By: Jason Maxwell
Submitted: 2010-10-15 05:50:18 | Word Count: 533
We all dream of building our own home. People dream of owning a home one-day, and a stupendous one at that, after all, dreaming is free and there is no limit to it.
Lately, building homes is not just for purposes of having a comfortable place to stay where the entire family can grow and where the kids will have a better place to roam around. Homes are not furnished with priceless things like antique decors that flew from the east and carpets that had to come from Persia or tapestries that were part of a Brazilian antiquities collection just for visual play. Homes nowadays are an epitome of class and price. Some that command tags that are way above most peoples wildest imaginations.
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Consider the estate of the estranged couple Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston that dropped the jaws of many with a $22.5 million price tag. It has been believed that the fantasy soured out, the estate was reportedly marketed at $25 million. Hefty, wasnt it? Think for a moment about Bill Gates estate with taxes alone that reached a jaw-dropping $1.063 million dollars! Now that should be one very expensive house. His house in Lake Washington in Medina, Washington was assessed in 2009 at a whopping $147.5 million. Can it get any better than that? But what is the encouraging factor of homeowners to even think about building homes this massive and this expensive?
Many celebrities who registered with their names houses that shot adrenaline rush into their real estate agents wanted to have homes that could still sell out with tremendous potential when theyd feel that its time to move out. We can find many reasons why celebrities and those borne with silver spoon would think about moving out despite the almost-heavenly realm their present abodes exude. A reason can be that the magic is gone. Just so happens that after all the fantasy the house has lost its luster and the corners can no longer provide the virgin excitement that it used to give, so its time to pack and find something else, much better and grander! One reason can be due to tumultuous events that are synonymous with the home that leaving the dwelling place is the only way to trash all harrowing experiences into oblivion. A common reason is when lovers no longer agree on terms and conditions that selling the house proves to be the best option there is to maintain civility.
So, is trading homes a common thing in todays society? Look around and youll find out that unlike the days of old when grandfather and grandmother would have to ceremonially bequeath the grandiose heirloom to their children in tears of joy, houses now are like gadgets; should there be no more intrinsic value to it, its time to let go! I hope it doesnt turn out the same with wives and husbands in the next century.
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For homes that you have built, no one understands better your needs than the buyers realtor in town. When buying a house without an agent, you can expect a lot of obstacles especially if you are not familiar with how the system works.
