Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Ramblings: House buying


Dear Hubby and I have been together for seven years now.  In those seven years, we have moved a total of 4 times due to his work commitments and rented more than our fair share in those years.  We’ve also bought and/or sold a few together.

When it came to property selling and/or renting, Jakarta (where we lived for two years) and Kuala Lumpur proved pretty much the same.  We registered our interest with a property company, stated our budget and other criteria and the company would generate a list of properties that matched our criteria.  Then an agent would arrange to take us out one day where we would view something like 6 properties in a row. 

Things are quite, quite different in the UK.  We did a lot of property searches on various websites long before we arrived in the UK.  A site that like that of sold homes mls was pretty typical of what we used.

There was no agent taking us around either.  We made our own appointments and often spoke directly to the owners instead of agents.  In a way that was better as we spoke directly to the people we would be dealing with instead of a disinterested 3rd party.

It’s all ended rather well though as we’re now happy owners of a little house somewhere in Aberdeenshire!

9 comments:

  1. 1st of all, congratulations on your 2nd pregnancy :) oh i love reading your blog and definitely will be one of your blog followers. keep writing!

    -xoxo-

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    1. Thanks Liza, thanks for dropping by! And I'll definitely keep my readers updated on Number Two.
      x

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  2. Hi, I've love reading your blog! but I dont know how to subscribe to it (new to blogging)...usually there is a "Subscribe" widget where I enter my email ID but cant seem to find in on your page! The "subscribe to posts" link takes to some other page which asks me to choose a reader etc which is confusing! help!

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    1. Hi there, thanks for dropping by and your comment! I've fixed it.. I've put a Subscribe button on the page. That's pretty strange, I used to have one and I didn't realise it'd disappeared so thank you for telling me!

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    2. Hi, the "subscribe to post" still has 3 options of yahoo etc - none of which I use. The other blogs that I subscribe to use feed burner, and once I subscribe, their subsequent post come directly into my email inbox. Can you see if something like that can be done. cya !

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    3. Hmmm.. you're right.. I remember it used to be just feed burner. I'll go root around and see... not the cleverest at this blog layout thing but I'll try! Thanks for letting me know, really appreciate it. :)

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    4. I think I've fixed it this time... let me know if it works this time!

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  3. glad my "input" helped! have subscribed to your blog now. loved reading it cuz it somewhat mirrored my life in the past two years living as an expat wife + new mom in Jakarta...hehehe...in case you're interested my url is http://coolbreeze10.blogspot.com

    now we're headed back to India. congratulations on Number Two!

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    1. Ooh.. how was the Big Durian? Miss it sometimes.. not the traffic and the flash floods but the people. Indonesians are so much more open and friendlier than my fellow Malaysians.

      Enjoy your trip home and thank you re: Number Two, we're looking forward to his arrival!

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