How We Bought Our First House |A Guide for Young Professionals |South African YouTubers #southafrica

Hey Family!!

This video is about how we managed to buy our first home in our first year of marriage! We are sharing tips on how you too can make the leap into being a property owner! This is part of our marriage journey. We hope you enjoy the video. #OurFirstHome

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[Mafanedza]

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[lebogangnkabinde]

If this isn't God I don't know what is. You guys popped up just while I was in the planning stage of buying a house. This is so helpful. "If a house is for you, God will come through" I am trusting this

[thandimabasa]

Yhooo thank you guys for this video. It is soooo informative. Thank you thank you thank you❤️


I can’t wait to come back to this video with my future husband who I have not met lol. And then I will show him this comment 😄. We gotta have faith innit?!

[millykhumalo]

This is very important topic, especially for im in a process of buying a house but you are talking over each other, please give each other a chance so that we can hear properly.

[millykhumalo]

I think i will let you know, when ready need some tips.

[sihlemcoseli]

I'm in the process of buying and I'm so glad I got to do my research before committing to anything. Thank you guys so much your video is so informative and very detailed as well. Now I know what I'm up against ♥️

[SifisoK]

This is very informative I’m only 5min in and I can tell you you’ve highlighted crucial points already.

Will keep watching, thank you for this. 🎉

[mmatsie_tsotetsi]

Thank you so much for this video. It's soo helpful. My husband and I are planning on buying our first house as a married couple. I bought one before i for married and I agree bond originators are the best. They do all the work for you. Will definitely follow these steps because there were some mistakes i made when i bought my first house

[SifisoK]

Guys thank you so much for this video, very insightful, please don’t stop, do more of these informative videos, a lot of us young professionals don’t know such steps or aren’t as informed as yet.

You ask a Malome/ Aunt/ or even a parent and they only tell you so much, not to the full extent.

So this was definitely very informative.

[raymondledwaba]

Thank you so much, we have taken a lot of pointers from this video we really appreciate it and may God bless yal 🙏🏽

[fulumulibana]

This vlog is very informative. So many points to take note of. Thanks for sharing.

[zimkhithamanyana]

Very informative, thank you so much for this!!

[simphiwexashe]

Are you guys both in the medical field?

[hmlife]

Thank you so much for this informative video

[carrellemaleya]

Woooow, I usually never comment on YouTube or any social media platform but I felt a real connection, it felt as if I we were having conversations with a friend couple. Your detailed experience is outstanding. I really appreciate it.
PS: thank you for emphasising that it's was by God's grace...
I am in love with your work. Thank you for the the inspiration. 🙏

[mpumitwala]

what's the difference between transfer costs and transfer duties?

A house was purchased for under 1 million but the owners paid for the transfer costs and bond registration

the cost that took me by surprise was that when you register for rates and water and electricity you pay a fee for that too, it was around 4k and some change.

to get a prepaid meter so that you pay for the electricity you actually consume, the Ethekwini municipality charges 3k.

[siyoliseketse]

This is so informative, i wish i had heard all this before purchasing a year ago.. i just signed OTP at retail value due to “pressure” from other prospective buyers lol

[mpumitwala]

the first house I got in 2021 the interest rate was 6.25% mind you the house I got now is the same price as the one in 2021 but the interest rate is way up and it added 2k extra to the bod

[gugumavundla]

Great video guys and congratulations once again on your new home. I’ve subscribed and waiting since the 29th when you’d said you would drop it 😅

We’ve once offered full price on a home 🙈😵‍💫😭 But in our defence I was highly pregnant (with twins!!!) and gatvol of house hunting and our then home had sold much faster than we expected when we listed so we were technically homeless 😅

Next time, I’m definitely negotiating that interest rate like our lives depend on it and negotiating the purchase price. Great advice 🙌🏾

Please make a video about the strategy you used to save for the transfer fees and bond registration and still have funds to do renovations afterwards

[leahmanzere]

Dr Mela looking pretty as per usual!😻🗣