My Siheyuan Shelter

Chapter 3 Siheyuan

On April 4, Xu Dong took the high-speed train to Yanjing with his suitcase. Fortunately, his original job also required frequent business trips, so Yang Lina had no doubts.

After getting off the high-speed rail, Xu Dong ran several real estate agencies one after another, but he could not find a suitable house.

I can't blame the intermediary company for this. It's really that Xu Dong's requirements for housing listings are too harsh.

First of all, the house must be a courtyard house, and the location is preferably within the third ring road, and the suburbs are not considered.This item alone eliminates 90.00% of the listings on the market;
Secondly, the courtyard should have a basement, and the bigger the basement, the better.

After searching like this for a week, I still found nothing. Just when Xu Dong was about to lower his requirements, good news finally came from "Anjia".

Xu Dong rushed to the location of the new house without stopping. The location of the courtyard house is not bad, it is close to the East Third Ring Road, and the surrounding facilities are complete.

"Anjia" is actually Manager Wang personally appearing this time, and it seems that the other party is very confident.

"Mr. Wang, I'm going to trouble you again." Xu Dong stepped forward and said politely, then handed him a cigarette.

Manager Wang took the cigarette, but instead of smoking it, he hung it on his ear and replied, "No trouble, this is our job!"

After a few words of greetings, the three of them came to the front of a traditional-style courtyard.

"Mr. Xu, this is the place. The owner and his wife are planning to go abroad to join their children. The house just came out this morning." Manager Wang pointed to the courtyard wall and introduced.

"Which country are you going to go to?" Xu Dong suddenly became interested.

In a few months, there will be a catastrophe, and there will be more turmoil abroad than at home. In the next ten years, at least [-]% of the countries will be delisted.

"Jamada." Manager Wang's tone was full of yearning.

"The living conditions over there... are still good, but the security may not be very good in the future." Xu Dong said a pun.

Generally speaking, the southern side of the University of Canada is blocked by the world police, and it is a vast area and sparsely populated.

Even after the catastrophe, the chances of surviving are still quite high, provided that they will not be robbed by others.

"Uh……"

Closer to home, Xu Dong took a look at the courtyard in front of him. The house was neatly tidied up, with the antique steel gate, and a lot of brick carvings on the door and the bottom of the courtyard wall. It took a lot of thought to look at it.

"Can I go in and have a look?" Xu Dong asked.

"Of course." Manager Wang signaled his assistant to open the door.

With the opening of the gate, the first thing Xu Dong sees is a small rockery that is not tall, which acts as a screen wall. At the bottom of the rockery is a stone jar with a diameter of 1.5 meters.

There are several aquatic plants dotted in the middle of the stone tank, and two or three beautifully colored goldfish are wandering among the aquatic plants.

Xu Dong couldn't help but let out a "huh" and praised: "There are mountains and waters, but the small scenery is quite complete!"

"Of course." Manager Wang explained with a smile: "The owner and the old couple are both university professors, so they must have good taste."

Xu Dong nodded and continued to observe.

The overall area of ​​the courtyard is not very large, it should not exceed [-] square meters, with blue brick paving and houses on all sides.

In addition to the rockery and stone jars in the yard, there is also a wooden grape trellis full of grape vines in the corner. Under the grape trellis is a set of dark stone tables and stone benches.

In addition, around the yard, there are also all kinds of potted plants, all of which are some common flowers and plants, and one of the peony flowers is the most bright.

"Mr. Wang, how big is this place?" Xu Dong asked casually.

Manager Wang took out his notebook, glanced at it and replied:

"Siheyuan was built in 370, with a concrete frame structure, covering an area of ​​1210 square meters and a building area of ​​[-] square meters.

The north side is the main body of the building, with two floors up and down, with a total of eight rooms and two halls; the east side is the kitchen and dining room, next to the rockery; the west side is an independent bathroom;

As for the south side, there are the gate, the concierge and the garage. The garage has its own access door. "

Xu Dong felt that this area was just enough to accommodate the whole family, and it was not too conspicuous.

