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- First Steps to Buying a Home
- Buying VS Building
- What makes the Right Home?
- Buying Land
- Display Homes
- Making an Offer
- Moving in
- Selecting Your Real Estate Agent
- Pitfalls of Private Sale
- What Price Should I ask?
- Why Invest in Property?
- DIY or choose a Property Manager?
- Final Inspection Guide (Residential Rentals)
Buying VS Building
So you’ve decided to become a home owner. Do you buy an existing property or build your own?
Both have advantages & disadvantages.
If you build, you must be prepared to spend a lot of time discussing with your builder or architect exactly what you want, and making sure they have it straight. Invariably there are delays.
You’ll need to prepare a garden from scratch, and buy furnishings such as curtains, carpets and light fittings.
On the other hand, buying an established property – unless it is relatively new or completely renovated – will mean you will be up for additional expenses such as re-wiring, re-plumbing, painting, decorating, and other jobs will need doing at some stage.
And unless you’re lucky, you’ll always find something not quite to your liking – something you’ll want to fix and therefore involve additional expense.