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Natasha Bazile: Are you thinking about buying
a new construction? If so, watch these five
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tips before you do.
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Natasha Bazile: Hi. My name's Natasha Bazile
was soldbynat.com associate broker with Virtual
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Properties Realty. I'm located in Georgia
and I service the Gwinnette County and surrounding
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areas. Okay. Let's get right into it. So tip
number one, you want to have an agent. You
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need to have your own representation. Please
understand that the agent on site represents
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the builder. Should things go left or anything
go down or anything like that, they are representing
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the builders interests and yes, in new construction,
things can happen too. So you want to have
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your own representation. And with that, it
costs you nothing. With new construction,
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the builder is paying your agent's commission.
So you're truly doing yourself a disservice
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if you do not have an agent. So when you go
visiting new construction, they ask, "Do you
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have an agent?" Say "Yes," and you're going
to put down my contact information.
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Natasha Bazile: Well, I'm just kidding. Well
kind of kidding. Kind of not, but if you have
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an agent, go ahead, just let them know. "Yes,
I have an agent," they're still going to let
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you tour. They're still going to give you
information, but you want to advise it upfront.
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Even if you don't have an agent at the time,
still say you do. Then in the meantime, before
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you write the contract, you're going to find
an agent. If you are looking for an agent
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and you're not sure who to contact, I would
say get a recommendation from a family or
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friend that had a good experience. Contact
me regardless of where you are. I can refer
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you to a qualified agent in your area, one
that I know is going to take care of you.
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And also one that's familiar with the new
construction process.
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Natasha Bazile: Tip number two, start early.
I cannot stress this enough. There was a time,
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and I say that like it was so long ago, it
really wasn't that long ago, where new construction
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was always in your back pocket. You always
knew you could go new construction and get
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your client into something pretty quickly,
because they always have spec homes. Spec
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homes are homes that they've already started
building and basically, it was closer to the
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finish line. So your client could pick one
of those and get into a home pretty quickly.
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Spec homes, I mean are almost non-existent
now. So don't count on spec home. Err on the
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side that you're going to have to build, and
it's going to take several months.
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Natasha Bazile: So it can take four to six
months plus depending on the weather and all
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of that. So start early. Do not see a community
and think that, "Okay, they're still building.
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I'm good." No. Builders are putting contracts
on lots even before they start building. So
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not too long ago, I went to a community and
they had already started pre-selling. They
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were almost sold out of this new community
and they didn't even have one house up yet.
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So yes, do not wait. Start early.
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Natasha Bazile: Tip number three, get an inspection.
So, should you get an inspection? There was
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a time where I would just leave it up to my
clients to say whether they wanted an inspection
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or not. And ultimately it still is their decision,
but now I am more so on encouraging them to
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get an inspection. It's a man-made product
and humans can always make a mistake. Yes,
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there are inspections that are done by the
county, but just depends on the county, how
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detailed those inspections are. And they're
not looking at things as detailed as a home
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inspector would. So yes, even with new construction,
inspectors are finding things. I've had them
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where inspectors found things that were extremely
minor and they just brought it to the builders'
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attention. And I've also had it to where it
was more serious, like mold in the attic.
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And I found out that that could happen when
the lumber sits outside and it rains and it
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gets wet and then they put it up there in
the house in this hot area.
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Natasha Bazile: So, for cases like that, it's
great to have a home inspector. So please
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check out these videos here that I've done
with an inspector and really consider it.
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I mean, it's not an astronomical cost. You're
talking about maybe 400 to $500 in most cases
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to get an inspection and when it comes to
new construction, you can have them come out,
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if the home is being built before they put
up the dry wall so they can see behind the
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walls. They can come out after the drywall
is up. So, I do think it's a good thing to
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have a home inspection when you're buying
new construction.
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Natasha Bazile: Tip number four, if the lot
is not graded, and what I mean by graded,
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when you go and see the lot it still has up
trees, the builder has not gone and cleared
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it out and prepared it to be built on. So
if it's not graded, you want to ask specific
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questions. Questions like, "Is the yard going
to be flat? Is there going to be a drop? Is
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there going to be an incline?" Those are things
that in most cases you cannot determine by
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just looking at it and when it's full of trees
and shrubs and bushes and things like that.
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Natasha Bazile: You can walk the property
if you're daring, because some of these wooded
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areas, Mm-mm (negative), I don't know what
I'm going to run into... Snakes. I have gone
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and seen snakeskin. You have on the right
type of shoes and you're daring, go ahead
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and walk the property. But nevertheless, still
ask the builder because they have an idea.
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They have a plat map that's going to show
them the lots. Also from that map, you want
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to get the dimensions. The dimensions of your
lot so that you understand how big or how
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narrow the backyard or how narrow the front
yard. You just want to understand the dimensions
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of the lot. You also want to go out there
with the onsite agent and walk the lot. Have
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him show you the pins of the property. So
you know where the lot lines are.
