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Find Your Perfect Home Anywhere

Not just a house. A home. A community. A life that fits who you really are.

We evaluate 55+ factors most people never consider — weather, dark skies, social communities, healthcare access, road maintenance, environmental safety, amenities, even considerations for your pets. Comprehensive, state-specific local knowledge for every town and city in the state. Because choosing where to live is choosing how to live.
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πŸ“Š See What a Report Looks Like

Eight sample reports from real-world buyer profiles β€” artists, families, retirees, remote workers, and more. See exactly what you'll receive.

Your report finds the right communities. Connect with an agent to unlock the right properties.

Now Available — 50 States + D.C. + Territories + International:

Vermont • New Hampshire • Maine • Massachusetts • Rhode Island • Connecticut

New York • New Jersey • Pennsylvania • Delaware • Maryland • Washington D.C. • Virginia • West Virginia

North Carolina • South Carolina • Georgia • Florida • Alabama • Arkansas • Kentucky • Tennessee • Mississippi • Louisiana

Ohio • Indiana • Illinois • Michigan • Missouri • Minnesota • Wisconsin • Iowa

Kansas • Nebraska • North Dakota • South Dakota

Oklahoma • Texas • New Mexico • Colorado • Wyoming • Montana

Idaho • Utah • Arizona • Nevada • Oregon • Washington • California • Alaska • Hawaii

🇵🇷 Puerto Rico • 🏝 U.S. Virgin Islands • 🌊 Guam

🇵🇹 Portugal (All Districts • Madeira • Azores)

🏙️ A note about large cities: For metro areas, data reflects community-wide averages. Neighborhoods within large cities can vary significantly. Your assessment still captures essential information about your needs and lifestyle priorities — and your local agent can help you find the right fit within any city. Deeper neighborhood-level analysis will be available on this site in the future.

🤝 Now Accepting Realtor Partners — All Coverage Areas

Set Up Your Partner Account →

“As an owner of Flex Realty — the largest real estate firm in Vermont — I’m always evaluating lead platforms carefully. Home Sweet Home has exceeded our expectations. The setup process was seamless and straightforward, and their team has been incredibly responsive from day one. What really sets this platform apart is the quality of the buyer profiles. Instead of receiving a generic internet lead, Home Sweet Home provides thoughtful profiles that allow us to create a much more personal and meaningful experience for prospective clients. In addition, their rates are significantly more competitive than other lead generation platforms we’ve worked with, making this a strong value for the level of insight and service they provide. We’re very pleased with the partnership so far and look forward to growing with the platform.”

— Giles Wagoner, Owner, Flex Realty (Vermont’s Largest Real Estate Firm)

What Home Sweet Home Does

We match you with communities based on how you actually want to live — not just where houses are for sale. Our assessment evaluates 55+ factors based on years of research into what helps people thrive — for every town and city across 50 states, D.C., and beyond.

🏡 Deep Local Knowledge

These are examples — your results will be specific to the areas you choose:

  • Road maintenance and winter plowing priorities
  • Real cell coverage and internet speeds
  • Flood zones and environmental risk history
  • Healthcare access and specialist availability
  • Local cost of living beyond housing prices
  • Hidden gems only locals know about

💚 Lifestyle Matching

Your report answers questions specific to how you want to live:

  • Which communities match your lifestyle priorities
  • Senior resources, aging-in-place, or family-friendly areas
  • Hobby and interest communities near you
  • Walkability, recreation, and outdoor access
  • Remote work infrastructure where it matters
  • Your custom priorities — whatever matters to you

What Makes This Different

Built on decades of research into how people make decisions, what conditions support healthy living, and how to help people find their own voice when facing major life choices.

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Helping You Find Your Voice

The questionnaire doesn't just collect data—it helps you think through things you haven't considered. We guide you toward clarity about what you actually need.

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Research-Based Matching

Your living environment affects everything—work, relationships, health, creativity. We've studied what conditions support people thriving, not just surviving.

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Fair and Honest Economy

We succeed when you succeed. No hidden agendas, no data harvesting, no manipulation. Everyone in the transaction benefits.

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Sensitive to Life Transitions

Relocation often accompanies major life changes—new jobs, retirement, family situations. We approach you with sensitivity, not pressure. No artificial urgency.

How It Works

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Complete the Assessment

Answer 55+ questions about your lifestyle, priorities, and dreams. Individual or group/family. Free for all households.

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Get a Sample Report

Receive a preview showing your top community matches with scores and reasons — a taste of what the full report contains.

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Connect with a Realtor

Choose a partner realtor from our site or use your own. Once they make an agreement with our website, your complete report unlocks for both of you.

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Find Your Home Sweet Home

Work with your realtor using the full report — specific properties, live MLS data, and a dashboard scored to your criteria — to find exactly where you belong.

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family & Group Assessments

Moving with a partner? Family? Roommates? Any number of people can complete the questionnaire together for one domicile.

Everyone Gets a Voice

Each person completes the full questionnaire. The system finds communities that work for everyone.

Conflicts Highlighted

See where you agree strongly and where you disagree. Facilitates important family conversations.

Priority Weighting

Mark what's a "must-have" vs. "nice-to-have." Must-haves get weighted higher in matching.

Completely Free

One assessment covers everyone in your household — whether it's 2 people or 10.

Your Lifestyle Assessment

This isn't a typical form. It's a guided conversation designed to help you discover what truly matters for your living situation — including things you may not have considered. Take your time. There are no wrong answers.

🔒 Your responses are private. Your assessment is free and covers your entire household. Your report delivers ranked community matches immediately. Connect with a realtor through our platform to unlock specific property matches.

