What should I look for?

Unfortunately, most homes were not built with health in mind. With that being said, it is becoming more and more common. Finding an intentionally-created healthy home in the area of your choice and price range, though, may be difficult. You can turn most homes into healthy homes, but there are some main aspects of the home that are difficult/impossible to change – so being on the lookout for homes that will not require these changes is ideal. I recommend finding a home that has the foundational potential to become the healthy home you desire, so that the changes you have to make after that are minimal.

• Exterior Environment: Part of picking a healthy and wellness promoting home includes finding the right environment in regards to proximity to parks, sidewalks, and easy access to outdoor activities. Look for a home that would encourage you to be outside and give you various outdoor activity options. 
• Water Quality: Though we now have access to high quality water filtration systems, checking to see the water quality that home gets is still important. The fewer the contaminants, the more likely your filtration system will catch them. It is very important to know what contaminants are in the water in your area – that way, you can get a filtration system that can efficiently remove them. You also want to know whether or not you will get hard water in that home. Check what contaminants could be in your water here.

• Air Quality: Air quality of an area is not something you can necessarily control. Though you can purchase high quality air filtration systems for your home (and I highly recommend you do) you cannot control the air in your exterior environment that makes its way into your home naturally. Check your area’s AQI here.