What does ready to move mean?

What does "ready to move" describe?

A unit that is finished and handed over, fit to occupy on the day you receive it. The structure is complete, the service connections are in place, the interiors are at the finishing level recorded for that unit, and the keys have been delivered. You can furnish it and live in it without waiting for any part of it to be built.

The phrase describes the condition of the unit, not of everything around it. Landscaping, the clubhouse and later phases of the same project can still be works in progress while the unit you bought is ready to move.

What is the difference between ready to move and off-plan?

An off-plan unit is bought before it is built: you sign, you pay under the payment plan, and you receive the unit in the delivery year written on the listing. The delivery years the catalogue shows today run to 2032, so much of what is listed is bought years before anyone can live in it.

A ready unit is the other end of the same line. Its delivery year has arrived, the building is complete, and what remains is the handover. On a listing, the delivery year is the field that tells the two apart: a year that has passed, or the current year, describes a unit that is at or past handover.

Does ready to move mean fully finished?

No. Delivery and finishing are two separate records. A unit can be handed over on its delivery date and still be core and shell — structure, walls and service connections with the interior left for you — and that unit is not ready to move until it is finished. A fully finished unit arrives painted and floored, with the kitchen and the bathrooms in place. The finishing level for the unit you are buying is written in the finishing schedule of the contract, and it is the item to read beside the delivery year.

What happens between delivery and moving in?

The developer notifies you that the unit is ready for handover. You inspect it on site and list what needs correcting. The developer carries out those items. You then settle what the handover stage collects: the handover payment recorded in the plan, and the maintenance deposit, which funds the shared areas of the compound rather than the unit. You sign the handover record, the service connections are transferred to your name, and the keys are yours.

What should I confirm in writing before I take the keys?

The delivery year and the grace period attached to it. The finishing level and the specification. The handover payment. The maintenance terms and what they cover. The handover record itself. Each of these belongs in the contract and in the compound's own documents; the contract is where the clause is read, and it is what you ask the developer's sales team to show you.

What does ready to move not tell me?

It does not tell you that the price is lower, or that the construction is better, than an off-plan unit's. It says nothing about the compound: the shared areas, the clubhouse and the later phases can still be incomplete. Check the finishing schedule, the maintenance terms and the stage of the project's works before you rely on the phrase.