1980 My Literary Era

Chapter 77

The layout of Li Lidong's house is similar to the house that Lin Weimin saw at Caishikou before. They are all in the courtyard.

There are three main rooms facing the north, and two wing rooms each in the east and west. The only thing that is more is that there are three more inverted rooms facing the south.The so-called inverted seat means that the door of the room opens to the north.They also built a hut and a coal shed in their yard.

The regularity is even better than that at Caishikou.

The house was also handed down from the ancestors. Li Lidong introduced that it cost more than 800 yuan to buy this house. After including taxes, agency fees and the cost of repairing the house over the years, the money his family paid would have doubled.

"I told Lidong before that their family was lucky that the house was in the hands of the public. If it was distributed to the common people, they would not be able to sell it even if they came back," Li Guangfu said.

"Yes, good luck catching up." Li Lidong nodded.

Lin Weimin has been studying courtyard houses recently and knows what he is talking about.

Many houses are coming back, but the tenants of the houses cannot be driven away.Because it was also a house allocated by the government at that time, with permanent residency.

Of course, the homeowner can ask others to pay the rent, but it cannot be too expensive.With Yanjing's current market price, each room costs more than 2 yuan per month, which is not enough to repair the houses for these tenants every year.

The house was taken back, but it still had to lose money.

Of course homeowners don't do it. There are generally three countermeasures these days.

One is to play tricks, trying every means to drive the tenants away, and then they live in themselves.

The second is to lie flat, neither to collect rent nor to repair the house, whatever you like.

The third is to recognize the head, simply sell the house, and don't want it anymore.Otherwise, I have to repair the house and have to pay property taxes every month, which is really not worthwhile.

Now the real estate tax in Yanjing is about 2 cents per room, paid every three months. It was not until 1986 that the real estate tax for ordinary residences was stopped, and it was only collected for commercial buildings.

They are all ordinary people, and most people choose the second and third methods.

The second one is okay. If you are lucky enough to catch up with the demolition of the house in a few years, you can get a share of the money.

The worst is the third type, who swallows his anger and asks someone to sell the house.Because the property rights are not clear, this kind of house usually cannot be sold for a price.For a courtyard house like Li Lidong's, it is normal for the market price to be 6000 to 2000 yuan, but in such a situation, no one is willing to take over even [-] yuan.

Lin Weimin heard from colleagues in the editorial department that one family had already settled in Shaanxi and did not want to return to Yanjing. They asked someone to sell the house, but the highest bid was 200 yuan.

The courtyard is the same as Li Lidong's and his family's, with ten rooms, even if it costs 200 yuan per room, it costs 2000 yuan, not to mention that it is a detached courtyard.

So, no matter what year it is, honest people will always suffer the most.

After looking around the house, Lin Weimin felt that the house as a whole was more in line with his needs. It was six or seven miles away from Chaonei Street, and he could get there in 10 to [-] minutes by bicycle, which was quite convenient for commuting.

Needless to say the geographical location, Shichahai is not considered a first-class location, but later generations belong to Yanjing's tourist attractions, and the surrounding environment is not bad.

After Lin Weimin winked at Li Guangfu, he asked, "Brother Li, what price do you plan to sell this house for?"

Li Lidong glanced at Li Guangfu, hesitated, "5000 yuan?"

From the moment he entered the door, Lin Weimin could tell that this elder brother was an honest man with a bit of a literary plot. When he heard that he was a writer, his eyes changed.

"5000 yuan..." Lin Weimin mused and did not speak.

Li Lidong thought he was getting taller, so he wanted to say a few words, "Mr. Lin, my house is in good condition. It was just repaired last year. You don't need to repair it when you live in it. All the furniture is left." here you are."

Most of the furniture in Li Lidong's house is made of rosewood and wenge, and they are relatively well preserved.Li Lidong also pointed out that the Eight Immortals table and chairs used in their family were made of Huanghuali.

Lin Weimin said with a smile: "Well, it's only 5000 yuan."

Li Guangfu glanced at Lin Weimin unexpectedly, but did not speak.

Li Lidong was overjoyed immediately, "Oh, this is great."

Nowadays, information is not circulating, and it is not easy to buy and sell houses.In Yanjing City, not many houses have been sold out in the past two years, but there are not many people who bought houses.

Both the appearance and the interior of their house are very well preserved. They are a bit unwilling to sell at a low price, and fear that no one will buy them if they are sold at a high price. They are very entangled.

The worst result is to go to the housing management bureau, and the housing management bureau will accept the house for 200 yuan per room.If you don't trust anyone, you can probably sell it at this price, but you don't know when it will be arranged.

The Housing Authority's funds are also limited, and it is impossible to buy them all at once, so they all have to be lined up slowly.It is not so easy to cash out the house.

Therefore, it was not easy for Li Lidong and his family to meet such a happy buyer as Lin Weimin.

It stands to reason that the buyer should negotiate the price, but this Teacher Lin was so happy that he didn't even pay back the price. Li Lidong's heart was filled with more respect for Teacher Lin.

With an acquaintance like Li Guangfu around, the two parties first drew up a sales contract, Lin Weimin paid the deposit, and made an appointment to go to the Housing Management Bureau on Monday to go through the formalities.

Coming out of Li's house, Li Guangfu asked: "Mr. Lin, if you bargained the price just now, you should be able to negotiate a lot."

Lin Weimin said with a smile, "The house is pretty good. It's worth the money. There's no need to bargain. With you as the middleman, I can buy it with confidence."

Li Guangfu immediately understood that Lin Weimin was saving face for himself, and he was moved, "Mr. Lin, thank you."

"Thank you for what? I have to thank you for introducing me to a good house." He patted Li Guangfu's arm and continued: "I have inquired about a lot of yards that sell out these days, and some of them cost 2000 yuan. You can get it for 2000 yuan, but such a house costs at least [-] yuan for repairs. This time, it’s great to buy one that saves trouble.”

Li Guangfu nodded, "Thank you anyway."

"Besides, we'll see each other. Why are you so polite between friends?" Lin Weimin said boldly.

Li Guangfu was secretly happy to be treated like this by Lin Weimin.

Let's not talk about Mr. Lin's talent and identity, just the way he handles things today is admirable.

As everyone knows, Lin Weimin didn't negotiate the price purely because of the unwillingness of a latecomer. Thinking that the price of this courtyard house would increase tens of thousands of times in the future, he felt very sympathetic to Li Lidong and his family.

I went overseas and struggled for a lifetime, and finally saved some money to return home, but found that the money I earned all my life could not even buy the house that I sold that year.

He is not short of money now, so the little money he bargained for can be regarded as a psychological comfort.

On Monday, Lin Weimin took a special leave of absence and went to the real estate office with Li Lidong and Li Guangfu to go through the formalities of buying a house. He paid 5000 yuan, and the deed of the courtyard house in Shichahai was also in Lin Weimin's hands.

Three days later, Li Lidong's family moved out of the courtyard and handed over the key to Lin Weimin.

(End of this chapter)