Recent content by common_corner

I wouldn’t automatically reward reliability with no increase. Good payment and maintenance history have real value, but the owner’s costs may also have moved. First verify whether the comparable homes genuinely match this detached home in condition, size and location, then check what increase...

One practical tweak: use a rounded figure such as AED 2.27 million unless AED 2,271,360 comes directly from your valuation work. The exact 9% calculation can look mechanical. Include two or three relevant completed comparables if you obtain them, state that the condition is reflected in the...

Separate three issues: your valuation, known updating costs and unknown inspection findings. Price the first two into the offer now, but retain inspection protection for the third. Otherwise you risk either double-counting repairs or arguing later over items you already knew about. Any request...

I would protect the emergency fund first rather than treating the full AED 69,730 as available for the house. For example, ring-fence enough for several months of essential household and mortgage spending, then create separate pots for moving and inspection-led repairs. Furniture comes last; a...