To those selling in these difficult times Part Deux. AKA sellers support network!

Karmacat

Sorry to hear that princ3ss - for that sort of money, and that lack of response, I'd be tempted to sell it myself - selling isn't as legally complex as buying.....

azkaban420

Cazzr wrote: »

Hi, I have a question for fellow sellers.
We've been on the market for 3 months now and have had 1 viewing! We've dropped the price a bit but are competitively priced compared to others on the market. The market just seems dead in our area. There are now 3 other houses like ours in our street and they are all just sitting there.. Anyway...
We had wanted to move in time for my son to start school (Year R) in the area we wanted to move to. We have a place ready at a very nice school locally to where we are now (just in case) but time is ticking on to get moved before September so we've pretty much decided to stay in this area for another year (unless something extraordinary happens).

Question is, do we leave the house on the market and when it sells move to a rented place locally until we want to move areas or do we take the house off and try again next spring? We were planning to move to rented in the new area anyway and get settled before buying again so not totally off plan but it's just as we are staying in area i'm unsure whether it's worth selling till we are ready to move again...
Just seems pointless being on the market at all at the moment!

Hi there, this is a toughie, I'm kind of in a similar position in that I need to move to my chosen area by Sept too for my kids to start. Even if we accept the offer today, we're still looking at around a minumum of 12 wks to complete on our house, and then move into a new/rented place.

What will happen to your house when you move into rented...were you intending on renting it out or leaving it empty?

Vet8 how frustrating, I am dreading the next stages in the selling process...if I ever get to it!

azkaban420

pr1nc3ss wrote: »

Have also bitten the bullet and called a couple of other EA's to come and value tomorrow. As it's already on the market I don't expect them to say anthing different than we already know. We've been told it's at the right price by the previous two companies we were with. Just sick of my EA now. No feedback for days, the three viewers over the 9 months we've been with them were all timewasters, two there was no feedback from. What is getting me is the 1.75% + Vat they all charge, thats 3k for us, none of them will budge on it.

That is pants pr1nc3ss, that is a high fee for relatively no work that they have done for you. Have you looked into online agents? Or as Karmacat suggests, selling it yourself?

Az

Sphynx

I would wait Az, I don't think they are going to pull out overnight, and it gives you a bit of breathing space. The EA will be pushy, his/her commission is at stake. It is YOUR house and YOUR money and a big decision. Mind you we had planned to do the same thing, rent but had to change our plans as we wanted to port our mortgage. We are worried about school term now, although not so critical as our eldest is only 3 and will be at nursery stage but the school is the best in the area and their nursery criteria is the same as school entry. We need to get into catchment to get her to the top of the waiting list!
I don't think you will be selling too cheap. It's just a shame they are sticking. Did they seem very interested whilst viewing?

Sphynx

pr1nc3ss wrote: »

Have also bitten the bullet and called a couple of other EA's to come and value tomorrow. As it's already on the market I don't expect them to say anthing different than we already know. We've been told it's at the right price by the previous two companies we were with. Just sick of my EA now. No feedback for days, the three viewers over the 9 months we've been with them were all timewasters, two there was no feedback from. What is getting me is the 1.75% + Vat they all charge, thats 3k for us, none of them will budge on it.

We went through two EA's one independent, one national. Both rubbish. It was 3rd time lucky for us, and by then we had learned to negotiate a bit and managed to shave £500 off their fee, not mega bucks but something. We went with Dixons in the end and they were fantastic. Good luck

azkaban420

Hi all, we've decided to accept the offer :j Wish me luck that it all goes well....

Az

sonastin

Congrats Az - hope it proves to be the right decision and everything runs smoothly from here-on-in...

Sphynx

Good luck Az! Here's to an easy trouble free transaction :beer:

What are your buyers like?

[Deleted User]

Brilliant AZ. I am so chuffed for you

Karmacat

Absolutely, Az - go for it!