arhhh, this house selling lark is so frustrating

JennyW_2

saraht wrote:

I can honestly say I don't even hear/ notice when they go past now!.

yes you do get used to it. I've only started to notice them again because I'm selling the house and people ask me

The house was valued according to the location - £15K less apparently :eek:

JennyW_2

Philip624 wrote:

Its so frustrating when you keep the house constantly tidy and put so much effort into a viewing, .

Hi Philip. Tell me about it! I'm up early each morning just to make sure it's all spik and span in case I get an afternoon viewing (as I have today)

whatamess_2

My house has been on the market since september.
6 viewings one VERY cheeky offer.
we fell in love with the place as soon as we walked through the door.
But before us it had been on the market for a year. :eek: :eek:
Hope we dont have to wait a year.
Messy

Philip624

maybe we should keep this thread going as a sort of support thread and swap hints and tips on viewings.

We have now insisted on weekends only unless someone works all weekend. I dont think that is unreasonable. If someone is seriously looking they must surely make a few free weekends to do so.

JennyW_2

Philip624 wrote:

maybe we should keep this thread going as a sort of support thread and swap hints and tips on viewings.

Good idea :T these posts do offer support, especially when you know you're not alone!

wilburpig

If it's any consolation, our house was on the market for 9 months last year. We had plenty of viewings, a few second ones, but no offers at all. We knew things needed doing to the house but weren't in a financial position to do them, so the price reflected that. The most common feedback was "it needs too much doing", but they should have seen it 7 years ago when we moved in! (No imagination!)

Anyway, we decided to take it off the market, spend what we would have spent moving on a new boiler and a garage conversion to give us extra space. We did the boiler and a builder was due this week to see what was possible.

Out of the blue, this week we had a phone call from our ex estate agent, saying that someone who viewed the house last year had finally sold their house and wanted to make an offer - were we interested?

We said that we would consider any offer and they came back with an offer only £5000 below what we had been asking. We looked around and found a house with everything we wanted and our offer was accepted yesterday (£5000 below what they were asking)

From compromise to house move in less than a week! There is hope!! :j

JennyW_2

Philip said "not in their interest not to push your house"

Gerradene

my mistake - sorry

[Deleted User]

Gerradene wrote:

my mistake - sorry

In my experience, this is typical of EA - lots of mistakes, misleading comments and misrepresentions.

Philip624

LOL :rotfl: