“Pitfalls” when buying a second-hand stroller

What does the apartment seller want? Get the biggest profit. What does the buyer need? Maximum benefits at minimal costs. In order for both parties to the transaction to be satisfied, you need to entrust the entire purchase and sale process to real specialists in this field.

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What should the buyer and seller know in order to find the “golden mean”, get what they want and leave satisfied with each other?

Trust but check!

Usually, at first, a potential buyer tries to test the waters on the real estate market himself: he studies the laws, looks through advertisements, and asks for advice from those who have recently purchased a new home. The approach is undoubtedly correct, but it is worth considering the following:

• The information contained in the advertisement is not always true. This can be either the machinations of scammers or enterprising realtors who inflate prices in order to obtain the greatest benefit;
• in private advertisements, prices often correspond not to real prices, but to the seller’s desire to receive a certain amount he needs.

“Pitfalls” when buying a second-hand stroller

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Author: Vlada 00:00, October 01, 2020 6646 5 0

The arrival of a baby brings with it pleasant chores, choosing furniture, clothes, and of course the first transport. If your budget is limited, it is better to consider a used stroller from well-known manufacturers than to purchase a cheap one of questionable quality.

How not to make a mistake when choosing a seller for a used stroller

It is best to make such a purchase in person, and not with shipment from another city. The amount usually spent is considerable, but in reality a used baby stroller may differ greatly from the photo provided. Try to buy children's clothes on specialized sites for mothers, the atmosphere on them is almost club-like. Many members of the forum know each other personally and quickly spot scammers, which is why you practically won’t see them there.

Ordinary Internet bulletin boards have a large traffic and it is much easier to get lost, in addition, few people leave reviews there. They can deceive both the buyer and the seller himself, luring him out of data supposedly for payment and withdrawing all the money. By visiting sites for used goods on mom forums, there is less risk, but the chances of buying something along the way from one seller are many times higher.

Having looked at the desired model, pay attention to the seller’s rating and when he registered. If the person is new, but inspires confidence, you can go and buy a stroller on the spot or say that you are ready to take a risk and buy it cash on delivery. You can understand the seller, he is also afraid that he will have to pay for delivery in both directions if the buyer is unscrupulous, but don’t try to play around, admit it honestly - the rating is embarrassing.

What to pay attention to if the stroller looks normal on the outside

The first thing that should confuse you is the sale of a stroller when the owners have a child at the age when he needs it himself. Most likely, there is some hidden disadvantage in it, which they kept silent about and are trying to sell it in order to buy a new vehicle for the baby.

This is not necessarily a defect, so try asking directly first. It may not go into the elevator, but if you live on the first floor or in a private house, this will not cause any problems. It happens that the cradle is too narrow for a large child, especially when winter approaches. If your baby has just been born, he will fit comfortably in it, and in the spring there will be less and less clothes.

But there are other reasons that apply to everyone. The wheels can squeak terribly, and no lubricant can solve the problem; repair or replacement of accessories is needed. There may be a microcrack in the body, which over time will destroy the entire structure.

If you decide to buy a used baby stroller, inspect the following parts:

• wheels - they should not be flat, otherwise how will you understand whether they are intact or not;
• buttons or zippers - they should all work;
• inspect metal parts for corrosion; the stroller may be like new, but was stored in a garage or on an open balcony;
• raincoat and mosquito net - if there are tears in them, we can assume that the stroller does not have these parts;
• whether the handle is reversible or whether the height is adjustable (if provided by the model);
• ask them to teach you how to use the folding mechanism, but be sure to let the owners themselves unfold and fold the stroller for the first time;
• roll it in a straight line and see if it pulls to the side.

In order not to wander between sellers and to cut off unscrupulous people in advance, ask them leading questions. There is a certain list of them, from which you can find out what condition the stroller is in, without even seeing it or asking directly.

1. Does the house have an elevator? – if not, she was mercilessly dragged up the steps and perhaps she fell more than once;
2. Do the owners have pets?
3. In what month was the stroller purchased, and in what year, is there a receipt? – it’s better to ask by phone; the seller’s hesitations may indicate that they are not the first owners, and maybe not even the second.

