Recent content by RowanHayes

The easily missed cost may not arise at completion at all. Looking only at the closing total risks combining three different budgets: buying the property, holding it each year, and eventually selling or passing it on. For the proposed ownership structure, I would ask the advisers for a written...

I’d request two totals: cash required through handover and the expected first 12 months of ownership. The second should include recurring charges and any initial amounts that are not technically closing costs. Keep financing costs separate if there is a mortgage, since they can obscure whether...

We’ve had an offer accepted on a 5-bed duplex in Paris at €1,201,000 after repeatedly losing out to cleaner offers. Once the deposit and estimated closing costs are paid, we expect to have about €15,640 in cash left. That feels tight if the inspection identifies ordinary first-year work...