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| I. Buying a House 1. TEXTS Text 1.Buying a House: Daydream or Nightmare Text 2Buying a House in England 2. VOCABULARY EXERCISES 3. DIALOGUES 4. ADDITIONAL MATERIAL II. REAL ESTATE Text 1. Real Estate Text 2.Understanding Real Estate Finance the Key to your Success Text 3.Real Estate Investment the Next Step Forward Text 4.How Flipping Real Estate Can Help you with your Property? III. HOME READING Text 1 Types of Flippers Text 2 Real Estate Investment Advisers Team that Defines your Success Text 3 Housing in Britain Best Value for Money IV. TOPICAL VOCABULARY |
I. BUYING A HOUSE
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Before you start
Answer the question:
1. Is it difficult to buy a house or a flat in country?
2. Where do you apply for if you want to buy a flat? Who can help you?
I. TEXTS
Read the following texts and you will learn if there is a great problem for British people to buy or sell a house or flat.
Text 1. Buying a House: Daydream or Nightmare
I recently heard from my old friend Norman. He called to tell me that he has decided to buy a house. That's very interesting because I'm thinking about buying a house too. Sometimes I sit alone at my desk before work and draw houses. I think I'll call a real estate agent next week, so I can begin to look for a house. Or maybe I'll wait. I'm just not sure.
Norman is a dentist. He wants to have his office in his house. So the house has to be large with two separate entrances. Norman told me that he hasn't been himself lately. He thinks about houses morning, noon and night. He looks at houses with his fiancee in different towns every week. He looks at the prime lending rate every week. Sometimes he heard about houses he liked a lot. He went back to see it a week later. The owner had already sold it. Another time he saw a beautiful house. It was perfect the right size, close to the city, near public transportation. It had a huge yard, and it even had a swimming pool. It looked like the house where he was born. His fiancée loved too, and the price was right. He made an offer the next morning so he would not lose the house. But then he had a house inspected. Poor Norman! The house had termites, asbestos in the basement, leaking water piper, and a broken hot water heater. He was very disappointed. His fiancée wanted to give up. Norman wanted to try again. Hes been looking for a year.
I wish him good luck.
