Chapter 31: 31. Taking a Fancy to the House (Seeking collections, seeking recommendation votes!)

The next morning, Zhang Sicheng and his wife finished breakfast early and went to work, while Zhang Ran first took the two children to school and then wanted to look around, but he subsequently received a call from Meng Xin.

"Mr. Zhang, I have found a few more houses here. Do you think you have time to take a look now?" Meng Xin said.

Zhang Ran said, "Fine, give me an address, and we will head over there now."

"The first house is still in Azure Garden. I have already obtained the key, so I will wait for you here."

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Ran immediately called Meng Mingxuan up, and then they went over together to view the house.

"Uncle Zhang." Meng Mingxuan greeted him after seeing Zhang Ran; it was evident that he had not slept well the previous night.

Zhang Ran said casually, "Have you eaten breakfast?"

"Not yet. Why don't you go view the house first, and I'll eat some breakfast?" Meng Mingxuan said with a grin. He felt that viewing houses was very boring, and he always felt a bit of pressure when he was with Zhang Ran.

He did not know if this pressure was because he had grown up listening to Zhang Ran's stories or because of something else.

Zhang Ran glanced at him and said, "It's fine. Young people won't be harmed by skipping a meal or two. Remember to sleep early and wake up early from now on, that way you won't go hungry."

Upon hearing Zhang Ran say this, Meng Mingxuan's face immediately fell, knowing that there was no hope for breakfast today.

When they arrived at Azure Garden, Meng Xin was waiting at the main gate. Seeing the two of them approaching, she immediately came up to greet them.

"Mr. Zhang, please come this way." Meng Xin led the way in front.

"The house we are going to look at this time is a raw unit, but it is on the first floor of the first phase of Azure Garden. It comes with a garden and a basement. The layout and location are both excellent, and the area is exactly 143 square meters..." Meng Xin briefly introduced the situation of the house to Zhang Ran and the others.

In fact, she did not hold much hope for this house either; firstly, the price was expensive, and secondly, it was because it was a raw unit.

The reason Meng Xin chose to look at this one first was also to give Zhang Ran a price comparison and dispel some of his unrealistic ideas about houses; this was a common tactic in sales.

Zhang Ran did not speak, signaling to take a look first before saying anything.

When they arrived at the place, Zhang Ran's eyes lit up.

This house was located right in the middle of the residential complex, the distance between the buildings in front and back was relatively far, and not far in front was the complex's garden.

"Mr. Zhang, don't look at it as just a first-floor unit; the lighting and such are not bad at all. This can be considered the 'king of buildings' location in this complex," Meng Xin introduced.

They were currently standing directly in front of the house, and outside there was exactly a 100-square-meter garden.

"You can open a door here, and you can enter from the living room. When you have nothing to do, you can raise flowers or something here.

Also, you can build a sunroom here, which is also a very good choice." Meng Xin's eloquence was still decent, and she spoke like a rushing river when introducing the house.

"Let's go in and take a look," Zhang Ran said.

Meng Xin led Zhang Ran and the others into the house, and then she began to introduce the layout inside.

"This is a genuine three-bedroom, two-living room, two-bathroom unit. The master bedroom has an en-suite bathroom, it is transparent from north to south, and two bedrooms face south. It is the best type of layout."

Zhang Ran really liked this house immediately; the layout was very proper, and it had a small garden. The key was that there were two levels of basement below.

The three rooms on the first basement level facing south all had skylights, so during the day, even without turning on the lights, the lighting was quite good.

The area of the second basement level was much smaller, but it was completely sufficient to make a home theater and a small bar.

Zhang Ran had initially thought about just buying an ordinary three-bedroom, two-living room, two-bathroom house, but he had indeed taken a fancy to this house at first sight; the connection was there.

Moreover, with a house like this, there was no need to worry about not having enough rooms in the future, and even less need to worry about it being inconvenient to live together.

If it really didn't work out, he could live on the first basement level himself. Although the sunlight was a bit worse, he only used it for sleeping and didn't need anything else.

And there was also this 100-square-meter large garden, for which he also had his own uses.

"Mr. Zhang, what do you think of this house?" After carefully looking at the house two or three times, Meng Xin asked.

This was just going through the motions; every time after viewing a house, she had to ask for the client's feelings to grasp the client's psychology.

Meng Xin didn't hold much hope either; she was already prepared to take Zhang Ran to see the next house.

But who knew that Meng Xin would hear Zhang Ran say, "This is the one. How much?"

Meng Xin was stunned for a moment, then somewhat pleasantly surprised, but also somewhat apprehensive; the price of this house was not cheap.

"Mr. Zhang, because this house has a garden and two levels of basement, the unit price is a bit more expensive," Meng Xin said, first setting a precaution.

Zhang Ran smiled and said, "I know. Just tell me the price, and I'll see if I can accept it."

Seeing that Zhang Ran was not joking, Meng Xin was suddenly a little excited. "The property certificate area of this house is 143.8 square meters; the basement and garden are not counted in the property certificate area.

The usable area of this house is about over three hundred square meters. The landlord's asking price is 11.2 million, with a unit price of around 78,000."

After Meng Xin finished stating the price, she looked at Zhang Ran somewhat apprehensively. Seeing Zhang Ran wanting to say something, she immediately said, "It's like this, are you paying by loan or full payment?"

"Is there any difference?" Zhang Ran asked curiously.

"The landlord's meaning is that if it is full payment, then the price can still be negotiated." In fact, Meng Xin's meaning was also very obvious; whether it was a loan or not, the price could be negotiated, it was just that one couldn't say it like that.

To put it bluntly, Meng Xin also didn't count on Zhang Ran being able to pay in full at once.

Zhang Ran also understood her meaning, but didn't care about it. "Let's do full payment. When does the landlord have time? We can sit down and talk."

Meng Xin was stunned for a moment, then her heartbeat suddenly accelerated. If this deal went through, she wouldn't need to work for half a year.

And looking at Zhang Ran's manner, it seemed that over ten million didn't catch his eye. She and her colleagues might have misjudged; the person in front of her was not just a friend of a rich second generation, but seemed to be a rich second generation himself, just one who liked to pretend to be poor.

"I'll make a call to ask right now, please wait a moment," Meng Xin said hurriedly.

She then walked to the side and started to make a call. After the call went through, Meng Xin explained the situation.

"Mr. Zhang, the landlord has time right now. Why don't we go to the store and wait for the landlord first? The landlord said they can arrive in half an hour," Meng Xin said, suppressing her excitement.

She hadn't been in this line of work for a short time, and she knew that the success rate of being able to sit down and talk immediately was basically very high, while for those who went back to consider it and waited a few days to talk, the success rate would not be very high.

Because buying a house, to be honest, is actually a kind of impulse consumption. If they go back, the person buying the house will definitely start to ponder various things in their heart, and perhaps their psychological price point will start to lower along with this pondering, and the difficulty of negotiation will also increase.

Therefore, being able to sit down and talk immediately is the best thing.