Otherwise, choosing a stroller is the same as if you were visiting a regular online store; you should be provided with its factory specifications and a real photograph taken recently.

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What can raise the price of an apartment?

• sale of not only the apartment itself, but also other related products, which may be: the social status of the housing, the presence of furniture in the apartment, household appliances, a new alarm system, etc.;
• the customer’s interest in purchasing a specific apartment (for example, buying out a neighboring one to increase the total living space). The price may increase by 5 - 15%.
• the real cost of housing on the real estate market.

Sometimes it can be helpful to seek advice from professional appraisers. For example, this must be done when purchasing housing through a mortgage. Appraisers determine the maximum price based on a constantly updated database of practical real estate sales.

The following factors are decisive:

• the prestige of the area where the housing is located;
• construction technology and year of commissioning, as well as: series of the house and the presence or absence of amenities (elevator, loggia, garbage chute, etc.);
• if this is an elite sector, then the following are taken into account: communications, communications and other engineering delights of the complex;
• also in elite areas, the following are necessary: ​​the presence on the territory of shops, beauty salons, saunas, convenient parking, etc.;
• the presence of an intercom or a guarded area (depending on the class of housing);
• floor (the first or last floor is always cheaper);
• the condition of the apartment for sale, and the pros or cons of its location (“view from the window”, landscaping of the surrounding area).

The SKIP agency will help you avoid all the pitfalls and make a profitable deal on the real estate market. The SKIP agency is always ready to help you purchase apartments in new buildings, on the secondary market, land plots in the Moscow region and abroad, as well as non-residential premises.

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Pitfalls when buying an apartment on the secondary market

Often, such a purchase requires considerable savings. There is an option to quickly design your own apartment without huge financial investments. Fortunately, banks provide the opportunity to obtain a mortgage loan on the secondary market. A mortgage makes it possible to purchase housing on favorable terms in a short period of time.

What you need to pay attention to when buying an apartment or private house on the secondary market

In order to protect yourself as much as possible when buying real estate, you should ask the seller:

• certificate of state registration of rights and other title documents (sale or inheritance agreement, donation, privatization, etc.);
• extract from the Unified State Register;
• an extract from the house register about the absence of registered residents, which can be obtained at any MFC. This document confirms that all persons who previously lived in the apartment have been deregistered;
• a debt certificate from the MFC confirming the presence of debts on utility bills;
• a certificate from a narcological and psychoneurological dispensary.

Using an extract from the Unified State Register, the buyer can find out whether the seller really is the owner of the apartment. In this case, you can order both a “simple” statement and an extended version. In the second case, in addition to the last name, first name and patronymic, information about title documents or the “history” of the apartment from the moment of the first entry about it in the unified state register is provided. Relatively speaking, this document will make it possible to understand who previously owned this apartment and how often it was sold.

When checking an apartment, you should not limit yourself only to an extract from the Unified State Register. It is imperative to pay attention to the following points. Often apartments are sold by proxy, and the owner takes virtually no part in the transaction. Such objects can be classified as a risky category, because very often such powers of attorney are obtained fraudulently. In this case, the buyer can play it safe by getting the contact of the direct owner of the property from a trusted person, and then contact him to confirm the fact of the sale of the apartment. Or, for example, an apartment is put up for sale immediately after inheritance. In this case, it is better to be careful, because the possibility of new heirs cannot be ruled out, who, by law, have the right to challenge the purchase and sale of inherited real estate in court within three years. In addition, the apartment may have undischarged tenants or the housing may be owned by several people. In the extract from the Unified State Register, you need to pay special attention to the “Encumbrance” column. It indicates whether the apartment is mortgaged. It happens that the default on the mortgage amounts to a meager amount, and then the seller can pay off the debt from the deposit paid by the buyer, which will allow both parties to complete the transaction with peace of mind.

Unfortunately, even if you have checked the legal purity according to all the rules, there is always a possibility that you will lose the property. For example, if a citizen can prove that his rights were infringed during the sale of an apartment, now yours. Moreover, you may have to deal not with the seller, but with the owner who owned the apartment before him.

