1. It depends on the pattern.
The best way to buy a house is to look at it. Because the empty house is not decorated, nor is it covered by furniture, appliances and other items, you can clearly see the pattern of the whole house.
If the door of the living room directly faces the bedroom, the privacy is poor. A well-designed house should effectively distinguish between various functions, such as banquet function and rest function.
2. Look at that corner.
Checking whether the wall is flat, wet or cracked can help buyers to know whether there is water seepage. Corners are more important than walls.
Corner is to bear up, down, left and right structural forces. During the earthquake, the bearing capacity of the corner is the key. When the corner cracks seriously, the problem of water leakage will occur at any time.
3. Look at the workmanship rather than the decoration.
Good decoration will make people shine at the moment, but clever decoration can cover up problems such as cracking, mildew and water leakage. Therefore, when buying a house, buyers must pay attention to the workmanship of the house, especially whether the edging process of the corner, window sill and ceiling is meticulous, which is often overlooked.
If something goes wrong, it is very troublesome to repair these small places. Picking out these small problems can increase the bargaining chip with the owner.
Generally speaking, newly renovated houses are rough in workmanship, which are probably bought by investors, with the purpose of buying low and selling high to earn the difference, so more attention should be paid to such houses.
4. Lighting and ventilation are very important.
Pay attention to whether the ventilation condition of the house is good, whether the house is damp and moldy, and whether the lighting is good. Check whether the windows of the house are facing the exhaust holes of other houses.
5. Look at the roof carefully.
After reading the living room floor, bathroom tiles and kitchen, buyers should also look at the lighting route to see if there is water stain on the ceiling or uneven paint color.
If there is, there may be water leakage. If possible, take a screwdriver, remove the lamps and lanterns, and use a flashlight to see if there are any paint drops or leaks in the four corners of the room on the ceiling.
6. Check the leakage carefully.
Kitchen, bathroom, balcony top and pipe joints are often high-risk areas of leakage problems, so special attention should be paid to these areas when inspecting houses. Whether there are traces of yellowing in the corner and whether the lime on the wall has a large area of discoloration, foaming, peeling and ash dropping are all signs of leakage.
Buyers who choose the top floor should carefully observe whether there are cracks on the top floor. Buyers who choose the bottom floor should pay attention to the water seepage on the floor of the house and carefully check whether there are signs of discoloration and foaming in the corner of the house. If so, it means that the floor of the house is seriously wet and must be rebuilt. Then observe whether the cement color on the ground is heavier than that on the ground outside the layer, whether it feels cold and how the ventilation conditions are. You can also tap the ground with a hard object to check whether it is solid.
At present, the leakage of the top floor of the house and the entrance and exit of the bathroom pipeline, as well as the humidity of the bottom floor are common quality problems. Although it does not endanger safety, it is annoying and has to be investigated.
7. Water should be hot.
If you want to know whether the water pipe leaks, you can see if there is scale around the water pipe and if the water is yellow. When checking the bathtub, first turn on the tap to see if the running water is smooth, and then drain it after it is full to see if the drainage system is normal.
There are two situations when there is no hot water in a house: one is that the house has been unoccupied for a long time, and the other is that the house may have been sold for a long time.
8. Look at the building type and residential structure.
The structural forms of houses are divided by the materials used in their load-bearing structures, which can generally be divided into brick-concrete structures, brick-wood structures and reinforced concrete structures. These three forms are as follows:
(1) Brick-concrete structure residence. Brick-concrete structure means that the wall of vertical load-bearing structure in the building is built with bricks or blocks, and the columns, beams, floors, roof panels and truss analysis frames are built with reinforced concrete structures. Generally speaking, brick-concrete structure is partly reinforced concrete and partly brick wall as load-bearing structure.
(2) Brick and wood structure residence. Brick-wood structure residence refers to a house in which the walls and columns of the load-bearing structure are built with brick masonry or block masonry, and the floor and roof truss are built with wood structure. In old Beijing, it is commonly known as "hanging slab building".
(3) Reinforced concrete structure residence. Reinforced concrete residential structure refers to the main load-bearing structures such as columns, beams, slabs and roofs, which are made of reinforced concrete and filled with bricks or other materials. This structure has good seismic performance, strong integrity, strong corrosion resistance and fire resistance, and is durable.
9. Look at the stairs instead of the elevator. Most of the newly-built commercial houses are elevator rooms. The elevator plays an important role, and the stairs can't be ignored. See if there are deposits in the house and whether the fire escape is unobstructed.
10. Ask the security guard for details.
You can chat with the community administrator or security guard. Because they know the basic situation of the community best, sometimes they can tell buyers their houses more objectively and accurately than the owners. Getting the information they need from them can sometimes be a decisive factor in buying a house.
Buying a house is a big deal for ordinary people, because it may exhaust their life savings, and it is more likely that repayment will be the goal for most of their lives. Before buying a house, everyone must visit it in person, so many precautions must be clearly understood.
(The above answers were published on 2015-11-24, and the current relevant housing purchase policies should be based on the actual situation. )
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