👥 Who's Taking This Assessment?

Each person fills out their own questionnaire on this page. When one person completes theirs, a button appears to start the next person. Each individual report is saved and accessible right here β€” no email required.

👤 Person 1 (You) Currently filling out

After completing your assessment, use the "Start Next Person's Assessment" button β€” their report will be saved alongside yours.

Select all that apply. You can choose as many regions as you'd like.
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🏠 About You & Your Household

Let's start with the basics. This helps us understand the kind of community that fits your life stage and household makeup.

Select all that apply β€” many households fit more than one category.
This affects fencing needs, veterinary access, dog parks, and pet-friendly regulations.
For your personalized report.
Where we'll deliver your report. Never shared except with partner realtors with active accounts in your matched areas.
🔒 Set a password and your progress saves automatically. Come back anytime β€” on any device β€” and pick up where you left off.
Only if you'd like realtors to reach you by phone.

🚗 Work & Commuting

Your commute shapes your daily life more than almost anything else. Let's figure out what works — and if you work remotely, we'll focus on the infrastructure you need instead.

Enter a city or address. We'll calculate commute times to every community in our database.
Communities beyond this time will be flagged but not excluded — sometimes the perfect community is worth a few extra minutes.
If you travel frequently, this matters more than you think.
Beaches, ski areas, lakes, trails, golf courses — we can calculate distances to your regular spots too.

🌡 Climate & Weather Preferences

Weather shapes everything β€” your mood, health, recreation, and energy bills. Tell us what matters, and we'll match you with communities where the climate actually works for you.

How much winter do you want? This shapes which communities we surface for you.
Choose what feels right for you.
Dark skies matter for stargazing, sleep quality, and sense of place. Rural areas vary widely.
Proximity to highways or agriculture affects air quality. Important for respiratory conditions.

📶 Infrastructure & Essential Services

The unglamorous things that make daily life work — or don't. These are the factors most people discover too late, after they've already moved. We check them first.

Broadband quality varies dramatically between rural and urban areas β€” and between providers. We track actual speeds, not advertised ones.
Cell coverage gaps exist in every state β€” often in the most beautiful places. We track actual coverage, not carrier maps.
Road quality and maintenance schedules vary enormously by county and municipality. In storm country, this is your evacuation route. In snow country, this is your morning commute.
In remote areas, response can take 30+ minutes. If you have health conditions, this matters.
Some towns have curbside; others require transfer station trips. Small thing, big quality-of-life factor.

🏥 Health, Safety & Wellbeing

Distance to a hospital matters when it matters most. Environmental factors affect your daily wellbeing in ways you might not think about until it's too late.

We track flood zones, historical flooding data, and environmental vulnerability for every state.
Even if you're young — do you want a community where you can stay as you age?

👥 Community & Social Life

A house is a structure. A home is a community. Research shows that community connection is one of the strongest predictors of life satisfaction — and it's the one factor most relocation tools completely ignore.

We track which communities actively welcome diverse populations.
Town greens, farmers markets, festivals, community suppers.
Many communities have strong civic traditions β€” we factor local civic engagement into your match.

🎓 Education & Cultural Life

Educational and cultural resources shape a community's character and your opportunities for growth.

In many communities, local libraries serve as genuine social hubs, not just book repositories.

⛷ Recreation & Lifestyle

Vermont is a playground. But the kind of play that matters to you determines which corner is your paradise.

🏠 Property & Financial

These details help us match you with current MLS listings in your recommended communities — so your report comes with real properties to look at.

✨ Your Voice — What Else Matters?

This is the heart of what makes Home Sweet Home different. Structured questions capture data. But you are more than data points. This section is where you tell us what really matters — the things no algorithm would think to ask.

Maybe it's being near a specific type of store, or a particular activity, or a community with a specific character. Whatever it is — we want to know.
Close your eyes. What does your ideal day look like? What's outside your window? Where do you go for coffee, for a walk, for peace? Paint us a picture.
Is there a question you wish we'd asked? Ask it here — we'll address it in your report.

Before You Submit

Ready to Find Where You Belong?

The assessment is completely free for your entire household. It takes about 15 minutes and covers 55+ factors that most people never think to consider.

Start Now — It's Free
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Receive pre-qualified buyer leads with complete 55+ factor lifestyle assessments. No subscription fees. You only pay when deals close.

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Your Assessment Is Complete!

Thank you for completing your lifestyle assessment. Your responses have been scored against our full community database.

📊 Your Results Are In

Based on your answers, your top matches include communities like:

Calculating your matches…

🔒 … plus many more. Complete scores, match percentages, property data, and a full lifestyle breakdown will be made available to your realtor.

📋 One Step to Unlock Your Full Report

To access the complete results of this questionnaire, a licensed realtor must complete a Source & Resource Agreement with Shiny Penny Productions L3C. This is a straightforward business agreement — not a commitment to buy or sell.

Once your realtor has signed, they will guide you through interpreting your full results, including your ranked community list, match scores, lifestyle analytics, and specific property opportunities in your top communities.

Connect your realtor in two easy steps:

👥 Choose a Partner Realtor

View verified partner realtors who already have active accounts and can access your report immediately.

✉ Invite Your Own Agent

Have an agent you trust? Send them an invitation. Once they complete the agreement, your full report will be shared with them — and you.

Send Your Agent an Invitation

Your agent will receive instructions to complete the agreement and activate their Home Sweet Home partner account.

🔒 Your assessment data is saved securely. No full report is generated without a realtor holding an active partner agreement.

📧 We'll email you when your report is ready.