新房子怎么省心了
别的不说，一搬进去，那个窗帘而得杆子就要打洞几十个
要是很高的family room, 更是麻烦死了
然后要作landscaping, 意思就是要把花花草草的搞好
运气好还好，运气不好，site的浮土下面小石头比较多
草长不起来，最后要自己蹲着一个一个的把小石头拣走，
院子大一点，那可累死了
然后还有很多附加的东西，比如deck要自己修
然后还有很多小小的东西，比较方便生活的
比如门口的motion sensor, walkway的太阳能灯
电动的车库们，等等等等，都是自己搞。。。。
旧房的话，这些都有了
最后，工程最最大的，
要finish basement, 嘿嘿
工程之大，很多十几年的旧房都是unfinished basement
同志们，买房没有省心的
想省心的话，不要买房，apartment/condo/townhouse那可好多了

这句话太对了！！！！！！！！！！！！

nod nod nod yah!

we bought a 11-year old, and the seller did a lot of cosmetics work before selling the house, hah, at first sight, it's like new! But after the heavy rains due to the huriccane we found some watermarks in the unfinished basement, and it's because the front door's frame on the front brick siding was almost rotten away except the surface, so after the seller put new paint on it, even the inspector didn't find out :-( you guys remember to do good sealing anywhere you could think of ah!!!

//sigh, poor first-time buyer, didn't know where to look...don't know whereelse would go wrong, but ld said he didn't regret to buy a house 'coz that's a must in our life time, right? :(

//cft justag.
卖方的中介一般都很坏的。他们能不说缺点就不说。
//kick

the seller's agent may not know, who knows yah. at least my agent didn't help us identify anything. I won't recommend her to anyone else, hengheng, no-rabate-service didn't feel so good either :(

我们的中介是个朋友，嘿嘿。

then 2/3 rebate from the commission? heihei~

我们中介也是个朋友。可以好像她不怎么杀卖方的价。苦恼。
怎么让她去杀价啊？

我们这儿好像都不兴rebate。 问了很多人都没有的。
但朋友帮的忙可真不是1点2点