Things to Check During Open House Visits

 

Open house visits are excellent opportunities to get first-hand experience about what the properties you are interested in buying look like and work in real, day to day life. If you are planning to visit houses for sale in Southlands that look great in pictures and you are wondering what you should be looking for during the visit, here is what realtors recommend:

-        Check for signs of damage or neglect – cheap or cracked walls, electrical or plumbing fixtures that don't work properly, a yard that is neglected are warning signs or opportunities for you to negotiate the lower price if the property is otherwise good. To identify all those signs, it is a good idea to open and close windows and doors, to check how the taps operate, to flush the toilet and to turn on the lights in the rooms around the house.

-        The neighborhood – no property can be great enough if the neighborhood around is dirty and dangerous. Pay attention to what the street in which the property is located looks like as well as to the quality of the roads that take up to the house. Check out the neighbor on the left, on the right and behind the property you are considering – it is very important to know what kind of people will be your new neighbors if you buy a house.