Next, Manager Wang took Xu Dong to visit each room carefully.

Overall, the decoration is very good, the furniture and appliances are complete, and it belongs to the kind that can be moved in with a bag.

Back in the yard again, Xu Dong suddenly asked, "Mr. Wang, where is the basement, why didn't I see the entrance?"

Manager Wang didn't answer immediately, but pointed to the garage, "The garage is the entrance to the basement, isn't it clever?"

Xu Dong's face was full of question marks, and the three of them came to the back door of the garage together, only to see Manager Wang press the electronic lock, and the back door of the garage instantly opened from the middle like an elevator door.

Xu Dong suddenly realized: "It turned out to be a car elevator, or a double drive. The car can actually go straight through the elevator and drive into the yard."

"There are two floors in the basement. In order to save space and facilitate the entry and exit of vehicles, this design was made." Manager Wang explained specially.

The three quickly came to the first floor of the basement through the elevator. The assistant girl turned on the lights and ventilation equipment, and the entire basement suddenly became brighter.

"The size of the basement is exactly the same as the area of ​​the courtyard. Both floors are 370 square meters, with a ceiling height of 4.5 meters. The space is very spacious." Manager Wang introduced smoothly.

Xu Dong smiled, obviously very satisfied. Manager Wang continued to introduce:
"The main function of the first floor is to serve as an entertainment venue. You see, there is a gym, a chess and card room, an audio-visual room, and a small basketball court. It is also no problem to play badminton and tennis."

"What is this?" Xu Dong asked suddenly, pointing to a row of machines.

"Uh, it should be a backup generator, depending on the model, it burns diesel."

"Can it still be activated?"

"It is estimated that it needs to be repaired. It seems that it has not been used for a long time."

Xu Dong didn't ask any more questions. He walked around for a while, and then came to the second floor. The entire second floor was empty, with only a few load-bearing columns standing there.

Without the introduction of Manager Wang, Xu Dong could see at a glance that this was the real garage, because rows of parking spaces were drawn on the ground.

However, the parking space only occupies a small space, and other areas are completely idle.

……

After the inspection was over, Xu Dong followed Manager Wang to the meeting room of "Anjia" again, and the next step was price negotiation.

"Mr. Wang, I'm not faking it. I'm very satisfied with the house. As long as the price is right, I can contact the owner to sign the contract tomorrow." Not wanting to waste time, Xu Dong got straight to the point.

Manager Wang squinted his eyes with a smile. The commission for this courtyard house is quite large, and it's not worth it for him to end up in person.

"Mr. Xu, don't worry, the price is absolutely fair..."

"How much is the other party asking for?" Xu Dong asked directly.

"The homeowner has two certificates, and the asking price is 1.12 million, and the taxes and fees are shared equally by both parties. But I estimate that 1.05 million should be able to win."

The corner of Xu Dong's mouth twitched slightly, "The price is high, Yanjing just put the bungalow into the purchase restriction last month, and the house price of the courtyard house has dropped very fiercely recently!"

"Mr. Xu, high-end properties like courtyard houses have always been in short supply, especially those with basements. This is a rare opportunity." Manager Wang advised.

Xu Dong was too lazy to bargain any more, so he called out a price: "1 million, if it works, I will sign the contract tomorrow; if it doesn't work, I'll look at other properties."

Manager Wang was very happy, 1 million, which was completely above the owner's psychological price, but he still pretended to be embarrassed, "I can help to persuade, whether it can be successful or not depends on fate."

Xu Dong stood up and nodded and said, "Then I'll wait for your good news, Mr. Wang."

……

That night, Xu Dong received a call from Manager Wang, which was really good news.

Although the price is a bit inflated, in order to avoid long nights and dreams, he signed a house purchase contract with the owner as quickly as possible.

Xu Dong prepaid 30 yuan as a deposit for this transaction, and the two parties agreed to pay the full amount of the house in one lump sum in June.

The overdue contract is void and the deposit will not be refunded.

(End of this chapter)