'When buying my first property, I was cautioned by my realtor: "Either you buy very high, or buy very low - don't buy in-between." This saying suggests that - whilst most people acknowledge higher floors are better - there are unique merits to ground-floor living as well. Merits that, in the eyes of my former (and very experienced) realtor, make ground-floor units possibly better than mid-level units. Having lived in both HDB and condo ground floor units, here are the little but important things that people overlook: