{"id":18461,"date":"2021-08-31T11:11:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T18:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.roryc.ca\/blog\/?p=18461"},"modified":"2021-08-23T09:37:21","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T16:37:21","slug":"how-to-avoid-homebuyers-remorse-while-house-hunting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.roryc.ca\/blog\/2021\/08\/how-to-avoid-homebuyers-remorse-while-house-hunting\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Avoid Homebuyer&#8217;s Remorse While House Hunting?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Buying a home is exciting. Despite the tedious and stressful circus of financial approval, house hunting, making an offer, getting through inspection and making it to closing, it&#8217;s a great feeling when you finally have the keys in your hands.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Our CNET Home editors represent a variety of home buying experiences, and we each have a few things we&#8217;d do differently next time around. Here are five things we think you should consider before signing on the dotted line.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Consider resale value<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It&#8217;s tough to imagine selling a home you haven&#8217;t even purchased yet. You might assume the home you&#8217;re currently shopping for to be your forever home. It&#8217;s still wise to keep in mind that life is unpredictable. You could find yourself ready or needing to move unexpectedly in five or 10 years. Even if you&#8217;re relatively certain you&#8217;re staying put long-term, it&#8217;s still important to consider resale value when purchasing a home.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">That means thinking about all the things the average buyer would look for. Is the neighborhood safe and well maintained? Does it back up to an undesirable feature like a highway or railroad track? This also includes thinking about school systems, even if parenting isn&#8217;t in your plan. A home that&#8217;s zoned for a good school will be more appealing to potential homebuyers with children.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Think about your furniture<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">No, you shouldn&#8217;t purchase an entire home based on where the couch will go, but it is important to visualize your belongings in a space. Do you have a billiards table or pinball machine collection that needs dedicated room? Maybe you&#8217;ve inherited a beautiful eight-person dining set that you&#8217;d never afford on your own, and it needs a sizable dining room. Finding out after you&#8217;ve moved in that you need to purchase different furniture or get rid of prized pieces can be frustrating and expensive.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The same goes for large belongings that need space on your home&#8217;s property. &#8220;I currently have three cars, a motorcycle and three trailers I&#8217;m trying to fit in my driveway,&#8221; said our Labs Manager Steve Conaway. &#8220;They don&#8217;t.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Take a few measurements and photos and then take inventory of the large items you absolutely must keep and consider where they will (or won&#8217;t) fit in a would-be home.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Property maintenance and HOAs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">That gorgeous, stately brick home might be what your dreams are made of, but are you prepared to spend multiple weekends a month mowing the large lot or paying hundreds of dollars each year for someone else to do it? If the property comes with a garden or beautiful landscaping, those features will also require upkeep (or removal and replacement if you get rid of them). That outdoor maintenance is important to consider.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It&#8217;s also smart to look into any Home Owners&#8217; Associations associated with the property and include them in your cost calculations. If you&#8217;re likely to land in a neighborhood that has one, take a look at the HOA bylaws if possible to learn exactly what is regulated. Will you need to maintain your lawn or landscaping in a certain way or at a specific interval? Are there limits to the changes you can make to your home&#8217;s exterior appearance? Make sure you&#8217;re ready to play by the rules before you become part of that community.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Remodels and updates<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It&#8217;s likely you&#8217;ll be excited to make your new home feel more like you: Changing wall colors, arranging your furniture and hanging your favorite pieces of art are all fun ways to make a house feel more like home. Bigger projects, however, need to be taken with a grain of salt.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It&#8217;s easy to imagine all the creative ways you could transform a space, but be careful not to bite off more than you can chew. If you&#8217;re considering removing walls, refinishing floors or remodeling bathrooms those costs can add up and need to be factored into your budget and timeline.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Expandability for people or pets<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A one-bedroom condo might be perfect for you right now, but what will your household look like in five years? It&#8217;s tough (okay, impossible) to know what your future holds, but buying a home is a long term commitment. If you&#8217;re considering pets, you might need to search for a home with a spacious backyard. If children could be in your future, you&#8217;ll need a second bedroom and you&#8217;ll want to consider the local school system. If you think you might someday provide elder care for an aging family member, your home needs a space that could be made accessible.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">That&#8217;s a lot to think about, and it gets even harder when you fall in love with a home that meets your right now needs, but doesn&#8217;t provide for future plans. That could be okay, too, as long as you&#8217;re willing to repeat the home buying process when that next phase of life comes along.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/technology\/beat-buyers-remorse-5-things-to-consider-while-house-hunting\/ar-AANxkzp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beat Buyer&#8217;s Remorse : 5 Things to Consider While House Hunting<\/a> by Molly Price | MSN Real Estate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buying a home is exciting. 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