These are three key elements we sometimes forget, but they are fundamental when you want your home to be a truly smart place.
Wi-Fi. You have to check with your service provider and your installers that you have signal on all areas of your home, because otherwise your appliances may not answer commands. Remember that when we are talking about old buildings, walls may be especially thick, and it is necessary to do several tests to confirm that there are no problems with your wireless connection.
Compatibility of devices. Currently in the market there are devices for different budgets and needs, and in the end you’ll end up buying those that are useful for what you need, but an aspect you mustn’t forget is the compatibility between technology and operative languages. It’s a bad idea to have a mixture of IOS and Android devices, as well as of different languages, because they can cause annoying failures.
Integration to design. The command center where you put the assistant devices, from which you control the rest of the devices must be placed ergonomically and integrated to the rest of the decoration. Remember that if you have enough Wi-Fi coverage, you may play with the location of this highly important spot.
Jetsons-style living might become a reality sooner than we think.
At Paramount Miami Worldcenter, developer Dan Kodsi is working to make the luxury high-rise compatible for passenger drones – a.k.a. flying cars. He’s modifying the rooftop’s design to fit a 5,000-square-foot skyport on top of the 60-story, 530-unit tower.
Residents would be able to land on top of the building in vertical takeoff and landing vehicles, enter Paramount through a sky lobby and ride down to their unit in a glass-enclosed elevator.
Kodsi got the idea for the futuristic amenity after reading about Uber Elevate, Uber Technologies’ planned VTOL ride-sharing network, which would begin in Dallas, Los Angeles and Dubai after 2020. The “flying car” space is still lacking regulation and air traffic control.
“Being a developer you want to see where the trends are heading and stay ahead of them,” Kodsi said.
He expects it would be 10 to 15 years before flying cars reach Miami, long after the building is completed and the space is owned by the condo association.
Kodsi is co-developing Paramount with Worldcenter developers Art Falcone and Nitin Motwani. Construction is on the 47th floor and is expected to be completed in about a year. The tower is about 75 percent pre-sold, he said.
“I really truly believe the skyport will be the future train station,” Kodsi added. “Why not buy in a building that has the potential to be in line where transportation is heading?”
By Katherine Kallergis | The Real Deal | April 09, 2018
These days it is no longer just about location and price, clients have become more and more demanding, here are some of their questions.
What does it have to offer in relation to smart phone technology? Many people are ready to move in and they already have devices of this kind, so they need to know if they require some type of integration or adapter to be able to use them. A smart home has stopped just being an option to become the standard at the time of making the decision.
Can I walk there? New projects in Coral Gables, Brickelland Key Biscayne, located very close to schools, restaurants, stores, and night clubs, have confirmed with their growing demand that people want a lifestyle where the car is only used for long distances, but not for their day to day, so they are willing to bet for these types of projects.
How are the furnishings in detail? There aren’t many excuses from the builder or owner nor patience from clients. Specially on luxury units, the client wants to know about the floors in each area of the property, the furnishings in the secondary bathrooms, they want to feel that there is a commitment to deliver a property up to par with the impressive brochures or images online that are used to offer the property, this is an important part of customer satisfaction.
There is no doubt that every day drones are present on most aspect of our lives, from supporting farmers to sport broadcasts, but in the Real Estate market they will play a leading role starting 2018, here is how.
Property images. According to numbers from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) 90% of future property buyers use internet as their first source of information, so it is no longer enough to post frontal photos in low resolution, it is necessary to reach the level of detail that only an aerial shot can achieve.
Time saving. With the possibility of personalized virtual tours using drone images, Real Estate professionals and clients would save time by discarding those properties that don’t meet their requirements, in order to focus on those that could finally end up becoming their next home.
Shorten distances. All those advantages are even more important for those cases where the client isn’t currently residing in the area, so it would be practically impossible to check properties that may ultimately be inadequate. With drone technology, that first inspection can be made from anywhere so that later clients can visit the properties they are most interested in.
Si leíste la primera parte de este artículo, ya sabes las ventajas de invertir en bienes raíces en el sur de la Florida y aquí te traemos nuevos datos para que tomes una decisión informada.
Apalancamiento financiero. La banca se ha mostrado abierta a facilitar la inversión de extranjeros al incrementar los créditos. Se trata de créditos que pueden alcanzar hasta el 50% del precio de compra con amplio período de amortización y tasas generalmente por debajo del 5%.
Centro de inversiones. De acuerdo con el PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor, que considera 139 áreas metropolitanas de los Estados Unidos, durante el primer trimestre del 2017, inversionistas colocaron $151.05 millones en 29 compañías de creación reciente en las área metropolitanas de Miami y Fort Lauderdale, lo que lleva a la zona metropolitana de Miami a la séptima posición en el ranking y asegura un entorno económico vigoroso para el mercado de bienes raíces.
Brillante futuro. Importantes analistas del sector afirman que los rascacielos, restaurantes y los espacios dedicados a las artes en Miami han puesto a la ciudad en camino de convertirse en un centro cosmopolita al estilo de Londres, Hong Kong o Singapur.
