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Initially seen as a necessity as one of the means to stop the spread of the coronavirus, working from home opened up opportunities for many Lithuanians to work wherever they wanted. In the second 2020 Half the eyes of real estate buyers turned to the coast: the population grew the fastest last year in the Klaipėda district, the municipalities of the city of Neringa and Palanga.
According to the company, 411 newly built apartments were sold in the coastal region last year. Interest in properties by the sea has not diminished again this year: 107 apartments have been sold in five months.
The direction is to combine rest with work.
According to the CEO of the company, Julius Dovidonis, interest in housing on the Lithuanian coast began to grow rapidly last summer, and residents began to see housing by the sea not as a place of short-term respite, but as a comfortable space for both work and work. longer life.
The director of the company points out that when communicating with the residents of the “Šventosios vartai” project developed on the seashore, they hear more and more that they spend not only weekends, but also public and working days in their apartments next to the sea, often combining work and leisure.
“It was common for buyers of second homes – vacation rentals – to be more inclined to choose apartments with a smaller square, but we noticed that not only are sales of houses on the seashore growing, but also more squares are becoming Large, fancier homes very popular. One of the main reasons for such a change is that buyers are looking for a home that can accommodate both a resting place and a longer and more comfortable life for the whole family, as well as a comfortable workplace, ”says J. Dovidonis.
Buyers especially appreciate the apartments, which are located on two floors: separating the work and rest areas in the home makes it easier to combine work with family needs, for example, when one adult works and the other can have fun with the kids.
“We are also seeing a growing trend in the popularity of fully finished homes. This trend is particularly pronounced in the coastal real estate market, where people are actively buying second homes. More and more people want to entrust the concerns of home furnishings to professionals and buy a home with complete finishes, so that after receiving the keys, they only have to choose furniture, additional interior details and bring personal items.
Perhaps this trend is also driven by telecommuting: the more time we spend on our core business, the less we want to do additional work. Therefore, we offer our clients not only fully finished apartments in Šventosios vartai, but also assistance in installing them, choosing furniture and interior details, ”says J. Dovidonis.
Teleworking mode becomes the norm
According to Eurostat, in 2020 The number of people working from home in Lithuania often doubled; Last year, 5.4 percent chose to work from home. workers of the country when in 2019. these employees represented only 2.4 percent. Sometimes the number of people working from home grew a little less, 2.1 percent. 2019 up to 2.9 percent. 2020
In the eyes of staffing professionals, a pandemic changes the employer-employee relationship: Employers are used to trusting more, giving them more freedom, and employees are getting used to accepting that responsibility responsibly. According to Deimantė Buinovskienė, Recruitment Partner at Smart HR, telecommuting is becoming increasingly acceptable to most employers, both due to increasing employee motivation and more efficient work. At the same time, telecommuting broadens the field of search for potential employees for employers: when work is no longer important, professionals in other cities look more boldly.
“The most flexible approach to teleworking is for those companies that practiced it at least in part before the pandemic. These are mostly IT companies, start-ups, fintech and international companies. stricter teleworking, as well as those for which this work regime is not suitable due to the specific characteristics of their activities: customer service, production ”, says D. Buinovskienė.
According to the interviewee, even before the pandemic, there was an obvious need for telecommuting for IT professionals; Often times for candidates in the selection process, this was one of the key criteria when considering new job openings, some even had specific preferences for working remotely. 60-80%. your work time.
Real estate in exceptional locations – an attractive investment
In turn, teleworking in holiday homes on the outskirts of the Baltic Sea remains an attractive investment: the extremely limited supply of such real estate projects not only dictates the ever-increasing cost of housing, but also guarantees real estate liquidity. Built on the seafront, the “Sventoji Apartments” attract the attention of forward-thinking sea lovers, who value the seafront apartments not only as a place for a comfortable family or business holiday, but also as an unbeatable investment.
“Seaside housing has long been bought more as an investment, equipped to rent to vacationers, rather than settling in on their own. Right now, we notice that people who have bought a shore house from the sea they spend much more time here, they come not only for the weekend, it becomes their permanent place of residence ”, says the owner of Realco.
The changing image of the city also contributes to the attractiveness of homes in Šventoji, a much quieter resort near Palanga that attracts real estate buyers who yearn for comfort and nature. The territory of the port of Sventoji currently opens up new opportunities for recreation.
“This is a unique project in Lithuania, where you can park not only a car, but also a yacht near your home. Additionally, many apartment buyers have admitted that seeing the ocean through their home windows every day is a long-term dream come true. And there are not many such opportunities in Lithuania, ”shared J. Dovidonis.
