Lifestyle / Remote
Weights for a remote worker
This is the Lifestyle / Remote preset. The house has to work as a place you occupy all day, at a price per foot you can defend. The town’s average commute is almost off the board.
Who this is for
You are not choosing the house for a train or a highway. A guest room, a yard, or a separation between work and sleep matters more than minutes to downtown.
You still care what the town is like at noon on a Tuesday. Diversity is 15, the highest of these profiles, and schools stay at 10 so a household with a child is not flying blind.
The weights
These are the Lifestyle / Remote numbers in the builder (lifestyle-remote). They add up to 100. Nothing else is changed when you start from this page.
| Factor | Weight |
|---|---|
| Value for moneyTied for first, so a large lot does not excuse a price per foot that is double the town reference. That double scores 0 on value and wipes out a lot of the yard’s advantage. | 25 |
| Lot sizeTied for first. Outdoor space is part of the workday. Light is not in the formula, so a bright room still has to be judged in person. The score uses the lot-to-living-area ratio and caps at 100 once that ratio hits 2. | 25 |
| Condition and systemsA mid weight. You are home for the repair, and you do not need a new house. The score is still only an age band, so a “renovated” listing does not move it. | 15 |
| Community diversityYou will be in the town, not passing through it. On the default engine the number is a stored index for 20 cities. Elsewhere it is 50, which will not separate those towns. | 15 |
| School qualityPresent, not leading. A household without children can lower it further. A household with children who will use the district should move points here from the lot or from value. | 10 |
| Home ageA small preference for newer. It uses the same year as condition, so it is not asked to do much. | 7 |
| Commute accessThree points. A 15-minute town versus a 45-minute town is a 1.5-point difference. If a partner still commutes, do not save this preset unchanged. Use the office profile, or raise this factor and lower the lot. | 3 |
Change it before you save
- If one person commutes four days a week, this profile will hide that. Move commute up and take the points from the lot or from diversity.
- If you want acreage past the ratio cap, the lot score will not keep rising. Past 2× living area every lot is a 100.
- If you are also optimizing a sale in a few years, look at the investor profile. This one does not chase condition hard enough to stand in for a resale thesis.
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