Top 3 Reasons for Renting a Loft Apartment
Besides having the most amazing living space of any
luxury Century Lake
apartment layout, loft
apartments for rent offer much more than just a roof over your
head. Loft living is a lifestyle craved by those who dream of
living in the big city, just as Hollywood painted this picture of
existence in our minds. After all, who can forget about Tom Hank’s
colossal loft apartment in “Big” that had ceilings high enough for
him and co-star Elizabeth Perkins to jump on the trampoline next to
his bunk bed!
Loft and house apartments for
rent began to make their mark back in the 1950’s Soho District
of New York. Once-prosperous industrial buildings weren’t able to
change and modernize with the world around it. Frantic landlords
began renting the high-ceilinged, large windowed spaces to the
growing art community of the area, as studios were tough to come by
at a reasonable rate. The artists began living in these “lofts”,
even though zoning laws of the day prohibited such uses. A series
of pulleys and false walls could trick even the cleverest inspector
from catching a glimpse into the living area of the artist’s
“studio”.
Since then, Loft apartments have popped up all over the globe,
and taken on a whole new genre of occupants in the process. If
you’re contemplating the possibility of this carefree living style, below are the Top
3 Reasons for Living in a Loft Apartment-
1. Open Space and Delineate Your Own Areas- The simple design
of a loft apartment is straightforward- literally. A wide-open
space replaces walls, doors and rooms of traditional apartment
floor plans, allowing you to move around and place your belongings
and furniture wherever you’d like, not where you “have to”. The
open floor plan allows you to make your bed in one area one week,
and in a completely different spot the next.
2. Eclectic Style- Bringing the old and new worlds together is
part of the ambiance of loft living. Where else can you reside and
have 100 year old plank-wood floors, 6-foot tall windows, an
off-white sheet for a curtain (with duct-tape pull-backs), all
pulled together by the latest contemporary sofa, straight off the
line from your favorite New York designer?
3. Big City Living without Sacrificing Breathing Space- Living
in a city has traditionally meant a tiny apartment for rent without room to
breathe. The other option was to live in suburbia, which meant a
daily commute into work in a car, bus, or commuter train. Loft apartments grant their
residents the best of both worlds, as this type of residence is much cheaper to
construct and/or maintain from a landlord point of view, and the
savings are typically passed onto their tenants.
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