Chapter 514
The next day, the agent introduced by Uncle Tang called.
Now that commercial housing has not yet begun to flourish, there are no specialized real estate agencies. The so-called agencies are still the same as in the old days, referring to business intermediaries.
They have extensive connections and many channels, and are focused on helping others. They make money by leveraging information asymmetry, a bit like the "98 guys" in Yongcheng.
The agent on the other end of the phone was also straightforward and said:
"This is Commander Tang's order. Just tell me what kind of storefront you need. There's no charge."
Su Miao felt warm in his heart and responded politely. His father beside him also nodded slightly.
They said there would be no fees, but the Su family father and daughter would not be so ignorant as to be so stingy.
Once the store is confirmed, you can just give him a red envelope and say it is the custom of businessmen in Nanning. This way, the agent will find it difficult to refuse.
This agent is obviously very experienced and has a lot of information about houses and shops for rent.
After some screening, the next day, he took the Su family father and daughter on a journey to look at shops.
The first shop is two-story and faces the street, with the hospital across the street.
The intermediary Xiao Guan introduced the father and daughter:
"Boss Su, look at this one. It may seem a little small, but it has two floors. If you add up the areas, we can easily put ten square tables in it.
The kitchen is here, and the water supply and drainage are connected.
As someone who's experienced in business, you'll definitely know that hospitals, schools, and factories have the highest customer traffic, and the food we buy at restaurants in front of hospitals can be priced higher. Feel free to take a look."
Su Miao and Su Yuanzheng walked into the store and looked around carefully.
The space inside the store is indeed a bit cramped. If too many tables and chairs are forced in, customers may even have difficulty turning around, which will inevitably greatly reduce the customer experience.
The father and daughter looked at each other with a hint of disappointment in their eyes, so they politely asked the agent that they wanted to look at a few more shops before making a decision.
The second shop is relatively large, but it is not located on the main street, but hidden in the alley.
It was a back house in a slum. After renovation, the door frame that originally led to the slum was blocked and opened to the alley, becoming a pure shop.
Su Miao and his group walked into the shop and stood at the door to observe the flow of people.
During the twenty minutes they were looking at the house, only two or three people walked by.
It is also a store in an alley, but the flow of people here is not even a fraction of that in Nanning.
Su Yuanzheng frowned slightly, and Su Miao also sighed softly. It seemed that this shop did not quite meet their expectations.
I then looked at three more places, and the conditions were similar. Either the location was remote or the space layout was unreasonable.
The agent, Xiao Guan, said, "These are probably the only shops for rent in this area. If you're not satisfied with any of them, we'll look somewhere further afield."
According to Su Miao and Su Yuanzheng, it would be best to find a suitable shop in this area. After all, they are already familiar with the local vegetable market, so it is convenient to negotiate supply.
Furthermore, this place is not far from the alley where they live. In the early days, when the store was still not well-known, it could attract more people by relying on the support of the neighbors. If it went further away, it would have to start all over again.
In fact, the father and daughter have always felt that a store-in-front-and-backyard layout like that in Yongcheng is the most ideal, but in Beijing, there are very few such stores.
According to their observations during this period, a courtyard house can only accommodate a dozen households at most, so there is no room for a shop in front or a yard in the back.
Unless they buy the whole yard, but even if they want to buy it, there are no empty yards now. They also want to stabilize the store and then slowly find a better one.
After hearing their intention, Xiao Guan pondered for a moment and then said, "Huh? It seems there really is such a place, not far from where you live, but it's only for sale, not for rent."
Su Miao's eyes lit up and he said, "What's the approximate price? Can we go and take a look first?"
"The asking price is 40,000, so it should be negotiable."
40,000? Su Miao and his father quickly calculated in their minds that if all aspects were suitable, it would not be impossible to accept.
Su Miao took the opportunity to ask, "Brother Xiaoguan, if I want to buy a courtyard house now, what's the price?"
"You want to buy a courtyard house? That depends on the area. Depending on the condition of the courtyard, there are houses that cost 40,000 to 50,000 yuan, and there are also houses that cost 400,000 to 500,000 yuan."
"Four or five hundred thousand? So expensive?" Su Yuanzheng was a little shocked.
"Four or five hundred thousand is for a large compound, the kind with several entrances and exits. Many of these compounds are directly allocated to leaders.
The rest became slums. When real estate transactions were opened up a few years ago, some people specifically restored the slums and sold them.
The four or five hundred thousand yuan includes the cost of evacuating the original residents of the yard, as well as part of the renovation costs.
Because the courtyards were previously divided up for living, there were a lot of random constructions, and the big courtyard contained several small courtyards. It was easy to get lost when you walked in. If it hadn't been demolished, you couldn't even see the original structure."
After hearing this, Su Yuanzheng suddenly understood, nodded, and said with a smile: "Then let's go look at shops first, and then buy a courtyard house after we make more money."
The shop that Xiaoguan said met their expectations was actually not exactly what they imagined.
It is also a small courtyard separated from the quadrangle, somewhat similar to the second shop we saw before, except that the doors and windows leading to the courtyard are not sealed. Instead, a wall is built to separate a courtyard of about 30 square meters.
The shop area is as large as a single shop in Yongcheng.
However, there is a small room on each side of the courtyard. These two small rooms have various uses. They can be used as warehouses or converted into kitchens.
If it is converted into a kitchen, the original kitchen space in the shop can be freed up to add a dining area.
The agent, Xiao Guan, enthusiastically introduced the place, saying, "Look, this is the previously built sink with three faucets, which is very convenient for washing vegetables. The owner originally built the yard for his own use, so the renovation was very smooth."
Last year, the owner’s company allocated a house to him, so he moved into an apartment building.
I want to sell this room with windows and doors as a shop and ask for a higher price.
I don’t know what they were thinking, but they only wanted to sell it and not rent it out. They said they were afraid the tenants would mess it up, and then they would have to clean it up again when they wanted to sell it.”
Su Miao looked at the shop carefully. The walls were scraped white, the floor was flat and clean, and the doors and windows looked new. It was indeed much better than the shops he had seen before.
The father and daughter walked around the shop and yard carefully several times, not missing any corner.
Finally, they told Xiaoguan that they had taken the trouble to show the place today and that they would think about it carefully when they got back and give him an answer tomorrow.
The father and daughter also invited Xiaoguan to their home for dinner, but Xiaoguan declined, saying that this was a task assigned to him and he should do his best, and asked them not to be so polite.
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