What is more frustrating building or buying a house?
After going to the nightmare of building two homes we decided that we should move closer to the places of action, namely school and work. As building a house, battling with contractors and builders … who like developers seem to frown upon blueprints and are masters of hiding “stuff” behind plaster … can be emotionally draining, we decided to buy our third and final property.
Agents … well; this is a topic on its own and may get me into serious trouble. What has amazed me after two nerve racking show day weekends is how buyers are “pushed” into buying without thinking.
We were regarded like insane alien creatures when insisting on having a view of the latest and approved building plans. All I can say is that if anyone is planning to buy property, whether it is custom software or customized property; ensure that you get a copy of the plans before committing hard earned cash to the transaction. Do not let yourself be bullied into a deal … (1) plans are a legal document confirming that actual structures matches approved structures, (2) there are likely no better offers and definitely not “many” … else why would you be completing an offer with an over enthusiastic agent and (3) you will be the one staying in the structure … once you sign, you are on your own.
Perhaps we should have opted for building again … then again no.