Chapter 79 House Viewing, Manager Lin
The cold wind whistled past, and Zhang's father reminded in front: "Cover your mouth and nose with a scarf, don't breathe in the cold air."
"Hmm." Zhang Wanwan said in a muffled voice: "Dad, what do you think of that scholarly family?"
"What Xiao Luo said sounds good. I've heard of this community before. It's new, and it seems that not many residents have moved in yet, as they're all renovating. Five thousand five hundred per square meter is indeed much more expensive than we expected. But if Xiao Luo can help us get a discounted price it would be quite a good deal. Even at a 10% discount it would still save more than 500 per square meter. If we could get an 20% discount it would be even better, only 4,400 per square meter. I can't even think of a 30% discount." Zhang's father said happily, and it was obvious that he had already done the math in his mind.
Zhang Wanwan nodded obediently and whispered in Zhang's father's ear: "Dad, we won't decide whether to buy it when we get there. When we look at the community, even if we are satisfied, we must not show it. Even if the other party says it is exaggerated, we must control ourselves. We must first find out the situation clearly, then choose the house, and finally let Jingyun's cousin go to negotiate, and we must keep silent."
"I understand this!" Father Zhang turned his hand and quickened his pace. Soon they arrived at the sales office of Shuxiang Shijia.
Perhaps it was because this community had just been opened for sale, and there were people looking at houses there during the Chinese New Year. However, most people who have an urgent need for a house would not consider a house at this price. They would rather spend less money to have a stable home first. Only people like Zhang Wanwan who have some financial resources and want to change houses would choose this as their first choice.
When the father and daughter entered the room, they found that Luo Jijun had already arrived and was making tea and smoking with a man in a suit in the reception area.
As soon as they saw the two people come in, they stopped talking.
Luo Jijun introduced Zhang's father Zhang Wanwan: "This is the manager in charge of Shuxiang Shijia's sales that I told you about. His surname is Lin."
Zhang's father shook hands with Manager Lin. Manager Lin was a middle-aged man. He and Luo Jijun should be close friends regardless of age. He looked quite steady and reliable, and was good at speaking. He took Zhang Wanwan and the two around the micro-district model and introduced: "This is the macro effect of our scholarly family. Now only the first phase of houses are on sale, that is, one to ten buildings. The greening and activity facilities have all been completed. At present, only some workers are doing the aftermath. The second phase of the project is in the back, and there is a small lake between the first phase and the second phase. The lake is a natural lake. When we bought this large piece of land, we saw that there was a natural lake here. When the second phase of the project is completed, the lake will also be developed. It is a major feature of our scholarly family.
Now you can’t get close to the lake, and we have taken protective measures. Because the two phases of the project are some distance apart, even if the second phase of the project starts, it will not affect the residents of the first phase much.”
Father Zhang listened carefully to Manager Lin's introduction and asked casually, "Manager Lin, when will the second phase of your project start?"
"It will take at least another half a year. After all, the first phase of the project has just been launched for sale, and the developer also needs to recover funds. According to estimates, it should take at least half a year." Manager Lin was more honest when speaking to Zhang's father because of his relationship with Luo Jijun.
After hearing this, Zhang's father pondered for a moment and nodded, "The community looks good from the miniature model, but we still want to see the real house."
"Of course! I heard from Jijun that you wanted to buy a mid-level suite on the first floor, about 150 square meters. To be honest, our Shuxiang Shijia is a mid-range residential area. We have all kinds of apartment types, big and small. They just started selling them not long ago, so there are quite a few suites that meet your requirements. For example, buildings one, three, and seven are all large suites. You can see them all." After Manager Lin finished speaking, he turned around and went to the office to give instructions. Then he took Zhang's father and others to Shuxiang Shijia.
As soon as Zhang Wanwan arrived at the destination, she said directly: "Uncle Lin, let's go take a look at the suites in buildings three and seven."
Manager Lin didn't say much and took them to see the three houses according to Zhang Wanwan's suggestion.
There is a fifteen-story building here, with four suites on each floor. There are two elevators in operation and a safety passage next to it. Open the door of the safety passage and there is a staircase.
Manager Lin took them to the sixth floor and introduced: "The situation in Building 3 is that the two suites on each floor near the east and west are large apartments. The one on the east side is 150 square meters, and the one on the west side is 180 square meters. The two suites in the middle are small apartments, only 80 to 90 square meters, with two bedrooms. The 150-square-meter suites just meet your requirements. You can make four large rooms, or you can separate a study room. The two rooms will have to be smaller."
The elevator dinged and the group arrived at their destination. The doors of the houses that had not yet been sold were all locked, so they could enter without a key.
Manager Lin took them in and saw Zhang's father and Zhang Wanwan looking around, so he led them to the balcony. "There is a balcony in the front and back, not small, but it's free and not counted in the square footage. I personally think it's quite a good deal. This house is good, with good lighting, a square shape, and lots of windows, which makes it easy to design."
To be honest, Zhang Wanwan was quite satisfied with this place, and Zhang's father was even more so. However, thinking of what he had agreed with Zhang Wanwan before, he didn't dare to show it on his face.
Zhang Wanwan turned around and asked, "Uncle Lin, are the apartment sizes on each floor of this house the same?"
Manager Lin nodded in appreciation, "That's right. Another reason I recommend this unit to you is that it's on the east side, not next to the neighbors, so it's less likely to be disturbed. The same goes for the unit opposite. The two small units in the middle are connected, so if the neighbors have a quarrel or something, it will be affected.
It’s not that the sound insulation of our house is bad, but everyone who has lived in commercial housing knows that no matter how good the sound insulation is, there will be some impact when two households are connected.
Now 40% of the houses in this building have been sold. For example, this 150-square-meter house still has the third, sixth, eighth, ninth and fourteenth floors left. If you are interested, you can consider it carefully, but you must make a decision quickly, after all, we don’t reserve houses.”
Zhang Wanwan and Zhang's father looked at each other, and Zhang's father hesitated and said, "How about this, let's go back and discuss it with our family. If we have any ideas, we can let Xiao Luo contact you. What do you think?"
"Okay, okay, no problem. Then let's go to Building 7 and have a look?" Manager Lin suggested.
The group finally went to Building 7 and then went around Building 10 to take a look at the natural lake. They almost went around the entire Phase 1 before leaving.
Manager Lin is quite capable. He wasted so much time with them here even though he was not sure whether Mr. Zhang wanted to buy a house. When they left, he was very considerate and watched them go away before returning to the sales office.
(End of this chapter)
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