Case Study 3 -  Check and Acquire

Some of us love hunting around for our next dream property, searching on the net or doing a tour of the home opens on a Saturday.  However, when you do find that property that you like there are many questions on your mind.  What is the current market worth of the property?  Have I done all of my homework?  What conditions should I put into the contract to protect myself?  Is this the right decision to make?  Is there a better opportunity?  I am sure we have all experience the sleepless night following the submission of an offer to purchase- commonly known a buyer’s remorse.   Well what if there was an independent property expert that could take this pressure off you!  Brad and Janine were so glad they used the service and in fact the service well and truly paid for itself.

As we were looking for our new family home we had some particular styles that we liked and we were happy to allocate some time to finding the right property for us.  We were nervous of making a mistake so we used HTW Property Advisors to assist and we are so glad we did.  Once we found our dream home they came over to the house to inspect – a bit like getting an RAC check on that car you bought.  They did a full due diligence on the property and then wrote up the offer with some carefully worded conditions.  They  negotiated on our behalf – it is so advantageous having someone doing this that buys property every week as opposed to every 7 years!  .  We would have never thought to put these types of conditions in when buying a property but in the end it actually saved us over $25,000.  They uncovered that the back wall to the garage was not council approved and the seller had rebuild the wall.  Imagine if we were unaware and when we came to sell we ended up having to wear this cost!

What the experience taught me was that you don’t know what you don’t know.  There are so many aspects to buying that can be covered by a carefully worded contract in order to protect you.  It is crazy that we tend not to seek professional advise when making one of the most expensive purchases of our lifetime!