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Saturday, January 9, 2010

What To Look For In Homes On The Real Estate Market

By Adriana Noton

Most of you who are out in the real estate market looking for a new home to buy are not always thinking of selling that home any time soon. However, you never know what may occur in the future and you may end up selling your home after all. Making sure that you buy a home that will be easy on you during a sale is important when you are looking for one to buy.

If you find a home that you are interested in buying, you need to make sure that the roof and foundation are in decent shape. You would be amazed at how sellers can hide these kinds of things and you won't be able to see it until its too late, after you have bought it. Get an expert to check out these things for you.

One of the greatest things to look for around the eaves of the roof and the foundation is mildew and mold. If you see any of this, then you can bet there has been some kind of water damage. Make sure that the seller is honest with you about this sort of thing because water damage repairs can run into some large sums of money.

Sometimes only having one bathroom can be unnerving as well as inconvenient. If you ever think one time that you would love to have another bathroom, then you know that someone else probably wishes the same thing. If you put your home on the real estate market, you should think before you buy that two baths is better than one.

No one could ever have enough closets or cabinets in their home. It will always seem as though you run out of that kind of storage space. Making sure that the house you are buying has plenty of both is going to help you more than you know if you ever plan to sell your home. Another thing that you will want to have for additional storage space is a functional attic. These kinds of things are going to make a big difference if you ever have to put your home back on the real estate market.

Every house should have a large kitchen with all modern appliances, especially if you have a big family. This room is a home's heart and it needs to have plenty of room for all the family that crowds in it when the food starts to smell really good. There needs to be plenty of cabinets and counter space in the kitchen so that cooking won't be a hassle. The kitchen being warm and inviting for a buyer is definitely going to help you in the real estate market.

The kitchen appliances are going to be one of the biggest things a potential buyer is going to look for in the kitchen. There needs to be a garbage disposal and most certainly a dishwasher. Making the kitchen as modern and handy as possible will make it much more saleable than if it was just the average kitchen.

When you are looking at the neighborhood that your future home is in, try imagining what someone else would think of that neighborhood if they were thinking of buying your home. This would be especially true of those buyers who are parents. The view from the windows of your home is going to matter as well, so take a good look at these views when you are thinking of buying. - 23221

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