Switching your status from tenant to owner can bring its own challenges. So before you decide whether homeownership is your next step, take a glance at this list of some pros and cons below.
Pro: You can customize anything Paint the walls. Tear out the plastering. Break the walls to make a room bigger. When you own a property, you don’t have to wait for a management company to decide when, and how, a unit will be remodelled.
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Must Have Features to Sell/Lease to Generation Y house hunters– Apart from low prices
Updated Bathroom & Kitchen Fittings
Great aesthetics will catch and keep the attention of the millennial house hunter. From our experience, something as seemingly insignificant like shiny new cabinet handles or a clean free-standing bathtub can easily be the difference between another showing and a signed contract. In addition, millennials are usually not looking for fixer uppers that is above their budget or might appear to give issues in the future.
Space…Lots of it
Millennials are ditching the conventional compartmentalised living areas for open floor plan [.....]
For Buyers: As-is Property 101
Most people interested in buying a home have come across, at one time or another, property advertised for sale “as-is.” Here are a few guidelines to help you decide whether considering such a home is right for you.
What it means
An as-is description isn’t necessarily a red flag that there’s something wrong with the house. It simply means that the sellers will not be doing any repairs. The reasons could be financial – the sellers simply can’t afford it. Or maybe it’s personal [.....]
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