Off Plan Properties – Should You Buy Them? | George Martin Jr

Over the years, buying off plan properties has become increasingly more popular. Novice investors looking for the ideal

often consider off-plan. This is perhaps partly due to the fact that they are seen as being less hassle because they are new build. Therefore, property investors think that repairs and maintenance issues will be minimal.As well as this you have the fact that in years gone by investors have made millions from buying off plan properties. They have done this by benefiting from the rise in capital appreciation in the build phase as well as being able to buy the properties at a discount in the first place. This has meant that many UK property investors still see off plan properties as a potentially very lucrative part of the property market.However before diving in you should consider a few of the following points.What Exactly is Off Plan Property?Buying property off plan is simply when you buy a property before completion. In essence you buy it from looking at the drawings and the plan of the proposed property development – hence the term “off plan property.”What are the Advantages and Disadvantages of Buying Property this Way. ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGESIt isn’t unheard of for investors to be in a situation where they have paid say £150,000 for a flat and when it comes to completion, because of property prices going down, the flat is actually worth £140,000.A major difficulty with new builds is that there is often very few real comparisons. What we mean by that is that there is likely to be very few other new builds of virtually the same type that have sold recently in that area. This coupled with the fact that developers have been known (whether it be intentionally or unintentionally) to over price developments, means that when it comes time to do a survey to complete on the mortgage many people are finding out that the property isn’t worth what they were led to believe it would be.It would be wise to be as sure as possible that the developers you are dealing with are a reputable company and that they are financially sound and aren’t going to go bust halfway through the development, leaving you high and dry.The bottom line with off plan properties is that – yes, there still is money to be made. However these days there is probably far more money to be lost also and the ones that make the money are the ones that are astute enough to understand that buying investment property off plan needs as much re and due diligence as buying a second hand property.Click on the following link to to read an article about the truth behind buying

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