Several common problems of self-built houses in Canada

Invest in Canadian real estate, but some immigrants like to buy land and build houses in Canada. So, what should Canada pay attention to when buying land to build a house? Let's take a look at several common problems of foreign countries building houses in Canada.

There are two possibilities for building houses in most areas. One is to buy vacant land to build a house, and the other is more common to buy an old house to tear down and rebuild. Either way, we should pay attention to avoid major problems that may cause economic losses.

Underground oil tank

In North America in 1950s, the popular heating method was oil heating, which was gradually replaced by electric heating and gas heating. But there are still many old houses with untreated fuel tanks, some on the ground and some buried underground. Due to the age, many buried oil tanks began to rot, leak oil and pollute soil and groundwater. Therefore, whether it is investment or self-occupation, as long as the old fuel tank is found, it must be removed. But it costs money to clean up, especially those oil tanks that have caused pollution, not only to clean up, but also to pay for cleaning up contaminated soil. In Vancouver, a landlord spent 80,000 yuan to clean the old fuel tank in order to sell his old house.

Prospective owners must pay attention to avoid old houses with old fuel tanks when choosing land. If it is really unavoidable, it should also be stipulated in the purchase contract that the cost of cleaning the fuel tank must be borne by the original owner. Some car owners may hide underground fuel tanks, or they don't even know there are underground fuel tanks. It is necessary for prospective owners to hire a professional fuel tank detector to test the house before buying a house.

Shimian in the old house

Asbestos has excellent thermal insulation performance, but it is toxic and carcinogenic. Before 1990, the government banned the sale of asbestos products in the market, about 300,000 to 400,000 families in Canada used asbestos as a filler in attics. Demolishing these old houses full of asbestos may cause serious pollution and high garbage disposal costs.

Demolition of asbestos house is very time-consuming and laborious, and it must be reported to government departments before construction. Before construction, the whole building should be wrapped with tarpaulin and treated with negative pressure. Workers should wear special protective clothing, use special garbage bags and pay 4000 yuan for a special garbage truck. It takes a week to tear down a house, which costs 8000 to 1000 yuan more than ordinary houses. There are basically asbestos materials in the houses in the 1950s and 1990s, but there is little difference.

Lack of water supply and drainage facilities

Some friends in China especially yearn for the artistic conception of "picking chrysanthemums under the hedge and seeing Nanshan leisurely". They like to buy land and build houses in relatively secluded places, and sometimes even buy a piece of farmland where they can build houses. It was not until the building was built that it was discovered that there were no supporting water supply and drainage facilities on these lands. Even some not too remote areas may have this problem. For example, there is no public sewage system in many places east of No.4 Richmond Road. In order to solve these problems, some prospective owners ask people to dig wells to solve the water problem, while others build their own sewage systems. Generally, a family of three needs at least 30,000 yuan to build a sewage system.

Neighbor's opinion

When building houses in many areas, the relevant departments may solicit the opinions of neighbors and even hold hearings on the planning of new houses. Neighbors have different requirements in different places. The older and more tasteful a community is, the more needs its neighbors have. Some communities not only require the architectural style to be consistent with the surrounding areas, but also require the color of the house to be consistent with the color of the neighbors. In some high-end residential areas, it may take up to five years to demolish old houses and build new ones.

right of way

Although you own some plots, the government or public utility companies have the right to carry out construction around or even inside the plots, such as laying pipelines and cables, which will bring serious troubles to the owners' lives and destroy the vegetation and even facilities on the plots. Before buying land, you can go to the real estate bureau and spend a little money to do a property search to see if there is this problem. In fact, property search can not only understand the right of way, but also understand the homework that must be done before buying a house or land. Through property right search, people can know whether there is an injunction on the house or plot, whether there are outstanding loans and so on. Builders need to know the precautions for buying land and building houses locally, and take precautions against risks in advance, otherwise they will start building houses rashly without doing their homework beforehand, which is likely to suffer unnecessary losses.