before my arrival in paris
and it means he had spent a lot of money on rent
considering that rent in paris is really expensive,
we will be better off to use the money to pay mortage than into our owner's pocket
As we only have 1 fixed salary, we will not be able to get much mortage,
in addition, we need to give 7-10% in cash for the nortary etcs fees
we really cant afford to buy an appartment in paris
so, we started to look for cheaper appartment around paris but within 30mins train to central paris.
Sadly, we do not have much luck in finding THE APPARTMENT
because its either too far, too unsafe neighbourhood, too small, too expensive....
Anyway, we managed to visit 2 appartments..
Appartment A: Alfortville
Pros:
- 2 bedrooms
- with a cave and store (underground storerooms)
- 10mins walk to the train station
- 30 min to central paris
- Cheap monthly charges for water, electricity...
- Near to a river with park
- has a lift
Cons:
- De-Humidifier in bathroom dont seems to be working
- walk from RER at night may not be safe
- low level on a HDB-similar block, overlook the roof of a building
- some wear and tear to be fixed
- Asking price of 159000eur
We had mixed feeling about this place, is not exactly woo-hoo
and we will prefer to be in building than flats.
it definitely did not have enough greens around for our liking (it is like 3 big blocks of flat in the area)
We were thinking to offer about 145000eur
but by the time we call them back, they inform that they sold the appartment for 155000eur
Appartment B: L'hay-les-roses
Pros:
- 2 bedrooms
- 1 cave
- small 4 storey HDB flat building
- 1 cave
- immediate movable condition
- clean neat design
- schools nearby
- very beautiful town centre that doesnt feels like paris
- nice gardens and greenery around
- cheap monthly charges
- friendly sellers (I think it added brownie points to our positivity of the appartment)
Cons:
- Far from train station, it stated 10mins walk but took us 20mins!
- No shops around to buy grocery, need to drive or take a bus
- town centre is another 20mins walk
- possible upcoming building constructions that we will need to pay
- Is supposedly a nice town that appartment is located nearer to the bad part of the town
- asking price is 169000eur
- Sellers can only shift out in october (which may affect our financies to pay for current rent and mortage)
- no lift (on the 4th level!)
Husband really love this appartment, and i do like the design of it
but i think he always like any appartment he visit, always full of praise of them when we leave the place
till i drill in all the cons into his mind, haha
The problem is the distance to the train station is too far,
and that we dont have commerces around is very bad since we have no car.
If the appartment is cheap, eg 140000eur, i think we will have less concerns
since we will probably buy a car then
but with 169000eur, it is impossible for us to buy a car
In addition, there is a community meeting to discuss upcoming construction in the building in june
husband told me that it can be very expensive site that each household to pay 15000eur
im not exactly keen to shift in and in a few months to pay addition money for the site
oh, not forgetting the administration and financial woes that sellers to stay in october..
I guess we still need to look around more...
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