To those selling in these difficult times

QTPie

nbewsey wrote: »

It's not going wonderfully smoothly at the moment due to our vendors not having anywhere to move to yet... And them only looking in a very small area in Sussex :rolleyes:

Hi

Are you definitely sold on that house? Still looking around?

Ok, maybe I am the impatient type (ok, maybe no maybe about it! ), BUT that sounds way too casual to me: if they want to sell should eitherl be realistic about a timescale of finding a new place or move to rented accomodation. It the current market (where a good offer from a genuine buyer who is ready to proceed is rather valuable), a seller genuinely doesn't want to loose their buyer... and a buyer generally only has so much patience.

We are incredibly lucky - we have NEVER been in a chain. The first time we bought, we bought a mews house that the owners used as a holiday home. The second house we bought we bought off plan (and got a mortgage that would allow us to buy this one regardless of selling the first house). We then sold the first house to the neighbours (who wanted to knock through from their mews house). Now we have exchanged to sell this (the second house) to an investment buyer. We are renting this house back, for 6+ months, whilst looking for somewhere else to buy.

QT

mishmash

Hiya All

I was starting to think that maybe I was going mad and that it may be me not being sympathetic to my buyer.

My solicitor has just phoned with yet more questions from the buyer!! and then while on the phone he gets another fax with more questions and demands. My solicitor said he is "flabergasted" he said he has been in the business for 25 years and never experienced this behaviour from a buyer or thier solicitors, he said he that he has acted for buyers and sellers of multi million pound houses that have been far easier than this.

My buyer is now demanding things that are not on the fixtures and fitting list (such as an antique wardrobe ,that; when she viewed she asked for, but I told her I had been left it by my Grandfather so would be taking it with me) and some things that do not even exist (curtains in bathroom, fitted wardrobes do not exist).

I have agreed to leave all the fixtures and fittings (carpets, curtains, shelves, light fittings, towel rails, all white goods) even though she is not paying for them and has the house at 20% under what was already a cheaply priced house

I am not getting good vibes about this, this woman is a very selfish egocentric person. I am sorry I paid my gardener to do the garden this week to make sure it was nice for her.

Mish

mishmash

Just to add;

I have booked storage space and a removal van for saturday and sunday as we are supposed to exchange on Monday.

I think it is looking a bit "iffy", she may try and offer a lower price, which I will put the house back on the market if she does.

What are your thoughts?

Mish

QTPie

mishmash wrote: »

Just to add;

I have booked storage space and a removal van for saturday and sunday as we are supposed to exchange on Monday.

I think it is looking a bit "iffy", she may try and offer a lower price, which I will put the house back on the market if she does.

What are your thoughts?

Mish

To be honest - and I sincerely hope not - it does sound "iffy"... I agree, be prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.

She sounds TRULY horrible.

Stand firm with regards to the wardrobe (but explain why) and anything else that is truly important to you. Anything that isn't, let it go.

AND believe in Karma... you deserve something very good in the end, this buyer deserves something not so good in her future.... :rolleyes:

It really shouldn't be this way!

QT

jenny74

mishmash wrote: »

Hiya All

I was starting to think that maybe I was going mad and that it may be me not being sympathetic to my buyer.

My solicitor has just phoned with yet more questions from the buyer!! and then while on the phone he gets another fax with more questions and demands. My solicitor said he is "flabergasted" he said he has been in the business for 25 years and never experienced this behaviour from a buyer or thier solicitors, he said he that he has acted for buyers and sellers of multi million pound houses that have been far easier than this.

My buyer is now demanding things that are not on the fixtures and fitting list (such as an antique wardrobe ,that; when she viewed she asked for, but I told her I had been left it by my Grandfather so would be taking it with me) and some things that do not even exist (curtains in bathroom, fitted wardrobes do not exist).

I have agreed to leave all the fixtures and fittings (carpets, curtains, shelves, light fittings, towel rails, all white goods) even though she is not paying for them and has the house at 20% under what was already a cheaply priced house

I am not getting good vibes about this, this woman is a very selfish egocentric person. I am sorry I paid my gardener to do the garden this week to make sure it was nice for her.

Mish

What a cheeky cow! :mad: :mad: :mad:

How dare she! I'd definately not accept a lower price, this woman is scum, don't give her the safisfaction. Tell your solicitor to tell her solicitor to stop asking for more things, the fixtures and fittings have been agreed and thats that. If she doesn't like it, why did she agree to it?

Some people want blood!

Davesnave

pawpurrs wrote: »

What a load of rubbish that site is according to that site my house should have gone up 55% since 2006?????
Price rise it is then :j
The reason it hasnt sold is its waaaaaaaaaaaaaay too cheap :eek:
:rotfl:

I think you have to bear in mind that, like the BBC regional breakdowns, the statistics are always skewed by small sample size. It is only the trends that are significant. Zoopla suffers the same way and, to my knowledge, there is no site that can accurately value any individual house. That's how it should be, surely.

Originally, when I looked at this site, I saw data relating to time on the market, which would again be an average, but I can't seem to see that bit now.

ETA: Found it! That, to me, is a very useful aspect, time on the market being so very different in my search area, compared with home area.

mishmash

jenny74 wrote: »

What a cheeky cow! :mad: :mad: :mad:

How dare she! I'd definately not accept a lower price, this woman is scum, don't give her the safisfaction. Tell your solicitor to tell her solicitor to stop asking for more things, the fixtures and fittings have been agreed and thats that. If she doesn't like it, why did she agree to it?

Some people want blood!

Well am just visualising my lovely victorian semi that (fingers crossed) will be mine/ours in about 3 months time. The sellers are lovely and the house feels like you have come home. Keep calm and carry on is my motto, it can be hard at times though.

Mish

Davesnave

Mish, draw a line at the wardrobe & don't give it to her. Until you say 'No' to something, she will just keep asking for more.

....And everything Jenny said!

mishmash

Davesnave wrote: »

Mish, draw a line at the wardrobe & don't give it to her. Until you say 'No' to something, she will just keep asking for more.

....And everything Jenny said!

I have said no, I have explained why (again), I know it sounds silly, but I loved the wardrobe from being very little. When my Grandad died my Grandma gave it to me. Value wise it is not worth a lot but it is to me. It's really pretty with carving and little windows in it. So I am standiing firm.

Thanks all, I have never sold a house before (and never will again!).

Mish

geoffky

jenny74 wrote: »

What a cheeky cow! :mad: :mad: :mad:

How dare she! I'd definately not accept a lower price, this woman is scum, don't give her the safisfaction. Tell your solicitor to tell her solicitor to stop asking for more things, the fixtures and fittings have been agreed and thats that. If she doesn't like it, why did she agree to it?

Some people want blood!

HOW DARE SHE!!
Well its now a buyers market are you prepared to lose a sale for the sake of a couple of grand...buyers are getting blood out of a stone at the moment as were sellers in the last ten years..times have changed and until sellers realize this they are going nowhere..
The ones who are selling have been proactive with their prices and 20% off is not a great deal if the price was wishful thinking in the first place..WAIT UNTIL NEXT YEAR.....ANOTHER 15 TO 20% OFF IS THE PROJECTED FALLS..BY THE MARKETS...