Some tips to buy a home

3 Study the market carefully



It is important to do your own research on the property market while buying a home. A lot of people take property decisions based on the advice of someone they know. While trust is a good thing, this can also get you in trouble. Start looking at property supplements and trade magazines. Visits brokers, look at websites, visit exhibitions, then shortlist properties based on your requirement and budget.


4 Location is important


Find places near to work, to the kids’ school, to a shopping centre and other conveniences. Also figure out how good the access is, what the neighbouring areas are, the quality of infrastructure. Find out what’s going to come up in an area in the future, to whatever extent has already been planned. A visit to local brokers and a contact with the planning department of the local area might yield some results.


5 Study the layout as well


Study the layout of the apartment well. Making changes to an apartment is possible, but it is time consuming and costly. First of all, see if there are enough rooms for your family. The same area can accommodate two large bedrooms or three smaller ones. What you need is dependent on the size of your family. Check on the size of the living, dining and kitchen. The sizes of the bedrooms should accommodate double beds easily.


Check if there are provisions for electrical equipments. Storage is important. The flat should maximise the use of space.


The rules are many, but whatever your taste, you need to ensure convenience and safety. For a child or elderly person, this could make the difference between comfort and fear.


Use the sample flat to understand the layout, but sit down with an architect or interior designer to see what possibilities it has for remodeling in the future.