11 Aug IS IT BETTER TO RENOVATE YOUR HOUSE, SEMI, TERRACE OR APARTMENT IN THE EASTERN SUBURBS, LOWER NORTH SHORE OR INNER WEST OF SYDNEY OR BUY AND SELL?
The answer to this question is largely in the mathematics. Here are the sums (all estimates are approximate and will vary from transaction to transaction).
The Costs of Selling, Buying and Moving into a New House.
Let’s assume you sell your house for $1.5 million and purchase a new house for $2.0 million.
When selling your house for $1.5 million the following estimated costs are involved:
- Legal Fess approximately 0.2% = $3,000
- Real Estate Agents fees 1.5% = $22,500
- Marketing Fees approximately = $14,000
- Cleaners = $500
- Moving costs = $5,000
- Insurances = $200
Sub Total 1 = $45,200 + GST = $49,720
When purchasing a new house for say $2.0 million the following estimated costs are involved:
- Stamp Duty 4.5% of Purchase Price = $90,000
- Building & pest inspections = $600
- Utilities & Rates deposits = $3,000
- Cleaners = $350
- Insurances = $200
Sub Total 2 = $94,150 including GST
Additional estimated costs when purchasing a house for $2.0 million.
Even though you do not pay the following fees directly as the vendor does, these costs have a direct impact on the eventual selling price of the house to you and without these costs the sales price would be less by these costs and thus cannot be ignored. These are the following:
- Real estate agent’s fees = $30,000
- Marketing fees = $14,000
- Legal fees = $2,000
- Bank Fees = $1,000
Sub Total 3 = $47,000 + GST = $51,700.
Bank fees and rental costs, if required, have been excluded from this calculation.
The total effective costs of selling your house and buying a new one in this example is $195,570. These are all unproductive costs! Add the extra $500,000 in the purchase price and this adds up to a total of approximately $700,000 to upgrade your existing property.
Conclusion.
These funds could be better spent productively on your existing house for a high quality renovation to suit your specific requirements without spending your weekends searching for a new property and then competing to buy one which may suit your needs!
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