What are the pre-settlement inspections for? Put in simplest terms, they are there to ensure that the contract of sale is respected to the last letter. There have been instances when the vendor has taken the liberty to replace a certain appliance or fitting with another one, assuming that his nefarious act would go unnoticed.
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Tips To Get a Better Deal When Buying A Home
When the consumer sentiment is running high, you can be caught in furious traffic of buyers and investors. Every time there will be noises about how first home buyers are being elbowed out of the race and how owner-occupiers are looking beyond your particular micro-market and yet wherever you go, you will feel an onslaught of buyers.
The Majority is Not Always Right in Real Estate
You are in a rush and you throw caution to the wind and move gallantly to the centre of the road in a bid to cross it. In a few seconds you begin to feel very exposed, immensely vulnerable and you are right in feeling these emotions. Perhaps, you would not have felt the same way if many individuals would have taken the risk with you right at that moment.
3 Things to Leave Behind when you Move
We have been hearing a lot about the minimalist approach of late. Put it in another way, the emphasis is on de-cluttering our homes. It is natural enough to get attached to every part of our home and this is probably why moving house is a time of heartbreak. This being said, we cannot carry our whole home with us and as much as we would wish to take everything along, few things needs to be left behind, keeping in mind the “road to minimalism”.
This is the Right Time for Buying a Home
Do you know that today it takes 7 times the annual salary of an averagely-earning professional to buy a home? This figure has jumped from 2 times to 7 times in a matter of a few decades. What does the statistic imply? Just that buying a home has become a tad difficult. Press it against another data that we, Australians, are second to none in terms of percentage of home owners.
5 Avoidable Kitchen Renovations
Each age has its magical “physical territory”- just the kind of place where magic happens. Today’s age is that of the kitchen. From a purely utilitarian draw to a cosmetic zone, it has now jumped levels to become the prime area of a home. It is the place where we gather and talk about our last week’s gossip- especially important because of the hectic lives we lead.
The kitchen island (largely in absence of the traditional dining halls) is where our gastroenteric leanings meet our gossiper’s appetite. Kitchen is also the place which has the power to woo any prospective buyer even if the other rooms puts him off. Keeping all this in mind, let us go through the 5 cardinal mistakes of kitchen renovations.
