Recommendations for Senior Kiwis on the Move
Some useful pointers to make a stress-free move.
Recommendation 1:
Make an informed property move by first...
* Completing a financial check.
* Make a strategic plan - what you want to achieve and where you wish to live.
* Take advice from a trusted advisor.
* Contemplate your choice.
* NOW start your search for your new home
Recommendation 2:
Choose a trusted advisor who could be...
* A member of your family
* Your accountant
* Your solicitor
* Your doctor
* Your real estate consultant
* The executor of your will
* Any other person who you trust unreservedly.
Recommendation 3:
You will discuss the following with them...
* Your strategic plan for your future - where you will live; what you wish to purchase
* Financial position
* Health challenges
* Other challenges… Steps, horrible neighbours, isolation...
* Your budget to purchase a new home
* Cash for deposit - will you have enough?
* What cash reserves you will need to live comfortably and pay your bills
Recommendation 4:
On your own you will contemplate what you are going to do and when.
Once you have taken advice from your Trusted Advisor(s) consider your options.
* Stay put where you live
* Sell your property and move to a new home.
NOW is the time to start investigating free hold properties, retirement villages or rest home care. Tip to the wise - You will sensibly take into consideration your health, financial, and property challenges genuinely and that you are going to be safe to live on your own..