House hunting to buy - Dissapointed & Exhausted

tenke

racheyg wrote: »

Come and buy my house! I will make you a cucumber sandwich too!

LOL, that sounds tempting, will opt for a ham and cheese baguette instead and we have a deal???:D

poppysarah

I think our EA is getting tired of not being able to get hold of people for viewings. They are ones that have been on the market for a while, so I suspect they are just not very interested in selling.

tenke

huntersc wrote: »

I offered on a house last week. Rejected. Also a probate. They wanted what the house next door sold for last year. The house next door had an extension and a loft and was beautifully done. This place needed everything doing to it.

I offered, offer rejected, I'll find somewhere else to buy. Even the agent was gobsmacked, he doesn't think they'll sell it for 10 years.

I think they may regret it , who knows...

The property was on the market from last year and no sign of stc until present time...:eek:

Maybe they dont need the money or are just a little greedy, the house DOES need a lot done, so unless it is an investor who can fork more money, i dont see an average joe paying full and doing it on top... but you never know:rolleyes:

tenke

QTPie wrote: »

There are some funny people out there - both sellers and buyers...

I agree with you, life would all be SOOOOOOO much easier and more pleasant (for everyone) if people knew their minds and were genuine and honest.

The house sounds like a lot of work and isn't your "dream home" anyway, so maybe it just wasn't to be: the sellers dragging their heels is just someone trying to tell you something

Don't get dis-heartened: get out there, find somewhere you love

Good luck
QT

Thanks QT, I think at this stage, we are in the practical side of things, find somehwere we can reach work, a place that we can do up and cheap...
Hopefully those three will gel and find something, we have 3 viewwings already lined up;)

tenke

lostinrates wrote: »

tenke,
we're in early negotiations on something tricky too. DH and I agreed yesterday that it was a sign to be worried about that we weren't stressed! The thing we are offing is nearly the dream, but not quite, so we've set a pessimistic budget and we are prepared to be out bid. Its not worth us putting more on the line.

If ticked all our boxes then we'd be more stressed.

All I can say is, if its not the dream keep looking while you see what they are up to.

Good luck.

I agree with you, if it doesnt tick all the boxes, NEXT ! should be the norm.
In the end, houses are coming up all the time, so we will never be short of choices in the future.

I definetely have to learn to be more " hardcore" when setting a time limit, until when they have things " under consideration"... They took almost 2 weeks of my life !!!:p

QTPie

tenke wrote: »

we have 3 viewwings already lined up;)

Good for you! Go get them!

QT

Pee

But with a probate sale, they shouldn't need the money.
And with other people, if they have negative equity or reducing means they will not be able to buy their next place, then of course they are not going to sell, especially when people are making offers factoring in an unknown drop in the market that they believe is still to come.

princeofpounds

Tenke,

I think you need to explore a little bit the context behind Doozer Girl's post. It seems that you are aware you should have some rights but aren't entirely sure how to proceed.

Firstly, the decision to evict or let is not remotely decided by your agent. It is the landlord alone who makes these decisions. You should establish direct contact with your landlord to make sure that nothing is getting 'lost' in the communication due to the agent having slightly different interests (such as a fee for negotiating another fixed contract).

If the EA does not want to give you the landlord's details, then you should request them in writing. Failure to supply them within 21 days (IIRC) is a criminal offence.

This is probably your best approach. Your agent is not doing anything 'wrong' except talking rubbish and making a bad decision, so that's not an issue for any authorities, it's one for the landlord and whether he is happy for his agent to be behave like this (he might be, but it would be odd).

Secondly, even if they do want you to leave you have some options. The first is that you can leave on the day of the end of the fixed period without giving any notice. If you stay beyond that period then the agent must give you minimum 2 months notice to leave (if they have not done so already) and you must give the agent 1 month, all to coincide with a rental period. This notice must be given (by the agent) in an appropriately worded section 21 notice, and your deposit must be protected for it to be valid (if this applies to you rental).

Finally, if you have received notice but still cannot move on the expiry of that notice, do not panic. The ONLY legal way to evict you is to apply for a possession order from the courts. That will take time to come to court, probably a few weeks, and time to be enforced by the bailiffs, probably a few more weeks. So it's not unusual to get another 2 months grace (of course you should still be paying your rent). You will receive nothing worse than a letter and perhaps a trip to court (where you will not be 'judged' but merely asked to state why you are having difficulty moving out) until the actual day of eviction.

Nothing you have agreed contractually can override your statutory rights.

Georgie4

Pee wrote: »

But with a probate sale, they shouldn't need the money.
And with other people, if they have negative equity or reducing means they will not be able to buy their next place, then of course they are not going to sell, especially when people are making offers factoring in an unknown drop in the market that they believe is still to come.

A bit of sense and as I keep saying people need to stop panicking and continually dropping the price of their houses - it is and looks desperate and the only thing it will achieve is an even lower offer:eek:

racheyg

tenke wrote: »

LOL, that sounds tempting, will opt for a ham and cheese baguette instead and we have a deal???:D

I'll toast it too if you like so that you can smell freshly baked bread when you come in.:beer:

Yeay, I'VE SOLD!!!