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Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Choosing between old or a new house


It’s all your choice to choose an old home or new home. No matter what your choice it has advantages and disadvantages that you must take. So it all depends on your individual taste and preference whether you want a home that you can start from scratch and design your home nicely and get what you want or perhaps a house that already been furbished. As for the existing ones the reason for you to choose it, is mainly due to the limited cash that you are having or perhaps need a home that you are available to shift immediately.

There are few factors you have to keep in mind when choosing among these 2 choices and make sure that if suits you and your family.

The first one is the maintenance that has to be done on the home. Of course less maintenance that has to be done on a new home as compare to an older one. For example if you are taking an old home, you might have to spend a lot of cash on replacing a new water heater, new roofing and much more because it will start to have problem after usage for several years.

Secondly are price. Existing homes tend to be less expensive than new properties. As well, existing homes are likely to come complete with items which may represent new home extras such as blinds, landscaping, built in cabinet and so on. Thus if you are planning not to spend much on furniture or reconstruction, then consider taking up the old homes.

Next one are the location of the homes. Most of the time the existing homes are found in a more convenient metro core ares as compare to those new houses. This is because new houses are built on a location where the development of that area is still in progress, which haven't being fully develop yet.

Lastly in terms of energy efficiency. New home are found to built in with energy saving appliances where it could save up your electricity bills. For example insulation for heating and cooling or perhaps a solar panels which already pre-installed even before you moved in. Nevertheless you can install these appliances if you plan to take up an old home which will save up your money in future.

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