We’d like to remind Forumites to please avoid political debate on the Forum.
This is to keep it a safe and useful space for MoneySaving discussions. Threads that are – or become – political in nature may be removed in line with the Forum’s rules. Thank you for your understanding.
PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING: Hello Forumites! In order to help keep the Forum a useful, safe and friendly place for our users, discussions around non-MoneySaving matters are not permitted per the Forum rules. While we understand that mentioning house prices may sometimes be relevant to a user's specific MoneySaving situation, we ask that you please avoid veering into broad, general debates about the market, the economy and politics, as these can unfortunately lead to abusive or hateful behaviour. Threads that are found to have derailed into wider discussions may be removed. Users who repeatedly disregard this may have their Forum account banned. Please also avoid posting personally identifiable information, including links to your own online property listing which may reveal your address. Thank you for your understanding.
📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!
The Forum now has a brand new text editor, adding a bunch of handy features to use when creating posts. Read more in our how-to guide
FTB private Sale Advice
tim158
Posts: 98 Forumite
Good evening all, need some advice if possible.
We are looking to buy our first house, we found a house but the surevy flaged up some work to be done on the propery and the sellers / venders where unwilling to pay half, so we left it. Yes i know we had paid out for the surrvy but could not justify to pay the extra for the work as well we where at our max budjet.
Now we have found another house which seems ideal, so we contacted the sellers direct and agreed on a price without involving the esate agents. The venders want a quick sale (subject to surrvy) as they are moving away they have knock £10k of the price. I can see why the venders do not want to involve the esate agents so it will save them money.
So the question is what is the best and quickest way to proceed so we dont lose the sale and no-one snatchs the property Before contracts are signed?
many thanks in advance
regards
Tim
as you might guess spelling is not my best area 
We are looking to buy our first house, we found a house but the surevy flaged up some work to be done on the propery and the sellers / venders where unwilling to pay half, so we left it. Yes i know we had paid out for the surrvy but could not justify to pay the extra for the work as well we where at our max budjet.
Now we have found another house which seems ideal, so we contacted the sellers direct and agreed on a price without involving the esate agents. The venders want a quick sale (subject to surrvy) as they are moving away they have knock £10k of the price. I can see why the venders do not want to involve the esate agents so it will save them money.
So the question is what is the best and quickest way to proceed so we dont lose the sale and no-one snatchs the property Before contracts are signed?
many thanks in advance
regards
Tim
as you might guess spelling is not my best area 0
Comments
-
have you got your mortgage offer?
get a solicitor & instruct for your survey to be done.
you could ask the vendor to take it off the market, but you need to show willing by having your sol & surbey running asap
good luck
:beer: Well aint funny how its the little things in life that mean the most? Not where you live, the car you drive or the price tag on your clothes.
Theres no dollar sign on piece of mind
This Ive come to know...
So if you agree have a drink with me, raise your glasses for a toast :beer:0 -
lynzpower wrote:have you got your mortgage offer?
get a solicitor & instruct for your survey to be done.
you could ask the vendor to take it off the market, but you need to show willing by having your sol & surbey running asap
good luck
Thanks Lynzpower
I have had an morgage offer on the first property that fell through, so i will have to pay for another survey to get another offer on this property (just to make sure all is well).
I have already named a sol on the previous property by held back on all the searches till i was happy with the survey (good job really saved a bit of money since it all fell through). So I have a sol on standby,
hopefully the venders will take it of the market otherwise it could get expensive with all the surveys
Kind Regards
Tims
thanks for your advice0 -
No problems! All the best, sounds like you have things in place.
:beer: Well aint funny how its the little things in life that mean the most? Not where you live, the car you drive or the price tag on your clothes.
Theres no dollar sign on piece of mind
This Ive come to know...
So if you agree have a drink with me, raise your glasses for a toast :beer:0 -
Incidentally, did you find this through a private sellingwebsite- can i ask which one ? As Im thinking of selling via an online EA or via private sales. It would be interesting to know your experiencces :beer: Well aint funny how its the little things in life that mean the most? Not where you live, the car you drive or the price tag on your clothes.
Theres no dollar sign on piece of mind
This Ive come to know...
So if you agree have a drink with me, raise your glasses for a toast :beer:0 -
Hi Lynzpower,
Yes I found through this web sight:
http://www.houseladder.co.uk/Welcome.aspx
Hope the link works for you
Regards
Tim0
This discussion has been closed.
Confirm your email address to Create Threads and Reply
Categories
- All Categories
- 354.3K Banking & Borrowing
- 254.4K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
- 455.4K Spending & Discounts
- 247.2K Work, Benefits & Business
- 603.9K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
- 178.4K Life & Family
- 261.4K Travel & Transport
- 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
- 16.1K Discuss & Feedback
- 37.7K Read-Only Boards