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

tyllwyd

sonastin wrote: »

I think that's a good plan. The brochure should definitely highlight the best things about the property. If the garden is an important feature, you should get the EA to make more of it in the details.

Something to bear in mind though is that not everyone likes gardening - is it large enough to put off all but the most green-fingered of folks or is it fairly easy to maintain?

And is there any potential for adding a garage or would there be no access to the property? Just thinking that the EA could put in something to suggest there could be a garage with their usual "subject to the right planning consents, etc" words if the garden is big enough and there is access.

Yes, the garden is big enough to put off people who don't like gardening - but then it would put them off if they came to view the house, so hiding it away won't help! This house would be perfect for a family with a few kids and a dog - a bit rough round the edges but lots of space and plenty to do.

No, there is nowhere to put a garage, but you can put two, possibly three cars off road at the front. Our logic was that no-one actually parks the car in a garage, so as long as you provide off road parking and a big shed, you are no worse off, but I am worried that if people do all their house viewing on rightmove, they won't get that point.

lauhen

I am having trouble loading firefox to get property bee, is it worth doing, will property bee give me any relevant info.

little_lil

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We have just exchanged on our purchase - All set for a move on 27th August. I am so pleased, it has been such a rollercoaster these last few weeks.

there seems to be a lot more good news on here lately - lets hope it is a sign of good things to come for everyone.:)

casperlarue

It's worth having as it lets you see how long a property has been up with an EA and you can track which agents it was with before. Also, you can see price drops and how long its been up for sale.

Worth having, IMHO

NyimaR

Hi all,
Congratulations to all those who have had offers/exchanged/completed.
I'm still waiting for something, anything to happen with my house. The flurry of viewers I had after fropping my asking price ended a week ago and now I'm back to sitting and waiting for the EAs to ring (very sad I know!) I have had one break through though - the EAs finally got my floorplan (that I made for them weeks ago) uploaded onto RM. It only took me threatening to hand in my 2 weeks notice for them to get it done!
I've now got less than two weeks until I have to move to London so I'm getting rather nervy about the whole thing. Spent yesterday harassing the staff of Sainsbury's for boxes and now I have to figure out what it is that I'm going to do with them once they're packed!

casperlarue

Congrats to you little_lil! Here's hoping your house moving day goes smoothly!

We've just stepped on to the rocky path that is buying and selling, only 3 of us in the chain....our buyers who have cash in the bank and the lady we are buying from who is moving up country to be with her new fella.....my new mantra is 'it'll all work out .... repeated several times a day!!

Blodwen

Congratulations to all those who have exchanged in the last few days - things seem to be moving!

gemima wrote: »

We seem to be in the same position, the house we had our eye on has just gone under offer this week too. We had dropped our price because they had with theirs and we have had much better interest on ours this weekend. Knowing our luck we will get a proceedable offer this week but there is nothing out there apart from this one we like (or shall we say in a realistic price range)!!

This is have been worried about, as about 5 of the houses I had saved on RM have gone under offer in the last week. I suppose it's good in that houses are selling, but not if we want to buy them! Luckily ours (by which I mean the one we want - I'm already calling it ours! :rotfl:) is still for sale, but more on that in a minute.

lauhen wrote: »

I am having trouble loading firefox to get property bee, is it worth doing, will property bee give me any relevant info.

I'm a big fan of Property Bee and would say that if you can get it working it's definitely worth a look, as Casperlarue says.

So, the place we want to buy- their EA rung us yesterday to see if we were still interested and how ours was going. She's rung a couple of times since our sale fell through and we were forced to withdraw our offer, so it was no surprise to hear from her. OH told her we were still interested but still not in a position to proceed. What I found interesting was that we didn't think the vendors really wanted to move and therefore wouldn't really budge on price etc, but apparently the EA was ringing us because the vendor had rung her to see if there had been any interest, so maybe they DO actually want to sell! They have been on the market for around 6 months now and apparently haven't had much interest so maybe there is a deal to be done? Of course, we need to sell first but I've had a think (and would appreciate other people's thoughts on this too) and decided that maybe if we tried to get them to drop their price a bit (just a few % lower than we offered originally) we could then drop ours and have a better chance of selling, and use this increased chance as a reason for them to drop (IYSWIM!). I am thinking of saying to their EA that we'll also go with them when we finish with useless ones, as they seem decent and also might push the vendors a bit if they know they will be getting 2 lots of comission. Has anyone done this (either as buyer or seller)? OH doesn't think vendors will drop but I think they're starting to worry a bit now and hopefully EA will persuade them too.

Sorry for the long post, just getting my hopes up a bit that we might actually move at some point!!

whitesatin

Our chain is being held up by a London Borough who have been asked (four weeks ago) to supply a freehold package on what, I presume, is a previously council owned property.

That is, supposedly, the only thing holding us up on exchange but I fear it could go on and on as I am sure the council are in no rush despite being telephoned by the solicitor. It is holiday time just now too........

It is doubtful that we will exchange when we hoped to.

beeswax_3

Its all go here as well. We agreed to a sale on Saturday (woohoo!) only to have our mortgage application on the one we want to buy turned down last night. GRRRRR. Anyway having spoken to a mortgage broker recommended to me by a couple of friends things are looking up! We can get a mortgage wth a different lender to our existing one and at a better rate (hooray!). We are so cross our current lender said no, we were just wanting to transfer the mortgage, not even add any on to it! So fingers crossed over the next couple of days.

sonastin

Blodwen - I think it is a conversation worth having with the EA, especially if you plan on moving your house to them as well. They already know you are interested and what you are prepared to go up to, so its not like you are going to spoil your negotiating position by showing your hand. The worst that can happen (as I see it) is that the EA tells you that the vendor won't budge and you both stay on the market as you are.

Beeswax - my current mortgage lender (for 2 more days!) were only prepared to lend 3x my salary despite their online "what we might lend you" calculator saying 5x and their call-centre-guy telling me that my credit rating was "excellent". I am now paying the ERC and going elsewhere on principle even if the amount I end up borrowing is low enough that I could have ported the existing mortgage across to the new house. The bonus is that the existing rate is so rubbish compared to what is available elsewhere that I'll probably save the ERC in a couple of months anyway. I know that should be my main reason for moving lenders but I'm just so narked that they say I have an excellent credit rating but won't lend me any money! Here's hoping your new lender is more understanding than your current one too.

Tyllwyd - definitely get the EA to make more of the garden and the available storage. Dimensions of sheds would be useful to someone like me so that might be something to consider including. I'm looking for a garage to store sailing dinghies in - I'd probably be needing access to the sheds similar to garage access but others with similarly large hobbies that can get their kit through to the shed need to know that you have that available...