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FTB house offer woes!
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I'm actually looking forward to playing the house buying game, it's me v the vendor & estate agent and I'm determined to win
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Hi everyone! What a difference 24 hours makes! As promised here is the update!
EA rang me today and asked for a better offer again, I tried to take all advise from what I had heard here and asked a lot more questions, she wasn't keen on giving me any clues - which I can understand, but I knew that I would have to make it clear I was serious so I raised my offer 5k. She took it away and came back with a figure the seller wanted, it was another 2.5k on my latest offer so a 7.5k higher on the "borderline offensive" original, but still a good 11k less than the asking price.
We've agreed on the price now, I know there is still a long way to go! But at the moment I'm in a daze! I was prepared to go a little higher if need be, but I am chuffed to bits!
Just wanted to thank you all for the input! Every case is different but the advise given here was fantastic, and I have no doubt that the influence lead to the sale progressing rapidly, and at a price we are happy with!
Right, now for the avoidance of the gazumping!! ha!0 -
Hi everyone! What a difference 24 hours makes! As promised here is the update!
EA rang me today and asked for a better offer again, I tried to take all advise from what I had heard here and asked a lot more questions, she wasn't keen on giving me any clues - which I can understand, but I knew that I would have to make it clear I was serious so I raised my offer 5k. She took it away and came back with a figure the seller wanted, it was another 2.5k on my latest offer so a 7.5k higher on the "borderline offensive" original, but still a good 11k less than the asking price.
We've agreed on the price now, I know there is still a long way to go! But at the moment I'm in a daze! I was prepared to go a little higher if need be, but I am chuffed to bits!
Just wanted to thank you all for the input! Every case is different but the advise given here was fantastic, and I have no doubt that the influence lead to the sale progressing rapidly, and at a price we are happy with!
Right, now for the avoidance of the gazumping!! ha!
Good that you have reported back as so many take the advice from here and we never hear from them again. Keep us in the picture and good luck.A retired senior partner, in own agency, with 40 years experience in property sales & new build. In latter part of career specialising in commercial - mostly business sales.0 -
Well done Anew, that's great! :beer::beer:
Thanks for the update, I was hoping it would work out for you.
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11k off the asking price ?? how much was the house up for ?? so your original offer was 17.5k lower, thats not a bad place to start at all assuming its a £200k house.
i suspect the original offer was no where near "borderline offensive".
well done tho, and good luck.:grouphug:
no wonder he has a smile on his face...0
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