Month: August 2019

How To Refurbish A Property In France Without Going Insane In The Process!

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Well, I tell you, I never thought that I was ever the sort of person who could be pushed to absolute and total wits end. I never thought I could be the one to drop off the edge brandishing a crowbar on foreign soil and waving it around over my head like a crazy person!! Oh, dont judge too quickly. Not until you yourself buy house in France and try to do it up!

Im not crazy; Im quite normal and probably not all that dissimilar to you. But enough was enough and I wanted those lazy, incompetent and far too expensive moron workers off of my property before they completely wrecked it. You know, paying an extra 75% in tax to a French tradesman is one thing (I did it reluctantly), but I do then rather expect that youre going to be VERY, VERY good at your job in that case. I mean, provide some real value for money here Im paying for it.

Do you know that I had to have my brand-new complete kitchen fitted/corrected not twice but three times! The first time they forgot to put some of the waste pipes and services in. The second time, the ones they did forget and now fitted leaked all over the floor.

Do you know that the bathroom I had installed wasnt the one I ordered? Maybe I wouldnt have noticed save for the fact that it was also a completely different colour! The suite would have matched perfectly if only I was colour blind or tripping wildly on hallucinogenics. Neither of these scenarios is applicable to me.

Do you know that I paid over 10,000 Euros to have the exterior of the property re-rendered in the same, utterly awful finish as to what was on there in the first place? The very reason that I instructed the workers to take off the old render was because the finish was uneven and abysmally textured. I didnt like it. The look I wanted was uniformly flat and smooth. They removed it and gave me in its place the exact same thing! Instead of original awful I got renewed awful.

So, yes, at the end of my tether those lazy, over-paid, incompetent fools were abruptly chased out of my property and bon dbarras! to them all.

I do want to pay my greatest of respects to two companies that came to my aid, all the way from England. One was Pudelko Construction, who handled all of my internal works; and the other specialist firm was DuraRend, who handled my exterior rendering. I so wish Id thought of hiring firms like this before but I simply assumed that no one would want to travel all the way to France. But these guys do right down to South France, near the Spanish border!

My advice to anyone with a property in France: Bring your workforce with you!

Links:

htt://www.durarend.co.uk/

Are There Health Benefits To Living On Ocean Front Property

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You are probably well aware of some of the major benefits of living on ocean property; the value of your investment is guaranteed to increase, for example, and you also have easy access to some of the best recreation available to mankind. And then of course, theres the view…

What many people dont realize about oceanfront property is that it may actually help to increase your health overall, in certain ways. Lets take a look at some theories on why it is about living on oceanfront property that might help to up your standard of healthy living.

Reducing stress

There is no doubt about it, easy access to the ocean and all that goes with it is a proven way to decrease the amount of stress in your life. Just think about the stereotypical relaxation tapes you might have come across or even used; one of the most popular, features the sound of waves crashing against the shore, the occasional call of sea birds in the air. The sounds of the ocean are some of the most relaxing that can be thought of, and with ocean front property they are all around you!

More opportunity for exercise

Oceanfront property means a world of recreational opportunities right outside your front door. You can go for long walks along the beach, climb over the ocean rocks and explore, swim or surf in the water. Long stretches of beach are ideal for jogging; they even help to burn extra calories without the shock on the knees that a treadmill or other hard surface running will bring.

Minimal air pollutants

Finally, the wind blowing off the ocean will always mean that the air above your property, and all around you, will be cleaner than that further inland, even if you live in a pretty clean area. Theres just not enough opportunity for smog or smoke to hang around before it gets blown inland!

If you are fortunate enough to own and live on oceanfront property, you are holding title to what is truly a dream living condition. Great potential for more value, recreational opportunities galore, an incredible view, and even health benefits are all a part of the package with oceanfront living!

How To Find Indian Property Prices Online In Seconds!

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Real estate buyers and owners who need to find current market price of their property or real estate rates in India can now do so online from the comfort of their home or office. Zamanzar.com is the first Indian real estate portal to release an online tool that lets anyone calculates a property value estimate (ZamEstimateTM) within seconds for properties in Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Pune, Jaipur, Lucknow, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, and Kolkata.

Here are the steps to follow

1. Go to Zamanzars online property valuation tool.
2. Enter your brief contact details.
3. Enter brief details about the property and submit the form.
4. You will get a price estimate (ZamEstimte) based on the property details you entered.
5. You will get an accuracy percentage that will help you understand how accurate the estimate might be.
6. You will also get a list of similar property listings based on which the result has been calculated.
7. You can also get this report emailed to you by checking a checkbox while submitting the form.

Here is the ZamEstimate for a 3 BHK Apartment with a covered area of 1500 sqft in Airport Road, Bangalore.