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Natasha Bazile: Number five is consider upgrade.
Depending on the builder, you can spend up
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to 30, $40,000 in upgrades. On the other end,
you could go in with the mindset that I don't
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want to get any upgrades. And you just want
what comes standard, which is cool, but I
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want you to consider upgrades. And why I say
that is because the first home that I bought,
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it came with an unfinished basement and I
was always like, "I'll finish it later. I'll
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finish it later." Granted, 10, 11 years later,
that basement was still not finished, one,
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in the bathroom we had vinyl flooring. "I'll
do that later. I'll do that later." Never
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got done. So, if you have a handyman in your
family, you are one, you're married to one,
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it's going to be easier for you to make upgrades.
So I can see you saying, "No, I'll do that
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after closing."
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Natasha Bazile: But if you know you're really
not handy or you don't get bonuses or large
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sums of money just don't fall into your lap
often, it may make more sense for you to finance
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in those upgrades. Upgrades that I recommend
tile, wherever there's water. So tile in the
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bathrooms. You could do tile in the laundry,
as long as it has a drain pan under your washer,
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you should be okay, but definitely in the
bathrooms. So I go in homes and I see a lot
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of water stains on the ceiling. And nine times
out of ten, a bathroom is on top of that.
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So if you have tile it's less likely for that
damage to occur. So I definitely say tile
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in the bathrooms.
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Natasha Bazile: A big one, when you have the
option to do an upgrade from a knee wall,
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I'll put in a picture of what that is, an
upgrade from a knee wall to spindles, go ahead
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and make that upgrade. That really gives your
home a different look. It just looks more
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classy, posh. I don't know the word, but you
just get the iron spindles over just a regular
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knee wall, go ahead and make that upgrade.
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Natasha Bazile: Hardwood throughout the main
level. A lot of people like hardwood or just
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consistent flooring. In new construction,
it's common to get hardwood in your foyer,
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hard wood in maybe a section in your kitchen.
Then it's common to have luxury vinyl plank
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LVP in the kitchen.
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Natasha Bazile: You might have it in the mudroom
area, but they'll tell you specific areas
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where you get it standard. Then in the other
areas, you're going to have carpet. Carpet
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in your living room, carpet in your dining
room. I do not know why they put carpet in
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a dining room, but that comes standard. So
go ahead and upgrade those flooring choices
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so that it matches and it's cohesive throughout
the first floor. Again, that's if you're not
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the handy type or if it makes more sense for
you to finance that in. I did have a family
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that bought new construction, kept the standard
flooring, and then after they closed, they
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changed it out. They got the flooring person's
information from the builder, and then they
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had the flooring upgraded after closing. So
that's an option too.
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Natasha Bazile: A couple more common upgrades
that you should consider is the backsplash
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in the kitchen, an executive master shower,
if they offer that option. I would highly
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suggest that because kitchens and bathrooms
add value to homes. Next one is kitchens.
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So if you have the option to upgrade it to
a gourmet kitchen package, maybe the stove
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is a little more upgraded or features like
that. I suggest that. Front porch is another
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one. Not all homes come with a front porch.
So if that's something that you know, you
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really want, and you want to have that seating
up front, go ahead and make sure you add that
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in, because that is definitely something that
you can not add in later, or it's going to
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be pretty costly for you to add that in later.
The other thing, covered patio. Do you want
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to go ahead? Is that something that you want?
Add that in during the upgrade process.
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Natasha Bazile: Two upgrades that I find people
leave for after is having a fence added. They
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normally don't add that in and have the builder
do that. And the other is finishing out a
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basement. I would ask. You could see how much
it costs, but I often hear that those two
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things, a fence and finishing out the basement
is cheaper for you to do after you close.
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Also with upgrades, and it depends on the
builder, so you can ask this question, if
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you don't want the appliance package that
comes with it, they may give you a credit
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for it and you can go ahead and pick your
own appliances. So that's something that you
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can consider. It's also common as well for
people to upgrade their appliances. Just really
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consider and talk through the upgrades and
just don't blow it off. Like, "Yeah, we'll
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get it done later." You really want to consider,
does it just make more sense to go ahead and
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do it now?
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Natasha Bazile: So those are my five tips
for today's video. I hope you found them informative.
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If you have any questions, do not hesitate
to contact me. Please go ahead and leave me
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a comment down below. If you can think of
any other tips or suggestions that you have
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for people buying new construction. If you're
ready to start your search for new construction
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reach out to me, also visit my website. Go
to the buyers tab and you can start searching
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you for watching. Have a positive [inaudible]
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on productive day. Bye.
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