7 Tricks Home Buying Used

Buying a home is more profitable than the former giving a new home. With the purchase of the former house, you will get more land area when compared with buying a new home. In addition, you are also exempt from value added tax (VAT).

If you want to buy an old house, it's good to read some of these tips:

1. Try to buy a house from the owner himself
How to buy a second-hand home is best straight from the owner himself / without an intermediary, because there you can obtain detailed information about the house that will be purchased. In addition to direct purchase, the price will be cheaper because the seller does not have to pay commissions to the broker / intermediary.

2. Choose a broker / intermediary appropriate
If you are forced to buy homes through the services of a broker, then select the broker that you can trust. Another alternative is to ask for references from the property broker relationships you. If not, you should use a well-known broker porperti already have good credibility, which will be helpful when processing of documents of sale, even when filing a mortgage if you plan to buy a house in installments to the bank.

3. Ask the age of the building
Simply put you can classify the age of the house are: new (less than 10 years), medium (10 s / d 20 years) and older (over 20 years). If you've ever done a renovation, ask when the last time to do renovations. Surely this is not a standard benchmark, because it would be greatly influenced by the quality of building materials, the type of structure and the quality of workmanship that is used in the house. What is clear, the older building then his performance declined, and means you have to be prepared to budget funds to renovate the house.

4. Check the physical condition of the house
Check out the details of the physical condition of the house at each of its parts,  if necessary, create a check list for easy inspection. It would be better if you ask the contractor to assess the current condition of the house. A few things you should consider include:
- The structure of the house, check there may be cracks in the foundation, walls, columns and beams.
- Inspect the walls, there may be spots ex-ffects groundwater seepage.
- Check the quality of the floor, what is good or have decreased / cracked floor.
- Check that there may be traces of termite attack on the sills, windows, doors, ceilings and roofs.
- Ensure that the roof structure is still in good condition, there may behold the beams / gording a loss, or serious leaks in gutters.
- Do not forget to also check the condition of electricity networks in the home, it is still good or was untidy.
- Is the water quality is still decent, and also check what the water network is still in good condition.
- Feel the condition of the rooms, whether fresh, moist or even feel hot?

5. Check the neighborhood
Get information about the environmental conditions around your home, especially if you want to live in the house with friends. Do not you disappointed that the house is difficult to access locations, prone to security, away from the educational facility or even turns frequently flooded.

6. Check the completeness of documents
Check the authenticity of the certificate , a certificate of Building Permit , evidence of Earth Building Tax  and then do a cross check on all documents. If it turns out the name on there is not the same as the name of the seller, check the status of the relationship. If he has not done the process behind the name, have a valid Deed of Sale and Purchase of the house. For the status of the estate house, ask how much of his legal heirs. This point is important to you, in order to avoid unwanted legal problems later on.

7. Check prices
Seek as much information as possible about the market price of land and houses in the vicinity of the house, so you can make an offer within a reasonable price range. Especially if you are planning to buy a house and then sell it again.

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