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

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  • tyllwyd
    tyllwyd Posts: 5,496 Forumite
    So now for the second time the feedback on our house is that it's lovely but not on the right side of town for them. What is the matter with people, don't they have maps???
  • tyllwyd wrote: »
    So now for the second time the feedback on our house is that it's lovely but not on the right side of town for them. What is the matter with people, don't they have maps???

    It's amazing what some viewers say isn't it- I wonder how many read the details or look at the location before they view. Sorry to hear they're a no-goer though :(
    2011: [STRIKE]Houses[/STRIKE], [STRIKE]weddings[/STRIKE], [STRIKE]cats[/STRIKE]
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    2013: [STRIKE]Lose weight[/STRIKE], [STRIKE]get fit[/STRIKE] and FINISH THE HOUSE!

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  • tyllwyd
    tyllwyd Posts: 5,496 Forumite
    Blodwen wrote: »
    It's amazing what some viewers say isn't it- I wonder how many read the details or look at the location before they view. Sorry to hear they're a no-goer though :(

    Thanks! I didn't have any expectations of this one, to be honest, it all seemed a bit half-arsed from the start. What really annoys me is that I work from home, so that's 3 hours work that I lost tidying up etc and that I've got to try to make up - and I was feeling pretty rough yesterday, so if nothing else I could have spent those 3 hours in bed!
  • harz99
    harz99 Posts: 3,745 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Home Insurance Hacker!
    Hi everyone just a quick hello as I've been away a couple of days and will update the who's who list later.

    BTW, if anyone else wants to update the list be my guest.............
  • NEH
    NEH Posts: 2,464 Forumite
    tyllwyd wrote: »
    So now for the second time the feedback on our house is that it's lovely but not on the right side of town for them. What is the matter with people, don't they have maps???

    I have the same dilemma with my sister i have to tell her to get a map out everytime I move......:rotfl:
  • NEH
    NEH Posts: 2,464 Forumite
    harz99 wrote: »
    Blodwen: On market for 13 weeks, 3 viewers (and buyer who then pulled out) in first month. No viewers or contact from agent in last 2 months. Planning to change agent at 16 weeks.

    NEH: On market 29 weeks, 3 viewers,1 ridiculous offer soundout, useless Solicitor who can't find the bed or the flat itself. Planning to rent it out from November.

    Emilia15: On market for five weeks (feels like a lot longer), three booked viewers (although only one turned up!), price reduced by £8500 last week, EA who was dealing with us has mysteriously 'left the company', trying to deal with the chronic lack of buyers by adopting a zen-like stance and also by reading this thread

    rosered100 - been on the market since March. Had an offer from the first viewer at 91% of asking which we accepted. They dropped out 2 days before exchange. Dropped the asking price to the level of our first offer. Total of 16 viewers, 5 of them viewed twice. Then 2 offers came on the same day a fortnight ago at 10% below our new asking price. We have reluctantly agreed to one of them as long as they get on with it. Havent heard a word from them since.

    NyimaR - been on the market since June. 9 viewings (including 1 second viewing) all made very good noises, then nothing. Last viewing was a week ago. Dropped price once when viewings dropped off. Will do it again if I stop getting viewers. Got an open house in a couple of weeks. Living in London (where new job is) with mum during the week and Coventry (with the OH) at weekends

    Grimbal: On market Oct 2009. Found non proceedable buyers. Found place to buy

    Harz99: Going on market Feb 2011. Not yet seriously looking at places to buy.

    Azkaban420: On market Oct 2009, accepted offer in May, still waiting to exchange/complete...found house to buy in meantime

    Sonastin: On market Christmas 2009. Sale completed August 2010. Serious problems with the house I want to buy that are taking ages to resolve. Nothing else on the market that suits. Stuck living with my mother in the meantime

    tyllwyd: went on market on 5 May (Election day - great timing!!) Dropped price once, four viewings so far but none proceedable. Enthusiasm for the whole idea of moving gradually ebbing away.

    Snowlady07: On market since early Sept 2010. Realistically priced but no interest as yet

    Squish_21 - Been on market 15 weeks. Had 1 viewing & 1 very low offer during 12th week (buyer couldnt get the mortgage amount they thought). On 14th week we have started offering '5% deposit paid by vendor', as its a 1 bed flat instead of a price drop. A price drop will follow in January if no more interest. Its tough going for us sellers!


