Checklist for Choosing an Apartment Before Visiting It
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– Notice: Checklist for choosing an apartment before visiting it
Checklist for choosing an apartment
Description:
You want to buy or rent an apartment to live in and succeed in this important operation for your life.
– The first step is to select the neighbourhoods you want to search for your apartment.
– Then, choose apartment ads that seem to correspond to your project.
This checklist will guide you through this first step in choosing your apartment. You will ask the seller these questions during the first telephone contact.
Notice:
The checklist for pre-selecting apartment sales and rental offers includes the following:
– examining the advantages of the various neighbourhoods that seem interesting to you and in which the sale prices of apartments are compatible with your budget;
– Contact the people who have published offers for the sale of apartments located in these neighbourhoods to ask them a series of questions over the phone that will let you know if it is worthwhile to visit the apartments they offer.
Checklist for choosing an apartment
Evaluation of a neighbourhood
Services
– Daily shops: ____ minutes on foot / by car
– Supermarkets: ____ minutes on foot / by car
– Doctors: ____ minutes on foot / by car
– School / college / high school: ____ minutes on foot / by public transport / by car
– Sports / cultural facilities: ____ minutes on foot / by public transport / by car
– Bus / streetcar / metro / train: ____ minutes on foot / by car
– Main road: ____ minutes by car
Nuisances
– Noise: busy road / trains / airplane / school
– Odors: exhaust fumes / factory
Quality of the neighbourhood
– Neighborhood: well maintained / correct / degraded
– Green spaces nearby: ____ minutes on foot / by car
– Children’s play areas: ____ minutes on foot / by car
– Planned work nearby: _____
If you are considering buying an apartment, you should ask the municipal or county authorities what work they have decided to do in the neighbourhood.
Neighbourhood prices
Evaluate the prices of the area with the statistics of the notaries.
Also, consider estimating your notary fees.
Questions to ask sellers or renters of apartments by phone
– Surface of the apartment: ___
– Number of rooms: ___
– Number of bedrooms: ___
– Situation of the apartment in the building: ___ floor on ___
– Exposition of the main rooms: north / south / east / west
– The apartment faces: courtyard / garden / street
◦ If it faces the street, is it: noisy/quiet
– Cellar: yes / no
– Parking: box / parking space / none
– Private garden or terrace: yes/no
– Presence of an elevator: yes/no
– Heating: electric / gas / collective
– Hot water: electric / gas / collective
– Kitchen: equipped / fitted / bare
– Insulation (diagnosis of energy performance): A or B (very well insulated) / C or D (insulated) / E or F (poorly insulated) / G (not insulated)
– Interior condition of the dwelling: maintained / correct / degraded
– Work to be done: yes/no
– Year of construction of the building: ____
– State of the common parts of the building: good/average/bad
– If work in these common areas is necessary, has it been voted on by the co-owners? yes / no
– Asking price: $ ____
– Amount of quarterly charges: $ _______
Annual property tax amount: _______
Hope this checklist be helpful in your search for your dream apartment. Remember to share your experience in the comments below.
