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

LilacPixie

Veiwing yesterday went ok I think. They asked alot of questions about running costs of house and other stuff like how thick the loft insulation is which I hope is positive because it's not something I have even considered before. Fingers crossed that they offer but who knows

Squish_21

Woo - we have a viewing booked for tomorrow. (2nd viewing we've had, if these turn up).

It is a couple of FTB's. We are offering 5% towards thier deposit so that may be encouraging them.

xtra_time

we have put the price down and were featured in the property of the week page in the local paper last week to try and get some interest. We have a viewer tomorrow so its cleaning up time.

23rdspiral

tyllwyd wrote: »

BTW 23rdspiral - we bought a probate house, which was priced a good 10% below the going market price for a house of that type, but there was a good reason - walls covered in an inch of nicotine, needed complete rewire, new bathroom & kitchen, and all the rest! Its sad, but houses which have been lived in by a very elderly person usually need a lot more work to get them to a modern standard, so that should be taken account of in the price.

Hi tyllwyd, you're totally right that if the house needs work then the price should reflect that, especially if the last owner was old and couldnt do even the simple things in a long time.

the shame is that our neighbour was only about 40 when he died very suddenly of nearly undiagnosed cancer. Apart from the kitchen being a bit dated and the loft being a non-approved conversion (which would usually mean 5-10k less than ours the EA reckons), it doesnt need much work - so whoever buys it for 15-18k less than ours will be getting a bargain. so i guess its the same for probate as it is for reposession, you cant tell the situation till you actually view.

tyllwyd

Right! It does sound like an unusual (and very sad) situation. In that case, I'm surprised that they have priced it so low, although maybe they are keen to get the estate wound up.

WheelieWood

WheelieWood wrote: »

I think it'll be a case of who'll take the lowest offer. Have gone back with a counter offer (closer to their offer than the asking price), just got to wait and see now.

Erk! We've heard nothing back yet but other house now showing as sale agreed

jw2003

WheelieWood wrote: »

Erk! We've heard nothing back yet but other house now showing as sale agreed

aw no way, fingers crossed someone else beat them to it That's preet fast working, we agreed an offer 9 days ago and the agent hasn't even changed our status to Under Offer lol

We are now in a chain - ftb - us - new house - end of chain moving into rented.... the end of the chain wants to exchange by 25th Oct :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: The solicitor did not look optimistic this morning

WheelieWood

jw2003 wrote: »

aw no way, fingers crossed someone else beat them to it

Its possible, but I'm not holding my breath.

Good luck with your sale jw2003

Slinky

We're nearly there selling the flat my husband used to live in when he worked away from home.

Exchanged this afternoon, completion tomorrow which will be a huge relief as there are 2 other flats for sale in the same block at £6K less than we've accepted. Had to drop £3.5K from the original accepted offer after the survey came in £5.5K down from the offer.

DFW2

Glad to see some progress for some of you, fingers and toes crossed for everyone else. We are still very nervously awaiting a new exchange date....Thanks for all your posts it definitely helps.