r/BEReal_Estate

I made a “Tinder for (belgian) Immo” app. Looking for feedback.
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I made a “Tinder for (belgian) Immo” app. Looking for feedback.

Hi all,

Similarly to u/Jerome0512 ‘s imino.be, I also built a solution to a problem I’m experiencing during our search for a house.

Not the best, greatest, fastest indexing and searching tool, but a simple app to go through my listings daily and keep track of progress, appointments, our thoughts after a house visit, etc.

It is called SWIMMO (get it? Swiping immo) and is available on the App Store (not android - yet, sorry)

I truly think this will come in handy for a lot of folks going through their immo search. No difficulties making excels, keeping track of which listings we both like, tracking appointments and sharing notes/pictures after we went to view a place.

Very much a first version but incredibly curious what you think about it! Is this something that you’d find helpful? What would make it better? Happy to hear your thoughts and ques

u/Dafas — 15 hours ago
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Hi all,

I recently bought an apartment in Brussels and I’m facing a few issues with the flooring and I’d really appreciate some advice.

The apartment was advertised (clearly, mentioned 5 times in the listing) as having solid wood parquet throughout. It's not the type of thing you can easily identify by just looking at it (afaik)

After moving in, I decided to have the floor sanded and refinished. During the process, I was told that the parquet is actually semi-solid, not solid wood.

On top of that, there are some defects:

  • In one area (middle of the hallway), the top layer seems to be detaching now that it has been sanded thinking it was solid wood.
  • The sanding result is not great, the guys who did the renovation told me the layer is too thin to do a proper job.
  • Overall, the floor doesn’t behave like solid wood would.

I understand this might seems trivial but I'm just pissed and spend a crap load of my money on this renovation and I can't get the result I wanted.

What should I do and can I realistically get back to either the seller or the agency ?

Anyone already been in a similar situation ?

Thanks!

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u/dirismiti — 13 days ago
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Wij zijn al een tijdje op de markt voor een appartement als investering (verhuur). Ik wil hier niet de discussie starten of dit op zich interessant is of niet. Voor ons is het een diversificatie in onze beleggingen.

We hebben een aantal projecten bekeken (allemaal nieuwbouw, de ene al verder gevorderd dan de andere) en hebben min of meer een keuze gemaakt. De financiering is gecheckt met de bank dus daar moeten we ook alleen nog maar kribbelen.

Het proces nadert met andere woorden zijn afronding. We vroegen ons echter af of er mensen zijn die ervaring hebben met finale onderhandelingen met de makelaar?

Het hoeft niet perse op puur prijs te zijn dat de eventueel nog iets uit de brand willen slepen. Extra budget voor bijvoorbeeld de keuken of een berging bij de parkeerplaats of ... Is ook leuk. Project in kwestie is nog een tijd van oplevering verwijderd, moeilijk in te schatten hoeveel er werkelijk reeds verkocht is.

Benieuwd naar jullie ervaringen zowel vanuit kopers als makelaarshoek.

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u/CapablePool7283 — 5 days ago
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I have a house in 1080 that I bought and renovated 10 years ago. But I'm ready to move to another commune within Brussels. I was thinking of renting out the house and buying something else in another commune instead of selling it.

However, since it's a big single family house (250m2) it would have to be a colocation. I hardly see single family listings on immoweb in Molenbeek. It would be for 2 young people who want to live close to the center. 1 shared living room and kitchen and each person has their own bedroom on each floor.

Anyone have experience with colocation renting? How do you approach this, do you find them yourself separately or do they present themself together? You post this on FB groups? What about contracts? How are your experiences with renting out real estate in Brussels?

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u/iznie — 10 days ago