I had always thought house hunting is fun. All those evenings spent watching all the home shows on telly... there are definitely ups and downs in those series but surely it's not that difficult?!
We started our search about 3 weeks ago. Have so far seen 14 places, had fell in love with 3 (Lost them because we refuse to pay premium for more than their worth) and currently working on getting a mortgage for a self build unit (really cool! It's in a warehouse / commercial building conversion close to London Bridge at the end of Bermondsey Street. Really cool area with loads of funky cafes, bars, restaurants and shops. It's an empty shell and basically you design the whole place yourself). Fingers Crossed!
I've never thought there were so many different clauses for financing a property purchase (well I supposed in this current climate they have to). Whether it's a new build, old period property, with chain or chain free, ready made apartments or empty shell? The list goes on...
And I've not even come to dealing with real estate agents yet! They are like foxes! You almost have to double guess each time they say something. Are they telling you the truth or it's a bluff?!
I have to say we are getting better as we go along. We're constantly learning something new each day with the property market. At least we know the area we want to be and the style & size of the place we like. Already there were a few flare ups but all in good nature. We're still smiling but please let us find our dream home soon!
We started our search about 3 weeks ago. Have so far seen 14 places, had fell in love with 3 (Lost them because we refuse to pay premium for more than their worth) and currently working on getting a mortgage for a self build unit (really cool! It's in a warehouse / commercial building conversion close to London Bridge at the end of Bermondsey Street. Really cool area with loads of funky cafes, bars, restaurants and shops. It's an empty shell and basically you design the whole place yourself). Fingers Crossed!
I've never thought there were so many different clauses for financing a property purchase (well I supposed in this current climate they have to). Whether it's a new build, old period property, with chain or chain free, ready made apartments or empty shell? The list goes on...
And I've not even come to dealing with real estate agents yet! They are like foxes! You almost have to double guess each time they say something. Are they telling you the truth or it's a bluff?!
I have to say we are getting better as we go along. We're constantly learning something new each day with the property market. At least we know the area we want to be and the style & size of the place we like. Already there were a few flare ups but all in good nature. We're still smiling but please let us find our dream home soon!
3 comments:
OMG!
Wah finally a posting from you and what an announcement...good luck home buyers :))))
gud luck... and remember tis is not like buyin shoes where u can do a returns...
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