Obviously, when it’s cold out in Chicago, our condos are a great place to congregate, warm up and reboot before you have to trek outside again. But snow adds a-whole-nother element to home ownership, and when the snow starts falling, you really begin to appreciate owning a Chicago condo.

Your Top 10 Reasons to Own Chicago Condos in a Blizzard

Downtown Chicago condos have their perks, and there are some definite ones when it comes to dealing with snow. Inspired by this article about Baltimore condos, we are thinking of the top 10 reasons it’s so great to live in luxury condos while snow coats Chicago.

10. Shoveling snow. The most obvious benefit is that you don’t have to do it! Or, if you wouldn’t have done it at your own home anyway, you don’t have to feel guilty when a neighbor tromps down your unshoveled sidewalk. Your total snow removal job is to brush off the patio railing.

9. Garages. No sitting in a cold car, digging out or ice scraping for you. Walk to your spot and hop in your car. You don’t even have to change your routine when it snows!

8. Avoiding repairs. Roof leaks and burst pipes probably aren’t going to be problem in your unit of your Chicago high rise condo building, even if they do occur. Since they are part of your communal space, your building’s maintenance or association should take care of them.

7. Help with repairs. If some damage does occur in your building, you’ll have plenty of help to fix it. Your association and the maintenance for your building will either help you with repairs to your unit or will handle them completely.

6. Great stuff nearby. On a lighter note, downtown Chicago condos are nothing if not in the middle of it all! If you DO have to head outside into the snow squall, you know you can get to what you need quickly, because it’s close to your Chicago condo.

5. Best views of the snowfall. In a Chicago high rise condo, especially in one of our Lakeshore East developments, you’ll find the best views of Chicago made even more beautiful by drifting snow. You can experience the beauty of the blizzard without being in it!

4. Snow drifts are unlikely to cover your windows. Yeah, you might get some snow on your balcony, but your windows are probably not going to be darkened by gathering snow.

3. Doors will still open. Even if the city gets three and a half feet of snow, your front door will still open! Along with not having to shovel your sidewalk or dig your car out, you won’t get stuck inside if the snow starts to stack up.

2. Cleaning up tracked in snow. Let’s keep talking about that front door… If you have people over to your home and they wear their snow boots over, there is no way that some of that snow isn’t coming in with them. But in a luxury condo, there’s a foyer, elevator and hallway between your pristine floors and the snowy outdoors. High rise condos keep you from having to mop anytime you or your guests come in from outside!

And the number one reason to live in a Chicago high rise building during a blizzard is:

1. There’s probably a party going on somewhere in your building! If everyone gets trapped indoors during heavy snowfall, you can imagine that you might get bored. And what better time is there to get to know your neighbors than when you can’t get away from them? You can bet on the fact that someone close by is having people over for warm drinks and good company when it’s wintry outside. Or you can invite over your floormates and be the host!