Comments for hartanah.net http://www.hartanah.net/blog Wed, 10 Nov 2010 00:14:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Comment on Should You Buy or Should You Rent? by masa1 http://www.hartanah.net/blog/?p=144#comment-54 masa1 Wed, 10 Nov 2010 00:14:33 +0000 http://www.hartanah.net/blog/?p=144#comment-54 i m renting a house RM 700 per month. If i need to have the same house conditions ie to buy a new house i need to spent say RM 50 k for the renovations, kitchen cabinet, lightings and the house worth of RM 250 k. and lump sum initial cost for owning the house is rm (20 pct of 250 k + 50k) = rm 100k. if i put 100 k ( which i dont have the money) in asb it can give me rm 8000 per year eq rm 666.67 per month say eqv to monthly rental. my case i better renting i m renting a house RM 700 per month. If i need to have the same house conditions ie to buy a new house i need to spent say RM 50 k for the renovations, kitchen cabinet, lightings and the house worth of RM 250 k. and lump sum initial cost for owning the house is rm (20 pct of 250 k + 50k) = rm 100k. if i put 100 k ( which i dont have the money) in asb it can give me rm 8000 per year eq rm 666.67 per month say eqv to monthly rental. my case i better renting

]]> Comment on Should You Buy or Should You Rent? by Peter Loke http://www.hartanah.net/blog/?p=144#comment-19 Peter Loke Sun, 07 Feb 2010 10:53:57 +0000 http://www.hartanah.net/blog/?p=144#comment-19 Renting is not that bad. If you are not sure about the area you want to buy, at least rent it for 1 year and get the "feel" of staying there. It may not be the same house you want to buy, but nevertheless you will know the area and its surrounding better. <a HREF="http://www.Klang-Valley.com" rel="nofollow">Klang Valley</a> Renting is not that bad. If you are not sure about the area you want to buy, at least rent it for 1 year and get the “feel” of staying there. It may not be the same house you want to buy, but nevertheless you will know the area and its surrounding better.

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]]> Comment on New homes vs. Old homes by Peter Loke http://www.hartanah.net/blog/?p=114#comment-16 Peter Loke Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:20:22 +0000 http://www.hartanah.net/blog/?p=114#comment-16 Nowadays, it is hard to get a new home near the city centre. Houses are developed further and further away from the city due to scarcity of land. If location is really your preference, opt for an established housing location even though it is old. You can always renovate the property. Klang Valley <a href="http://www.Klang-Valley.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.Klang-Valley.com</a> Nowadays, it is hard to get a new home near the city centre. Houses are developed further and further away from the city due to scarcity of land. If location is really your preference, opt for an established housing location even though it is old. You can always renovate the property.

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]]> Comment on Part 2: Looking at potential houses by Peter Loke http://www.hartanah.net/blog/?p=132#comment-18 Peter Loke Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:17:18 +0000 http://www.hartanah.net/blog/?p=132#comment-18 1. It is better you visit the property and the surrounding during peak hours and checkout the traffic jam yourself. 2. For the water, make sure it is not yellow in color. This could be due to rust in the pipe and you will need to spend money on new plumbing. Klang Valley <a href="http://www.Klang-Valley.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.Klang-Valley.com</a> 1. It is better you visit the property and the surrounding during peak hours and checkout the traffic jam yourself.

2. For the water, make sure it is not yellow in color. This could be due to rust in the pipe and you will need to spend money on new plumbing.

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]]> Comment on Important! When buying 2nd hand homes by Peter http://www.hartanah.net/blog/?p=24#comment-11 Peter Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:21:25 +0000 http://hartanah.net/blog/?p=24#comment-11 Actually it is not recommended to mark up the selling price. That extra money will be calculated with the loan interest, and you need to pay more in other fees eg stamp duty. If you can generate better return using that money compared with the current morgage loan interest, then by all means proceed with it. http://www.klang-valley.com Actually it is not recommended to mark up the selling price. That extra money will be calculated with the loan interest, and you need to pay more in other fees eg stamp duty.

If you can generate better return using that money compared with the current morgage loan interest, then by all means proceed with it.

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]]> Comment on we just got a new face! by Peter http://www.hartanah.net/blog/?p=91#comment-12 Peter Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:13:56 +0000 http://www.hartanah.net/blog/?p=91#comment-12 Well done on your new Property website. It has better layout : property for sale and property for rent compared to the old website. Well done on your new Property website. It has better layout : property for sale and property for rent compared to the old website.

]]> Comment on Important! When buying 2nd hand homes by Alim http://www.hartanah.net/blog/?p=24#comment-10 Alim Sun, 24 May 2009 04:43:57 +0000 http://hartanah.net/blog/?p=24#comment-10 In addition, you should leave or return to the house from your office during rush hours to get a feel of the access. Or try out some daily routines like going to market or sending kids to school. It is very important to look at the neighbors and neighborhood to find out: 1. Who are your neighbors - if they are mostly rental tenants, the overall cleanliness may be bad. However, the plus point is your rental prospect may be good. If you are planning to live in the house, avoid college students - they don't sleep and they make noise! 2. How frequent do they collect the rubbish, can you smell from your house, if it is an apartment, how do the cleaners collect the rubbish, are they using the passenger lift as well. 3. Check out the common area to get a feeling on how good is the maintenance office. 4. Talk to security guard to find out about break-in cases. 5. Go to the apartment at night to check out the security procedure or parking spaces. You may ended up walking 10 minutes to your apartment at night if you are driving your second car. 6. 2 sen advice - don't rush. Please don't get me wrong, I am all for secondary properties. Because they have "track-records". In addition, you should leave or return to the house from your office during rush hours to get a feel of the access. Or try out some daily routines like going to market or sending kids to school.

It is very important to look at the neighbors and neighborhood to find out:

1. Who are your neighbors – if they are mostly rental tenants, the overall cleanliness may be bad. However, the plus point is your rental prospect may be good. If you are planning to live in the house, avoid college students – they don’t sleep and they make noise!

2. How frequent do they collect the rubbish, can you smell from your house, if it is an apartment, how do the cleaners collect the rubbish, are they using the passenger lift as well.

3. Check out the common area to get a feeling on how good is the maintenance office.

4. Talk to security guard to find out about break-in cases.

5. Go to the apartment at night to check out the security procedure or parking spaces. You may ended up walking 10 minutes to your apartment at night if you are driving your second car.

6. 2 sen advice – don’t rush.

Please don’t get me wrong, I am all for secondary properties. Because they have “track-records”.

]]> Comment on 10 Things to remember when evaluating a Contractor by Bakar http://www.hartanah.net/blog/?p=39#comment-8 Bakar Thu, 09 Apr 2009 07:23:08 +0000 http://hartanah.net/blog/?p=39#comment-8 Great info there. good tips before renovating. Great info there.
good tips before renovating.

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