Rebirth of England

Ivanta couldn't understand what the Chinese man next to him named Yan Hegui said in Chinese.

But after Barron's question, she looked around the inside of the yard, frowned slightly, and said:

"It looks very Chinese-style from the outside, but the decoration inside is a bit too old and needs some renovation to make it suitable for living..."

"You're right, honey, believe me, after some renovations, this place will amaze you."

At first, Barron didn't think much more about it, but after Yan Hegui's words, Barron finally remembered that the location of this courtyard house was the very famous one owned by Rupert Murdoch in his previous life. I bought the courtyard house that was given to Wendy Deng after the divorce.

It's just that in the photos he saw in his previous life, they all showed the appearance of this courtyard house after it had been renovated and decorated. At first, he really didn't connect the two.

If he remembered correctly, it seemed that Murdoch in the original time and space bought this courtyard house at about this time.

Thinking of this, Barron said to Yan Hegui:

"Mr. Yan, how much does it cost to buy this building?"

"Your Highness the Duke, just call me Agui. Your Chinese is really good..."

After sighing at the young Duke's fluent Chinese, Yan Hegui said respectfully:

"As for the price of this house, to be honest, I'm just giving an introduction. I'm not specialized in doing this. I can arrange for you to discuss it with the owner. However, the price disparity in courtyard houses now has a lot to do with the location and condition. This The location of the courtyard house is currently the best, and it should cost 35,000 to 40,000 per square meter..."

Today's courtyard house transactions are still priced based on building area, unlike later when they began to be priced based on floor area.

You must know that all courtyard houses are bungalows. If the price is based on the building area, it means that the yard is not included in the price. Often, the building area of ​​a courtyard house only accounts for about 40% of the floor area...

His price was similar to what Murdoch paid for this place in his previous life, so Barron said:

"Please contact the owner, I'm going to buy this place."

"Okay, then our other places..."

Sure enough, he is a rich man. Although Yan Hegui has not seen rich people before, he decided to buy such a house worth hundreds of millions in just a few words - they had not been here for fifteen minutes, and they couldn't help but He was secretly speechless.

But what surprised Yan Hegui even more was what Barron said next:

"Let's go and have a look too. I'm also going to buy a few more houses if it's suitable."

In Barron's opinion, the value of the courtyard house bought by Murdoch in the original time and space increased tenfold after ten years. Twenty years later, the courtyard house in this location was even more expensive and unmarketable.

Unlike those modern residential areas, the total number of courtyard houses in the capital will not increase, or even decrease. They can be said to be scarce resources.

In his previous life, Barron was engaged in the financial industry, and had contact with some wealthy people, and learned about the Yanjing Courtyard...

At that time, he read a set of data, which said that during the Qianlong period, there were 26,000 courtyards in Yanjing. During the Republic of China, the number increased slightly, to about 30,000.

But by the 1980s, there were only more than 6,000 buildings left, of which more than 3,000 were relatively intact...

In 2012, "Yanjing Siheyuan Chronicle" was published, and only 923 courtyards were included in it.

Among these more than 900 courtyard houses, the amount that can be traded is very small, estimated to be less than 300.

Of course, this does not include those mixed courtyards, such as those with three or five rooms or those with no pattern, which are not considered quadrangle courtyards.

That is to say, the rich have not started to buy on a large scale yet - because starting this year, Yanjing has only begun to lift the household registration restrictions on the purchase of courtyard houses.

On the contrary, in the past two years, Yanjing dealt with the historical issues of "standard rent", that is, the government funded the construction of resettlement housing and vacated the tenants who had previously lived in private houses for various reasons...

To put it simply, in the early days, due to various reasons, some people who did not have property rights in the courtyard houses were arranged to live in these courtyard houses.

After a period of time, even if the property owner of the courtyard wanted to sell the houses, the tenants were unwilling to move out, which led to a lot of wrangling and ultimately a mess.

After Yanjing handled the matter, the courtyard houses were finally returned to the property owners, allowing them to obtain complete rights to dispose of the houses.

So during that period, owners of courtyard houses who had previously been unable to sell their homes due to these reasons were finally able to sell their properties.

A large number of privately owned courtyard houses that can be traded appeared in the market, which also caused the transaction price of the entire Yanjing courtyard house to fall by about 20% for a period of time last year.

Therefore, it is better to buy a courtyard house now. Although the price is much more expensive than a building - the average price of the entire Yanjing property market at this time is around 4,000 yuan, while the average price of a courtyard house is between 20,000 and 40,000 yuan, but for Barron, as his short-term As for residence, then the courtyard house can naturally better reflect his identity.

After all, with the soul of a Chinese in the previous life, the love for courtyard houses is engraved in the bones.

So Barron also plans to look at other courtyard houses, such as the current one, which is just an entrance courtyard with a small area. The building area is only about 250 square meters, and the yard area is less than 700 square meters.

If there is a larger courtyard behind, especially a three- or four-entry courtyard, even if the location is slightly further than here, Barron will buy it together.

"Do you really want to buy this place? My dear."

Barron and Yan Hegui were talking in Chinese. Although Ivanta couldn't understand the conversation between the two, she still had Wang Wanting beside her who could act as a translator, so she also knew that Barron really wanted to buy this place. .

"Yes, honey. You have to know that this house is only separated from the Forbidden City next to it by a river. If we later convert part of the house here into a high-rise building, then imagine that we can see the Forbidden City from the floor-to-ceiling windows of the bedroom. The view inside, isn’t that cool? And don’t think it’s a bit shabby now, but believe me, after the renovation, it will definitely be more charming than those villas on the Upper East Side.”

After saying these words to Ivanta, Barron turned to Yan Hegui and asked:

"By the way, Mr. Yan, I know you are an expert in courtyard houses, so I wonder if you can introduce some design and construction teams that have more experience in the repair and renovation of ancient buildings like courtyards? You can rest assured that the price It’s not a problem, I just want the final effect!”

"You are asking for the right idea, Your Highness the Duke. If you want to renovate this kind of courtyard house to preserve its original style, it really needs some effort... I know a decoration company, and they have hired some experts in ancient architecture. , I have done similar projects before, I can help you ask."

To be honest, although the decoration effect of Wendi Deng's courtyard house he had seen in his previous life looked very beautiful, it still lacked a little antique flavor, and Barron's requirements for this were even higher.

If possible, he would also like to buy some mahogany furniture from the Ming and Qing Dynasties to put in his courtyard house.