It comes out to be about 53 lakhs with error percentage of about 11%. This estimate will change based on the kinds of property listings submitted on Zamanzar.com

The process we follow for calculating the price estimate is as follows

1. We search through thousands of properties in your city.
2. We choose the most similar properties based on a similarity score calculated for each property.
3. We adjust the price of the most similar properties, if needed.
4. Your property’s ZamEstimate is the average adjusted price of the most similar properties.

The tool is currently in Beta mode and we will continuously improve it to add many more parameters based on user feedback. Please let us know what you think about it!

ZamEstimate is based on the kind of property listings we have in the database at the time, and is thus limited in terms of accuracy. It is intended to give you a decent idea about the property rates in that particular locality. Zamanzar.com also offers an offline, manual property valuation service for a fee where you get a written property valuation report signed by a licensed property surveyor.

Zamanzar.com is currently ranked within the Top 10 real estate portals in India according to Alexa traffic rank. The company was started in 2007 by Nisheeth Ranjan, a graduate of Cornell University and Stanford University, after having worked in Silicon Valley, California for more than 10 years. Zamanzar.com provides an end to end solution for buying/renting/selling residential or commercial real estate across India. The real estate portal has more than 200,000 property listings and offers online and offline services for buyers, renters, owners, agents, and builders. These services include online marketing, property tours, property appraisals, title checks, financing, negotiation, legal paperwork, property registration etc.

Resale Option In Neharpar Faridabad Property

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Faridabad forms an important part of the National Capital Region due to its proximity to New Delhi, and resale property in Faridabad has been specifically in demand especially by those individuals who are operational in Delhi NCR and are in need of a residential property which offers immediate possession. That, in fact, is the most important advantage of resale properties in Faridabad over new projects, as a resale property is ready to move in, and offers immediate possession, whereas there is a long waiting period while purchasing new projects, which is generally more than a year.

Resale property in Faridabad is also preferred over new projects as it offers a readily developed infrastructure and fully operational surroundings which include maintenance facilities, connectivity via road and other types of transportation facilities, whereas new properties are generally developed in a completely new location where the infrastructure and surrounding need to be developed from scratch, which often takes quite some time to become fully functional.Also resale property in Faridabad enjoys the benefit of being centrally located, while most new projects are coming up in secondary sectors.

The reason behind this is the unavailability of freehold land in prime locations; as most of it is already taken up and built upon, due to which new projects have to be set up on the outskirts where land is available in abundance. However, there are also a few parameters where resale property in Faridabad lacks when compared to new projects.

For example, a resale property might not enjoy the same level of customizability as compared to a new project, which is untouched and ready to be customized as per its residents” preferences and requirements. Apart from this, resale flats in Faridabad may not be offering features and amenities that are as modernistic as a new apartment in Faridabad would offer, the obvious reason behind which would be the fact that resale flats and apartments were designed and developed much earlier.

But if one wants a fully functional flat in Faridabad with instant possession, then resale property in Faridabad is the most suitable option.

The Verve Intellectual Property Case A Bittersweet Example

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Intellectual property’s tentacles are long and strong. Maybe the largest battlefield in IP is the music industry. Composer, producers, interpreters and license owners might get unexpectedly involved in legal battles regarding the misuse or abuse of a song of their property. Sometimes it is just something as little as a sample of the song but are legal frictions can deal with millions and millions of dollars.

Time is not an issue to underestimate when dealing with Intellectual Property. If by any chance, you use a song that was written forty years ago, and one of its owners is still alive, he/she can claim unfair use and suddenly, legal lawsuits can flood your desk. When working with someone else’s work, you should be extremely careful, no matter if you already got permission to use it.

In 1997, the British band The Verve sampled an orchestration in one of their songs, “Bittersweet Symphony”, from the Rolling Stones’ “The Last Time”. Prior the release of the album, the group did the proper negotiations concerning the license agreement with the Rolling Stones to utilize the sample. When the album came out, the song was a complete hit and reached number 23 on the Billboard Charts. After the sudden success of the song, the Rolling Stones argued that The Verve violated their license agreement because they use too much of the sample in their song. The Rolling Stones ended up collecting 100% of the loyalties of the song. Members of The Verve argued that the Stones got greedy when they noticed the sudden success of “Bittersweet Symphony”.

As a result, the Rolling Stones sold the rights over the “Bittersweet Symphony” and it became part of many commercials and publicities. Allen Klein, Rolling Stones’ manager licensed the song to Nike and to Vauxhall automobiles. Both brands utilize the melody for multi-million dollar television campaigns. Even worse, when the song was nominated for a Grammy, The Verve was not named as a nominee, but Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were. This is just a little example of moral rights dealing with intellectual property. The song hit top of the charts and not one members of The Verve enjoyed a cent of its success.

If these types of situations happen with amazing groups, who supposedly are not interested in more money, anything can happen to regular people who may get exposed to these inconveniences. Get acquainted with the respective regulations and laws so that no economical issues may come up in case you are planning to use someone else’s inspiration!