To those BUYING in these difficult times....

sonastin · 28 February 2011 at 1:21PM

:j

Vendors have finally accepted my offer. :T Now its just a matter of getting a new mortgage offer sorted. Here's hoping that a 30% deposit and £30k off the asking price is enough to give them the confidence to lend against a wreck of a house! Wish me luck...:D

Grimbal · 28 February 2011 at 1:41PM

Yay Sonastin - everything crossed for you with your lender

azkaban420 · 28 February 2011 at 2:03PM

Well done Sonastin!! :j

Good luck for your mortgage offer too, everything crossed for you

Az

calliopeviolet · 28 February 2011 at 3:17PM

Hi everyone

I'll join in on this thread, if I may. Finally, house prices seem to be affordable for me (buying alone but will be living with boyfriend) and I found a lovely house, put a low-ish offer in and it was accepted. Mortgage all sorted, but the lender's valuation came back suspecting damp. Fine - have had 3 builders going in to have a look and am getting a full survey done today. If that comes back okay (lender's valuation mentioned 'some historical movement') then I'll get an independent damp specialist to check the place out - I've read a lot of stuff about the 'myth' of damp so want to be sure there is something there which needs work.

Fingers crossed it all works out, but if not, I'll have to walk away and start all over again. It's very frustrating, but I suppose there's no point in buying something that's going to be a millstone around my neck.

Good luck to the rest of us that are trying to buy something at the moment!

Also - is anyone else utterly sick of checking Rightmove on a daily basis?

The_Drama_Llama · 28 February 2011 at 3:55PM

calliopeviolet wrote: »

Hi everyone

Also - is anyone else utterly sick of checking Rightmove on a daily basis?

I get alerst emailed to me to try and cut down on the RM checking...it doesn't really though...

Good luck with your buying - sounds like you're doing everything right!

Grimbal · 28 February 2011 at 4:07PM

The_Drama_Llama wrote: »

I get alerst emailed to me to try and cut down on the RM checking...it doesn't really though...

Good luck with your buying - sounds like you're doing everything right!

I can go one OCD step better ! I get an RSS feed delivered to my inbox

calliopeviolet · 28 February 2011 at 4:16PM

I get alerts too, but I still check. RSS? That IS dedication.:beer:

The_Drama_Llama · 28 February 2011 at 4:42PM

Grimbal wrote: »

I can go one OCD step better ! I get an RSS feed delivered to my inbox

Mmmm...now you're talking!

Alibear · 28 February 2011 at 4:53PM

Hi, Quick question, mainly because I'm getting impatient! I'm in the process of buying and my EA called last week to ask how my solicitor was getting on (have searches been undertaken, etc), I think the EA was just checking I'm doing what I should be. They said everything was moving along well and 'we should be done in 2-3 weeks'. Has anyone else had a call like this? I'm not sure whether the 2-3 weeks estimation is accurate. Is it standard for EAs to call the buyer a couple of weeks before exchange? I hope so because it could mean I'll be in my new house in about a month! :-)

Rautavaara · 28 February 2011 at 5:07PM

I get excited when I see a new property even though I have no interest in it ... is there help for this sort of thing?

To those BUYING in these difficult times....

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