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- Hi everyone, Karl here and welcome to another Homebuyer's School video,
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anything. So today I'm joined by Heather Cockerline, community
experience lead with Brookfield Residential, and today we're talking
about something that I think a lot of people kind of wanna know because
especially when they're moving into let's say, a brand new community right.
So how do you go about getting to know your neighbours?
- It's a very good question Karl, so
one of the things that we've noticed— we've actually done some studies
recently on this, on some of our communities, is that 22% of residents
in one of our newer communities found that their neighbours were just
acquaintances, but they wanted to get to know them better.
So that's where we really find that the homeowners associations play a
really big part because we can do events, we can you know—encourage people to
gather in the spaces that we create.
- And so how do I like—besides that, like you know—the events are everyday right?
So how do I go about finding my new neighbours, like how would I
go about doing that?
- So one of the things that a lot of communities have are Facebook pages
you know, so they're connecting that way. But I think it's just about being out and
being active in your community. That's probably the key.
That accomplishes a few things, it keeps you healthy and active, but then
your outside, you know what's happening with your neighbours, you can you know—
find friends for your kids to play with. And then you know, just find things in
common that you can talk to your neighbour about.
- And this is a little bit of a different question but how do you get along
with your neighbours?
- I think we need another session on that.
I think it's about just being neighbourly.
- Okay.
- People have kind of gotten away from that. People will tend to just go in their
house, close the door, they don't want to have anything to do with their neighbours.
But the more we know our neighbours the more we understand them .
We have a lot people in our communities now where we might not share the same
ethnenticity as well, and so getting to know what makes people—
what makes them tick you know, just being friendly and being neighbourly
is probably the key.
- Drawing from your experience from all the different communities that you've
been involved with, how does let's say the homeowners association really
try to get people together besides you know, just the facilities and programs—
like is there anything else that goes above and beyond to try and make sure
that the people living in the community develop that sense of community rather
than—I'm gonna go in, go to work, go to my house, say hi a couple times,
and that's kind of it?
- So it's not just about—you know to your point, just waving to your neighbour but
how do you get to know your neighbour so through the programs that we offer
at our HOA facilities, that's really important and there's something for
everybody at every stage of life. So whether that's card for seniors on a
Tuesday afternoon, or whether it's a mum and tot club, or whether it's
you know—3 on 3 hockey at the rink, there literally is something for everybody
so that you can start making those connections with your neighbours.
- Do you have anything else to add in terms of getting to know your neighbours
or getting to know the people in your community?
- I guess my comment would be—just about respect. Getting to know
each other, getting to understand what community means to you and to
and to your neighbour. It's different for everybody. Living in livable communites
is very different for everybody. So maybe that's safety for somebody, or maybe
that's sense of belonging. Whatever that is just try and help everybody feel
welcome in the community that you live in.
- And the question of the day I have for you is – did you have any trouble
getting to know your neighbours? What tactics did you use to get to know them
better? Let us know in the comment section below. And remember, if you
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