Got a 3BHK to suit all your needs? What about your furry, feathered, and finned members of the family? They need your time, attention and a comfortable stay too. Most pet owners do not keep their pet’s necessities in mind while buying a new property. Just like your little one needs their playtime, your pet needs space to move around easily and safely in the house.

Keep reading to learn what you should be looking for, and how a little planning can go a long way to help you restructure your daily routine to keep your pet safe and joyful.

Prepare Your Home For The Pet

Look out for choking, strangulation, electrocution, and suffocation hazards. Cut through any loops, and unplug or cover wires and electrical cords.

Be cautious with human foods and medications and store them where pets can access them.

Keep away “ladders” from their reach to limit their access to elevated areas like countertops and tabletops.

Make sure to dispose trash daily to keep pets from rummaging through it. Use stainless steel and rubber trash cans and sprinkle baking soda to keep away odors.

Some indoor plants can cause health hazards in pets. For example, lilies and other common, but toxic, plants like amaryllis, poinsettia, mums, and aloe-vera are harmful to many pets. Make sure you understand the implications of your chosen plant on your pet before bringing it in.

Latch out cleaning items to keep them away from your pet and prevent them from swallowing chemicals.

Always keep toilet lid down to eliminate risks or poisoning and drowning.

The term High-Rise Syndrome has been coined from all cats that die due to jumping out of windows. Make sure you have nets to cover open windows to avoid any accidents of such kind.

Create a danger-free zone with their favourite toys to help them spend their playtime and ensure you have enough space in your home by keeping minimal furniture at least in one of the rooms.

Always remember, well-exercised pets are less likely to get into trouble, and more likely to rest well at night instead of barking or whining for attention. Try to get a trainer for your dog to keep him fit and in good shape.

Things to Consider Before Getting A Pet

If you are a pet-owner already, the first important thing to make sure before moving into a new property is to confirm if the society allows members to keep pets. It is also advisable to check if the society is able to ensure the pet’s well-being at all times.

What are your rights as a pet owner?

  It is not legal to not allow pets in a housing society and is considered to be a direct violation of the Constitution of India. Under Section 51(A) it is the duty of every citizen to respect and have compassion for all life forms in India.

  Members of the society should always be kind to your pet and the members should abide by the law, in-sync with Section 11(3) of The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960.

  If your neighbour is complaining about your pet’s bark or whine, you are not to apologise as it is a natural form of expression and it has to be tolerated in a society.

What are your responsibilities as a pet owner?

However, it is equally important for the pet-owners to be responsible for their pet and train them accordingly so that it is not causing trouble for other residents.

  Designate a time for pet walk and make sure they do not defaecate in the open.

  Always keep your pets vaccinated.

  Clean spots that are messed up by your pet to avoid others from stepping on them.

  Keep your pet away from those who do not prefer them to avoid any unnecessary arguments and incidents.

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Starting a new life together requires making a number of thoughtful decisions both financial and logistical. It important to ensure that investing on a new home makes sure your long-term finances are not affected. While you decide to buy new property, we advise you to keep in mind certain essential that must be taken into consideration before you have made your call.

What are the necessary considerations for newlyweds planning on buying their first house? How these elements can affect long-term financial stability as a family?

Planning in advance

While planning your first home, you should pay the equal amount of attention to details as you did while planning your wedding. It includes how you want it to look, where you want to reside in future and what kind of neighborhood you are looking for. It is necessary to take your partner’s opinion into consideration to ensure making a common call before you invest.

Keep your priorities set

Modern couples get married only when they are financially stable and capable of taking responsibilities. Some of them already have a property before getting married. In such cases, one should be clear about each other’s priorities. If a large amount of EMI keeps you from enjoying your passion for travelling or family needs, it may not be a wise decision to invest on a new property at all. It is advisable to choose a home based on your lifestyle and needs instead of trying to fit into a new one. You should also keep in mind the uncertainties that may affect your present plans and relook into your investments to avoid disruptions in future.

Plan for the future-not present

Another aspect to consider before investing is whether the property will be appropriate for needs that may arise in future too. As newlyweds one may feel a 2BHK is enough for both of them. However, future decisions of planning a family are a big element many do not consider at all. One mus prepare according to one’s future plans pf having a family and investing on a spacious property instead of settling for one that only fits their budget.

Look past the initial value

Investments may give you good returns in future if bought right. You may be ready to buy another property in future which might be a bigger one or closer to the city and other amenities. It is important to buy your first property such that it can be used as a rental in future and be a revenue generating investment. Consider the long-term value instead of rushing into buying a property by looking past the initial value of it. If you feel the dearth of insight, you may curb it completely.

Plan together for budget

Another very crucial decision is to discuss the budget with your partner before investing on any property. You should also decide about the EMI payments and if that seems to be too high to manage daily finances. Work out a way to divide the EMI payments so that there is a balance between what you want and what you can afford.

Break the rose colored glasses

As a newly married couple, it is quite normal to plan your first home emotionally. However, this is one decision you will regret later. The factors that decide a good investment are location, commute, security, long-term aptness, health facilities and also the cost of renovations. The first home may not be the one you will be staying at forever, but it is important to be suitable for your needs to be living a happy life.

Real estate seconds agriculture in the nation’s GDP with a contribution of 8% which is predicted to be growing to 13% by 2025 with commercial realty aggressively boosting the economy in the future years. Considering these facts, the Budget 2021 witnesses a major investment push in the real estate sector by our Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. A large part of the real estate consisting of office spaces has shown consistent growth of 27% each year followed by retail and warehousing.

Let us have a look into what might be a benefit and what could have been included to boost real estate through the Budget 2021.

Announcements to Boost the Realty Sector We Applaud

Tax benefits for affordable housing and private investment formats such as Real Estate Investment Trusts and Infrastructure Investment Trusts (REITs and InvITs) have been some major reasons for the realty sector to witness such growth despite the pandemic in 2020. The tax exemption benefit and interest deduction on loans has been proposed to be extended by another year until March 2022.

Tax exemption for Affordable Rental Housing Projects to make rental homes more reachable to aid migrant workers is a genuinely commendable move which shall make renting homes easier for them.

The Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has incentivised the REITs and InvITs with the exemptions on TDS (tax deducted at source) that counts for a step taken with greater foresight. She has also given projection for permission of foreign portfolio investors for the public in order to increase participation and cash-flow into the real estate and infrastructure sector.

Indirect measures to assist the realty sector to boost capital appreciation of local properties is also being proposed by the FM which includes adding funds to infrastructure development.

Measures We Anticipated for Inclusion

2020 has been a disappointing year for the economy globally and while the financial markets where drowned, real estate has been the only one to gain momentum by the third quarter. Despite such performances, real estate has still not been given industry status even now when liquidity can be immensely helpful in recovering from the pandemic-related impediments. Doing this would be beneficial to the NBFCs, HFCs and banks to regain NPAs resulting in the overall profit of the entire economy. This would have been extremely profitable for the developers to refinance their outstanding.

Rational capital supply, access to funds and longer repayment cycles are some more measures that developers were looking forward to.

With common people diving deeper into real estate investing, it was also expected to extend benefits given to REITs to shared or fractional ownership that would eventually attract more investments in the commercial realty sector.

While the announcements have been predicting benefits for the sector, there are some areas that have gone overlooked even in these projections. The Budget, therefore, makes us hopeful for inclusion of the above discussed measures by the government sooner or later.