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

azkaban420

daisbuys wrote: »

Well done AZ, hope it all goes smoothly for you!

Well, I had a viewing yesterday, a lady from South Africa loved it! She said she viewed 11 different properties yesterday and mine was a million miles apart from the others she viewed, chalk and cheese was her comparison lol.
Said she wished she viewed this property first, as it would have saved her all day of looking!! Said she will be in touch with the EA's Monday!!

Also had a young lad come round with his dad today for his 2nd viewing, wanted to check the roof out inside the loft and has since emailed me to say he is going to make an offer via the EA's tomorrow!!!

While the young lad and his dad were on their way out, I had my 12:30 viewing which came 15 min early! I wonder if this made the decision easier for him to make an offer??

Anyway...this 12:30 viewing was not arranged through my EA's as they found my house on Facebook's market place and also contacted me through Facebook with regards to viewing. The dad came on his own initially and said it was perfect, then he came back a 2nd time within half hour with his son (who they are buying it for) and said they like it a lot and are cash buyers!!! But just want the mother to come and view it as she will be buying it for him!

What a place to be in eh, although no offer on the table as of yet, if one did come I really don't know who to go with?
The young lad has an AIP and the other 2 are cash buyers, but out of the 3 of them I would like the young lad to have it!

What would you guys do? Bearing in mind I wouldn't have to pay the EA's if I went with the Facebookers! How hard is it to instruct the solicitors concerned with the both of us?
And also the people who were introduced through my EA's will have to offer 2k more on the facebookers?

I know it's a bit premature to try and 2nd guess what will happen, but we all need a plan don't we.....

Thanks, and omg what an envious position to be in, you seem to have had a load of interest with potential offers all at once!! Wait till you hear from them about the offers, and see where you stand, and then you can decide about how to play it. For all you know one of the offers may stand out far better than others, making the decision easy for you

Good luck!

Az

azkaban420

sonastin wrote: »

Well I had a viewer come round on Saturday morning and feedback from EA immediately after didn't sound too promising. But then 2 hours later, EA phoned back with an offer. Trouble is, it was such a loooooooooow offer it was ridiculous. Not holding out too much hope of a counter offer being anywhere near what I need/want to get but at least it means people out there do like my house after all. Was beginning to think it was just me!!

Hmm as it is early days for you, you can hold out for a much better offer...it's so hard with this whole 'game'...your offerees may just be testing the water so to speak. Kittie is right though, make your EA do the work for you, to bring the offer up to a level you'll accept, or find a more suitable buyer/offer

Az

azkaban420

kst101 wrote: »

Have moved house and internet not working so am at library. Only had time to quickly skim this thread but am very :beer: for AZ :T

Thanks kst101 and congrats on moving in, I hope your internet is up and running soon :j

Az

azkaban420

goldbyron wrote: »

Well done Azkaban – now the conveyancing fun can start! I am about 11 weeks down the line after offer. The buyers sol has now returned from leave (I think) after 2.5 weeks! Everything is ready I hope aside from the final confirmation of the mortgage offer. The lenders wanted some info regarding structural movement and were provided with everything (certificate of adequacy, confirmation the building continues to be insured by freeholder etc) – apparently a final decision has been made last week but am tenderhooks to find out exactly what it is as the lender is taking 1 week + to process anything. If its not okay then the sale will fall through; if it is okay then I think (pending the buyers sol) we are ready to exchange. It takes so long you start to imagine that this will never happen. If I exchange this week I will actually be shocked – I don’t think I can go another weekend not knowing!

Oh my days goldbyron, 11 weeks and counting before you've even exchanged??!! *faints* Here's me hoping/willing/praying I can move out of here and into rented accommodation before Sept, so that the kids can start school in the new area :S I know these things take time, but I just want to get the exchange bit over and done with as soon as poss so that I can relax a bit... good luck to you for exchanging on time....Az

goldbyron

azkaban420 wrote: »

Oh my days goldbyron, 11 weeks and counting before you've even exchanged??!! *faints* Here's me hoping/willing/praying I can move out of here and into rented accommodation before Sept, so that the kids can start school in the new area :S I know these things take time, but I just want to get the exchange bit over and done with as soon as poss so that I can relax a bit... good luck to you for exchanging on time....Az

This is the 4th time I have moved and sold in the last 9 years (I have grey hair at 31). I have never known it takes less than 12 weeks from offer to exchange, there is always some enquiry outstanding. My worst one was 5 months....I was spitting feathers by the end. If I can exchange in the next 2 weeks I will be happy. The buyers sol has now confirmed his return to the office (through copying me into an e-mail to express his disatisfaction at my e-mail to his office in his absence - whoops but I got a bit stressed at the lack of contact). The enquiry (argh) is due back tomorrow or wednesday. The lender has made a final decision so lets hope it is positive. I daren't ask if this is the only thing outstanding now as the buyers sol is obviously irate! I am hoping by tomorrow or weds there will be some real indication of if we can exchange or not.

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Oh there is so much to do when selling/buying/renting, not least of which is all the change of address letters. I am waiting re driving licence and passport until last as so many agencies want sight of them in case of money laundering. I have just done the mail re-direction form today for the end of the month and then we`ll be wanting the driving licence for van hire. Doh there is so much paperwork these days. I have 8 ready to post next week but lots more to do as I don`t feel fully confident until we actually complete on the new house this friday. I made a list which helps as I have added to it a few times

goldbyron, I do empathise with you. I am sitting on my hands re our buyer as I am sure they are proceeding but I have to be patient

SusieT

I had an offer on mine this afternoon and after a quick call by the EA the buyer raised it a little bit so I accepted it, property will still be marketed as they don't have a mortgage arranged yet so its not coming off the market until the valuation/survey is done as reading the problems and pull outs other people here have had I am very aware that things are likely to go wrong at any stage and that once they have paid out a reasonable amount to get a mortgage and survey the likelyhood will go down a bit!!
Its a buyer with nothing to sell and I don't have an upward chain so theoretically there will be no major hold up as they can choose their own date for moving in and as they have children I suspect they will want to be moved before the new school year starts in September so please keep fingers crossed for me that it all goes fairly smoothly

azkaban420

SusieT wrote: »

I had an offer on mine this afternoon and after a quick call by the EA the buyer raised it a little bit so I accepted it, property will still be marketed as they don't have a mortgage arranged yet so its not coming off the market until the valuation/survey is done as reading the problems and pull outs other people here have had I am very aware that things are likely to go wrong at any stage and that once they have paid out a reasonable amount to get a mortgage and survey the likelyhood will go down a bit!!
Its a buyer with nothing to sell and I don't have an upward chain so theoretically there will be no major hold up as they can choose their own date for moving in and as they have children I suspect they will want to be moved before the new school year starts in September so please keep fingers crossed for me that it all goes fairly smoothly

Oooh congrats Susie, great news! Fingers crossed for a smooth ride for both yours, and my sale!! :T

Az

sonastin

Congrats Susie - hope its a sign of things to come and things start moving for all of us soon enough...

SusieT

Thanks lets hope we can both get a good ride through now, you certainly deserve to have a buyer who completes on yours