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opinions please!!

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  • baz01
    baz01 Posts: 55 Forumite
    so you think i should put in £145500 and say what?

    that's all i can afford?

    or say nothing?
  • Fire_Fox
    Fire_Fox Posts: 26,026 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    baz01 wrote: »
    so you think i should put in £145500 and say what?

    that's all i can afford?

    or say nothing?

    I'm going to repeat my earlier post:
    Fire_Fox wrote: »
    Leave the owner to think for a couple of days and then either increase your offer, or put the same offer again but in more attractive terms. You are an FTB, are all your finances in place, have you got a conveyancing solicitor on standby? Did you submit your offer in writing stating your strong position?
    Declutterbug-in-progress.⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️⭐️
  • baz01
    baz01 Posts: 55 Forumite
    sorry.



    and thanks
  • LandyAndy
    LandyAndy Posts: 26,377 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts
    baz01 wrote: »
    so you think i should put in £145500 and say what?

    that's all i can afford?

    or say nothing?

    Only say 'That's all I can afford' when you mean it otherwise you look a fool.
  • telfordwhite
    telfordwhite Posts: 297 Forumite
    baz01 wrote: »
    so you think i should put in £145500 and say what?

    that's all i can afford?

    or say nothing?

    You don't have to say anything but make sure what you do say isn't going to bite you on the bum later. Be prepared to wait a week or 2 to make the seller feel less confident.

    we offered 175k on a house marketed 200k and sat and waited. 3 months later they came back and accepted-but that was all we could afford. Not suggesting you wait that long but you aint as far apart as we were.
  • baz01
    baz01 Posts: 55 Forumite
    edited 20 January 2010 at 5:30PM
    this is the offer I am about to send to the vendor.

    is there anything I should/shouldn't say?

    opinions please peeps.
  • BitterAndTwisted
    BitterAndTwisted Posts: 22,492 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Why are you messing about writing letters? Just phone them directly and make your latest offer if you're not going though an agent!

    Considering you are about to offer £146k the issue of stamp duty at nearly £30k above your offer is irrelevant, so why have you brought this up as if the vendors might not be aware of it? They will be, believe me and really don't need you to tell them, you're not running a training-course for newby vendors or anything.
  • baz01
    baz01 Posts: 55 Forumite
    im sending him an email. is this not acceptable? i just thought it would be proof>??

    i don't know what im supposed to do then!!

    help
  • BitterAndTwisted
    BitterAndTwisted Posts: 22,492 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Just email them leaving out the second paragraph then
  • baz01
    baz01 Posts: 55 Forumite
    thank you...
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