Chapter 194: The House Owners The next day, Mr. Wu Liu drove a Santana...
The next day, Mr. Wu Liu drove a Santana to pick up the three of them.
Pang Qiao was a little excited: "Siheyuan, is this the Siheyuan I was thinking of?"
"Yes." Xu Heye nodded, "It's the courtyard you were thinking of."
Pang Qiao held her chin in her hand and sighed with emotion, "When I watched Qiu Guan's 'A Tale of Emperor Qianlong', I thought the courtyard they lived in was truly grand and beautiful, magnificent and splendid."
"Okay now, cousin, when you buy the courtyard house, I want to stay there for a few days."
Pang Qiao didn't ask for much. She knew her situation and knew it was impossible for her to buy a courtyard house on her own. But then again, she had a good cousin!
An hour later, Mr. Wu Liu parked the car at the entrance of the alley.
The four of them got out of the car and walked to the courtyard. The gate to the courtyard was closed, and the vermilion gate looked a bit majestic.
However, the problem became apparent upon closer inspection: the red paint on the gate was mottled, the animal-faced door knocker was also damaged, half of the Taotie door knocker on one side was missing, and the copper ring in the beast's mouth on the other side was covered in rust.
A hint of disappointment flashed across Pang Qiao's eyes.
This courtyard is completely different from what she imagined.
Xu Heye was mentally prepared. As an intermediary, hoping to close a deal, she excelled at using the art of language to beautify her product. For Wu Liuye to describe the house as "a bit shabby" meant it had to have significant problems. At least they were immediately apparent.
When Mr. Wu Liu opened the door, he was greeted by a screen wall.
Pang Qiao watched, her eyes filled with even greater disappointment. In movies and TV dramas, the screen walls of officials' homes were tall and majestic, with carved beams and painted rafters, and auspicious dragons and phoenixes.
But this screen wall, how should I put it? I can see its original grandeur. But who knows what it has gone through over the years. The coiled dragon carved on the top of the screen wall has lost its head, and the coiled lion has lost two legs...
After going around the screen wall, we arrived at the courtyard. The front yard of the second courtyard should have been a garden, with rockery and plants, but the plants were gone, and the rockery was thrown into the corner, covered with moss and looked very dirty.
In the small courtyard, there are many small houses that look like psoriasis. The backyard is where the owner lives, which is divided into the main house and the left and right wing rooms. There are also many illegal structures.
Xu Heye walked in and saw that the doors and windows were gone, and the carved beams, painted rafters, and flying eaves and brackets that once graced the building were almost completely destroyed. Restoring the house to its former glory would require more than simply demolishing the illegal structures.
Craftsmen are also needed to find suitable materials according to the style of the building, and to carefully carve and repair it.
Of course, the most important thing is that Xu Heye looked at Master Wu Liu and said, "Master Liu, this house looks okay at the moment. However, I don't know much about ancient buildings, so I can't determine its safety with just my naked eyes."
So before signing the sales contract, I hope to find a professional team to assess the safety of the main body of the house."
As for other minor issues, such as illegal structures in the yard, damaged brackets and carvings on the buildings, missing windows and broken window glass, etc., as long as they can be repaired, they are not a problem.
"No problem." Mr. Wu Liu expressed his understanding.
One million and six hundred thousand is a lot of money, and buyers certainly don't want to buy a house that's just good to look at but can't be lived in. If it's truly dilapidated, no matter how good the location or the price, it's useless.
"So do you want to find someone to see it yourself, or should I introduce you to someone?"
"Do you have anyone who is proficient in this area?" The inspection of ancient buildings is different from the inspection of modern buildings.
Talent in this area is even harder to come by.
When Xu Heye and Wu Liuye said this, they also planned to ask him to introduce someone.
After all, their ancestors all lived in the imperial city and worked in real estate agency, a job that required great networking skills. They must have more connections than a newcomer like her.
Master Wu Liu nodded. "I have a clan uncle whose ancestors worked in the maintenance of the imperial palace. Now he has formed his own maintenance team, specializing in repairing ancient buildings. I can ask him to come forward and do this inspection."
Mr. Wu Liu had never thought of doing anything tricky. He could still tell the difference between a full meal and a full meal.
His fees are high, but he never does anything superficial.
This is also the reason why he can retain repeat customers.
"That's great," Xu Heye said. "Sixth Master, please ask your clan leader to come out and do an inspection. If the result is favorable, I'll buy the house and I can also cover the inspection fee."
"Also, instead of having to deal with two different people, after we buy the house, we can hand over the restoration work to your uncle."
Wu Liuye smiled and said, "Okay, Boss Xu, since you trust me, I'll take care of this. I'll contact my clan leader later and have him bring some people to walk through the entire house."
Xu Heye nodded: "In addition to the courtyard house, I also want to buy a house near Yenching University. The courtyard house is nice, but it is still too far from the school where I am studying now.
The houses there don't have to be too big, but they should be fully renovated and move-in ready. They shouldn't be newly renovated, though; they should be at least two years old. The surrounding environment should be good, and the floor should not be too high.
She had to buy an unfinished house, renovate it, buy furniture, and make sure it was ventilated... She bought a house near the school to make it convenient for herself, not to cause trouble.
Mr. Wu Liu nodded, mentally screened the properties he had on hand, and quickly found a suitable community.
"I do have a property available in a residential complex that was developed two years ago. It's fully furnished, but the price is quite a bit higher." Housing is not cheap, and many people buy it after going deep into debt. Buying a bare-bones property and renovating it yourself can save a lot of money, so ordinary customers prefer bare-bones properties over beautifully decorated, fully furnished ones.
The developer is unwilling to lower the price. The materials used inside are all good. In addition, the location is excellent, near the best universities in Beijing. Even if these fully-decorated houses are a little expensive, sooner or later there will be people who know the value of them to buy them.
This is indeed the case. In the past two years, those fully-furnished houses have been sold out one after another.
People who buy houses, well, are like Xu Heye, who are rich or have rich families, and are students studying in Yenching University and several nearby universities.
After getting in the car, Mr. Wu Liu quickly drove the three of them to Yichun Garden.
Ninety square meters, three bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen, and a bathroom, no public areas, and a real estate area. Two years later, in 1995, the public area system that countless homebuyers later hated was introduced to the mainland.
The decor was nice, very similar to her home in Hucheng. The overall color scheme was off-white, with a north-south orientation and a lot of airiness. Xu Heye fell in love with it immediately. At 2,210 square meters, it was about 400 yuan more expensive than the bare-bones apartment. At 90 square meters, that would be 198,000 yuan.
Wu Liuye helped negotiate the price, and the deal was finally closed at 188,000 yuan. Xu Heye paid the full amount, and the property certificate was issued that afternoon.
She also became a homeowner in Beijing.
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