Getting what you pay for when buying a house

Buying a house

Buying a house is the biggest discussion most of us will make.

You pick a couple of them out and you attend the open homes you have 15min to make a decision on whether you like it and want to put an offer in on it.

On the plan provided by the Real Estate it shows the house as a 2 storey house downstairs, the plans states  the house has a rumpus and a 4th bedroom.

For a bedroom to be a legal room it needs to have a ceiling height of 2.4m in fact all habitable rooms need to have 2.4m ceilings. Have your tape measure with you and check. The rumpus also needs 2.4m ceilings, they also need light and ventilation in the form of windows or sliding doors.

You don’t want to be buying something that really isn’t a 4th bedroom just a storeroom.

If you have put an offer in – your contract could state you would like to see the original plans to make sure what you are buying in bricks and mortar as just that.

You don’t want to buy something that is not approved or was the garage that has been turned in what has been labelled a 4th bedroom and rumpus.

Maybe investigate Title Insurance.