Pitfalls when buying a new building

If, when purchasing an apartment on the secondary real estate market, the future owner sees a ready-made object in front of him, then the buyer of a home in a new building in Moscow sees prospects. That is why “primary housing” is associated with a number of risks, ranging from prolongation of the project’s delivery time to the bankruptcy of the developer, due to which a new resident may be left without an apartment at all.

What contracts are concluded when purchasing a new building?

To avoid unpleasant surprises during construction, such as delays, problems with documentation (primarily land), and with the quality of construction, as well as not to face bankruptcy of the developer, you should carefully study the documents that the developer proposes to sign. According to the general director of Miel-Novostroyka, Sofia Lebedeva, there are three ways to become the owner of an apartment:

1. Based on a housing certificate from the developer. Thanks to this document, the buyer has the right to receive residential premises from the developer acting as the issuer.
2. Thanks to housing construction and housing savings cooperatives.
3. And finally, on the basis of an equity participation agreement, which real estate market participants call the safest option.

“If the transaction is formalized, for example, by a preliminary purchase and sale agreement, this may mean that the developer is not able to comply with the norms of the Federal Law “On participation in shared construction”, which means that he has certain problems,” warns lawyer Yukov and Partners. Ekaterina Baglaeva.

As for the equity participation agreement itself, it does not provide for the purchase of real estate, as is the case with the acquisition of a secondary property, but property rights to an apartment, emphasizes Yulian Gutman, director of the new buildings department at Inkom-Real Estate. “In the future, the shareholder will be able to register ownership of his apartment, but only after the developer transfers the housing to him under the transfer and acceptance certificate,” the expert recalls. “Before this, the developer needs to put the house into operation and open an address in Rosreestr.”

What should a share participation agreement contain?

There is no standard share participation agreement: each developer draws up a contract with buyers himself. However, whatever the agreement, it must contain the following points, reminds Sofya Lebedeva from Miel-Novostroika:

• Detailed description of the shared construction object to be transferred. It must comply with the developer’s design documentation, approved after he receives permission to commission the specified property.
• The deadline for the developer to transfer the shared construction object to its participant.
• Contract price, terms and procedure for its payment.
• Warranty period for a shared construction project. “Any contract must provide for quality guarantees and specify a procedure for solving problems that arise,” Lebedeva emphasizes. It does not matter where exactly the contract is concluded - directly with the developer or through an agency.
• The ways in which the developer plans to fulfill its obligations under the contract.

“The buyer should also pay attention to the clause that provides for a refund or additional payment of funds in accordance with the fixed price indicated for 1 sq.m., if the area of ​​the apartment after BTI measurements turns out to be more or less than the value specified in the contract,” notes Yulian Gutman.

What documents need to be checked from the developer?

In addition to the form and content of the contract, it matters who acts as the seller: the developer himself or the intermediary. “The safest thing is to deal directly with the developer,” says Baglaeva. “However, even in this case, all documentation must be checked.”

The most important point is the building permit. “For review, the developer must provide the participant in shared construction with the initial permitting documentation for the facility, which is specified in the project declaration and DDU (shared construction agreement), in particular a construction permit, documents confirming the developer’s rights to the land plot, etc.” - says Sofya Lebedeva.

The developer is also required to present a feasibility study of the project and documents for the company. These include the company's constituent documents, a certificate of state registration and registration with the tax authority, financial statements for the last three years or a book of income and expenses, plus an auditor's report for the last year.

For its part, the buyer must ensure that the equity participation agreement is registered and the payment is properly executed - it is best to receive a check with an order or a payment order.

“By investing in projects at the foundation pit stage, the buyer can earn up to 30% of the invested funds,” says Julian Gutman. “An additional guarantor of the safety of such investments is Federal Law 214, according to which about 90% of new buildings in the Moscow region are currently being sold.” Federal law guarantees the buyer confidence in the purity of the transaction and guarantees that the object will be delivered on time and in compliance with the project declaration, the expert is sure.

Thus, if the developer violates the construction deadlines, according to Federal Law-214, he is obliged to pay the shareholder a penalty - 1/300 of the refinancing rate of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, valid on the day of fulfillment of obligations for each day of delay for legal entities and double the amount for individuals.