    Shabby_chic: Went on market March 2010, approx 10 viewings and a couple were interested but none proceedable. Cash buyer viewed week 14 and made offer £10k below asking, negotiated to £5k less and currently waiting to exchange though plan to complete on 24/09/10 (fingers crossed).

    Ocalllo - on market since Feb 10, 3 views only 2 turned up. Chgd agent beginning of June, 5/6 viewings more - 1 x low offer, which we refussed, they came looked at hse again and pulled out! dropped price twice, gone live with new price 1 hr ago!!!!!

    Maidmarian - On market from August 2008, dropped price 17%, 21 viewings, no offers. Asking price now below Zoopla and Land Registry indices. Took it off the market today.

    Newstudent24-I put my 2-bed ground floor flat up for sale in May 2010, originally for 98,500 (which I thought was a little high at the time but the EA said it was a good price). I have reduced the price twice since then and is now on the market at 92,950. I have had a total of 5 people look at it - one of which was an upstairs neighbour who I think just wanted a nosey around....and a landlady who offered me 20k less than the asking price so I could carry on living here as a tenant. Luckily I don't have 'mug' written on my forehead!

    Smiley79-have been on the market since Feb2009 yes thats Feb 2009, I have dropped the price several times to now way under what we bought it for 6 years ago. We have had 2 sold subject to STC which have both fallen through one a week before moving (6th Jan) and the second in April.

    tiny_tear-on the market since Dec09. Have lowered the price a few times. willing to take offers. So far had one offer (too stupid to even make a counter offer) and one person who viewed THREE times - the last this weekend - decided today not to make an offer and gave no explanation to why... Just lowered the price another £3k...

    Chyna-s- One market 1week, have had an offer already of 5% below the asking price.




    There you go Harz, thought you'd have enough to do...Sorry if i've missed anyone out...:o
  • hi everyone, just thought i would pop in and say hi :wave: as i don't think i have updated since we moved a few weeks back. Our move day went really, really well initially and by 11.30am we handed the keys over to our old house. We then waited for Nationwide to place the relevant extra mortgage funds in our solicitors account and unbelievably they didn't do it until 3.30pm:mad: We were sat in a car park in our new town, homeless with all our belongings on the van and nowhere to live. Talk about stressed. Once the nationwide decided they could be bothered to do what was required everything went well from there.
    Removal firm were excellent, nicest chaps you could wish for and so helpful. Only downside was the house stank of dogs and i am still stuggling to get rid of it now (how they hid it the times we came to view I will never know). The funniest thing they did was take the shed and all the slabs it was laid on, as well as some from the side path, not sure why but each to their own :rotfl:
    We are loving the house and really starting to make it our own, and importantly we just made into the area before the start of term and so my son could start yr5 in his new school which he loves.

    That turned into an essay, sorry :o but also wanted to wish you all good luck in your house selling journey and remember no matter what rubbish this process throws at you it will all be worth it in the end :)
  • Congrats Little_lil, enjoy your new home - as for your moving day, if there's no drama then there's no fun re-iterating the story to everyone about either is there!! I'm expecting plenty of drama for our move(s), sigh, as nothing is simple in our lives!!

    Tyllwyd, we got so many random comments like yours too...it's so frustrating when you've spent so much time preparing and cleaning up for a viewing only to be told it's not right because of something that is already clearly stated in the particulars...grrr for you! Hope the next viewers love it and snap it up off you...

    Good luck to everyone else for the weekend...

    Az
  • tyllwyd
    tyllwyd Posts: 5,496 Forumite
    azkaban420 wrote: »
    ....Tyllwyd, we got so many random comments like yours too...it's so frustrating when you've spent so much time preparing and cleaning up for a viewing only to be told it's not right because of something that is already clearly stated in the particulars...grrr for you! Hope the next viewers love it and snap it up off you...

    Thanks! My personal feeling is that at the moment people only want to buy houses which are absolutely 'safe' - everything decorated, tidy garden, nice driveway. Our house has lots of good things, but it also has quite a few rough edges. The stupid thing is, me & the OH quite like it that way, it's a bit old fashioned and reminds us of the houses where we grew up, but we need someone who thinks the same way that we do to come along!
  • NyimaR
    NyimaR Posts: 110 Forumite
    There are no two viewers alike are there? I just had a guy round who seemed to be only interested in the number of sockets in each room. Weird.
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