night or weekend could make a decision for prospective buyers.
Evening hours during the week may be just as calm and quiet as they are in the day. Residents working may not have the energy to party or invite friends over until the weekend. Their children may be inside doing homework, or they could be in bed early for schooling the next day. All of this makes it imperative to go through a neighbourhood on a night when people may not need to get up early the next morning.
Weekends are often very different in many areas because people are home, and they have time to go outside. Neighbourhoods that seem to be ghost towns during business hours could be bustling and full of life when the weekend hits. People could stroll along and greet each other, or they could have friends and neighbours over for parties every weekend. Knowing this may rule out an area, or it could make it more welcoming.
It can be difficult or even impossible to meet the neighbours before moving into a home, but learning even a little about them beforehand can be helpful. Knowing the neighbourhood comes to life on the weekend might just make a quiet house feel like a wonderful home for many prospective new residents.
