The location can add to the loving feeling of your new home or it can make you regret your new purchase. To help you decide which location is right, find out what services are important to you, your spouse and your family. Do you want everything (or almost) to be walking distance? Do you mind having to take your car? Or do you only want to run errands once a week?
Schools: Are there daycare/nursery schools and elementary schools available for your young children in the area? The middle and high schools are they close enough so that the children will not have a too long bus ride? Having the local schools right around the corner might not matter if the school doesn't match with your parent philosophy. Go to the schools, meet the students, the teachers and the Principal. Ask them for their school handbook. Feel free to ask how they deal with important situations such as fighting, racial tension, religious differences. Do they have extra curricular activities? There'll be many questions that will arise as you make your investigation.
Religious Services: Church/Synagogue/Temple is yours close by? Attend one of their services and talk to those who attended the service. What do they tell you about their parish and the community?
Recreational Centers: Can you find a community center, library, and playground? If your children are older it might be more important to be near a swimming pool, football field, baseball diamond, or an ice rink.
Health Services: Are there hospitals and/or clinics near by. Even if your healthy, accidents will happen so you'll need to know where you can go? And it's the same if you own animals, where is the veterinarian?
Stores: Among drugstore, convenience store, shopping malls, banks and post offices. Will you need to go shopping for one day a week and stock up or will you be able to get there in just a short walk?
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