Position

Location will not only determined by the way of everyday life, but also by the value of a property that is purchased, today and in the future when you eventually selling it.

For a comfortable life the infrastructure is very important, and today, according to the testimony of participants in the real estate market, looking for the complete settlement, where there are kindergartens, schools, shops, doctor's offices, and are well connected by public transport from the city center. What is important is the safety of neighborhood and social structure of the residents.

When it comes to the micro-location, if a empty plot is next to the building, it should be well-studied plan to see what can be build on it. You should check whether the planned construction of new buildings will be opposite to the windows, or it will be a electricity substation close to the flat, maybe if the apartments are near the highway, railroad or high-voltage lines.

Building

Regardless of location, each building must have a parking lot. Make sure you get a parking place not only on paper but in real life, because they are often parking spaces that are engaged all day for a number of business facilities in the area or for some other reason. Check for building a repository to store things such as bicycles that you don't want to drag into the apartment. If the building investor or contractor has left a flat for himself, it's usually a good recommendation for purchase. It is an important also to take care about the thermal and sound insulation in buildings, so the facade should be also checked and what is the woodwork. New buildings must have a line for internet and cable TV in apartments and, and the proof that the water in for drinking.

Please take a look at the approach to the building: if the ramp is provided for wheelchairs (children or disability) and how many stairs are to the elevator.

If a building has no elevator, think about how much you will be working hard to make things from shops and whether you repeatedly have to go back to the car and after the weekly shopping.

Flat

All buyers require as larger apartment as they can get for the money they want to spend. Apart from the space, the layout of the flat is very important and because of the smaller apartments, intelligently conceived, there are flats that offers more comfortable living than those ones which are bigger in size but where lots of space is spent on the corridors and hallways.

An architect warns that we should study well the possibilities for adjusting the apartment because he can not fit any room or add it to "open" area. It depends on the load-bearing walls and other key installations. Do you buy an old apartment, architect says it's a better buying new flat then odl that is adapted, because you never know whether the adaptation was only "cosmetic" or thorough.

The ideal orientation of the flat is when the bedrooms are on the east, living room to the south. Windows must have good protection from the sun because during the summer could be very warm, and the protection saves the energy needed when cooling.

If it is a ground floor apartment, with access to the garden, remember that windows must have a good protection against intruders and could not stay open when you're not at home. If, however, it is on the first floor, it is important what is beneath. If there is a cafe which is open until midnight, be reconciled with those that you will not have peace in the long night, until the last guests don't leave. Also, the apartments on lower floors are exposed to traffic noise from the street. Top floor, however, carries the risk of poor insulation of the roof, so it should be checked if there are any stains on the ceiling.

Documentation

The most important part are documents and land certificate, or an excerpt from the book placed in the contract in which apartment was entered and if the apartment is written in the land registry department of the Municipal Court (Land Registry). For a large number of properties registered land and condition of this data can be find out via the Internet at www.pravosudje.hr. On the statement should be written that has been verified. Before buying it is useful to obtain the original land registry extract from the land registry before signing the contract because after its release changes can occur.

On the statement should be written if the seller is registered as owner of the property, if the property has and type of the load records, if the building is registered in the land register without the supplied location, construction and operation permits and whether there is pending application for registration (seal) that relate to selling item. In the excerpt may not be registered to be charged and discharged as an unnecessary fillings, etc.

Check the final construction and building permits. For buildings that are built before 1968 year on the basis of law is considered to have a permit.

In the pre-contract and contract to purchase the apartment should be clearly defined responsibilities of buyer and seller, and may not be to give undertakings that can not be met, such payments in too short period of time.

Buying apartments in buildings that are built and registered in the land registry is risky, especially if a larger fraction of the price is paid in advance.

But the most important tip for checking the paper is: engage the agency so you can have a peace of a mind.