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| Searching for your dream home in Ireland |
The very first bit of advice we must give you is to use Irish Property Market.com as your househunting homebase. It stands to reason as we connect you to absolutely everything in the Irish Property Market, even newspaper advertising. We also support you with a “Agents Countrywide link”. Check out these agents, some of them have their own websites and you can log on from their business advert.
The first problem you might run into when buying a house is where to go looking. Some property supplements of newspapers will cause you serious palpitations because of space given over to mansions in Foxrock or Malahide.
To start you need to work out what your budget is and where you want to buy. Even if your budget allows you to look at two areas in very different parts of the city (say Stoneybatter and Inchicore) narrowing the scope down is half the battle.
Going around different areas is a good idea for determining which areas might be good to look at and which ones should be avoided. While there are some estate agents who run on a national basis there are others who concentrate on particular neighbourhoods. If they are dealing in the area you are after, you need to know about them and a stroll around to look at the signs is one way to do it.
But be warned if you go walk-about to scout for houses, don’t fall in love with them. Note too that properties with a ‘for sale’ sign outside doesn’t always mean the house is still for sale. Its been noted it sometimes takes weeks for estate agents to take down their ‘for sale’ signs.
So when you know where you want to buy, contact estate agents to ask for housing lists in your area. While you may get a long list of properties your price range should narrow it down to about 20 or less.
You may spend a lot of evenings or Saturday mornings or even Sundays looking around areas for that dream home. Take care when getting into a bidding war for a property. Sometimes people bid on more than one property at once and may not be as interested in the property as you are and thus tend to raise their bid with not as much thought to it as you, the serious bidder. This can drive the property price out of your reach.
Make a realistic bid, one that you can afford. You may find, as is often the case, the person who has outbid you will not be forthcoming when approached by the agent for a deposit and as such the property will revert to the next highest bidder.
There’s absolutely no point in bidding outside your financial scope in the hope you’ll turn up a few extra thousand somewhere to sustain your budget. Stick within your budget parameters.
There are many houses out there and even if the one you want gets taken up or is bid out of your reach there will be others to look at. The Irish Property Market is and always has being very healthy.
When buying it is always advisable to budget enough for redecorating. Those first few months will be spent on doing just exactly that. You shall want to change the décor, give it a bit of life and bring it into sync with your tastes. Once you start redecorating don’t be surprised at how many DIY ideas you come up with and rest assured you’ll have plenty to do for that first year.
To completely wallpaper and paint the whole house will give it a newer fresher look. You have the time but make sure you can afford to replace any outdated or broken furniture. Overall your quest for that dream search will be an enjoyable experience especially when you locate it.
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