Penthouses seem to be the culmination of the true American dream. The ultimate status symbol, a penthouse is literally at the top of a building that should be pretty luxurious on its own. But aside from simply the association that goes along with it, why should you buy a penthouse? Does it offer anything significant that other home options do not? In fact, a penthouse offers quite a lot that is unique.
Breathtaking Views
One of the pinnacle elements of a penthouse is that it’s at the pinnacle of a tall building, always in a city. This provides the owner with a view of the city that is essentially unparalleled, and is a very unique perspective to look at the city that you live in and love. Plus, there’s not much more you can impress your guests with than to take them up to a view that stuns them.
Luxury Accoutrements
You can customize a penthouse in a way that is generally impossible to do with city living. Space in cities is a jealously hoarded and distributed resource, and most city dwellers are forced to optimize their space as much as they can. With a penthouse, you can have a hot tub right in the city. You can open your home up to a wide patio and balcony. You can set up a pool table in one room. All of the things you might be able to do at a home in the suburbs, you can pull off in the middle of the city.
Central Location
The location is one of the most compelling elements of the penthouse. Working in a city usually requires some sort of sacrifice. If you want to have access to the amazing things the city has to offer at all times, you have to sacrifice your living space and live somewhere somewhat cramped. If you decide you value your space and privacy, you have to commute into the city, never a fun start to the morning or end to the day, and you are deprived of easy access to the park or the theatre whenever you’re at home.
Buying a penthouse is, and should be, an involved process. It’s not something that should be stepped into lightly. Thus, you probably shouldn’t just type “luxury penthouses for sale” into a search engine and hope for the best. You need a real expert, a real estate agent who has experience dealing with penthouses, to find you the perfect home. For more information, visit Austin Proper Residences.
