We just sold our house!

jeanod

:jCongratulations great news hope everything goes well for you in the future.

EmilyQ

jeanod wrote: »

:jCongratulations great news hope everything goes well for you in the future.

Thanks so much! It's such a warm feeling inside! I've wanted to move from here for the past three years lol! But we've never dared to with all the doom and gloom scare stories out there.

People are always like.. 'Well what if this happens!' and 'what if it falls through!' Whilst that might be good advice, I tend to treat life's problems as and when they occur rather than worrying about something that hasn't happened yet! :beer:

WelshNic

Congratulations :beer:

Always live life with your glass half full :T

evansmummy

Well done!! :j
I wish we were in your position. We've been up a couple of weeks and had our first viewing yesterday. They've said they're interested and we're one of two houses they like. Keeping my fingers crossed!!

Gwhiz

tyllwyd wrote: »

Congratulations! (Don't let the doom merchants get you down!) From what I've seen around here (in Wiltshire) there are people actively looking for houses and relatively little choice, so if you are lucky and there is someone out there looking for a house like yours, they are going quickly. Fingers crossed that it goes smoothly from here on!

There are no doom merchants - only the words of experience. My experience has told me that until Exchange ANYTHING can happen so it's sensible not to get too carried away.

OP - I hope it all goes smoothly for you

harrup

EmilyQ wrote: »

Some of you might remember me saying that we'd decided to put our house on the market last Saturday. The board went up yesterday and we had a second viewing last night.

Today, we've sold our home for the asking price and we hadn't even got the photos sorted for our listing on the agent's website!!

:T

Fantastic! Congratulations.

Although...and I REALLY don't want to rain on your happy parade...please bear in mind - as others have pointed out - that the property isn't really SOLD as yet.

It is an unusual buyer who doesn't ask for ANY reduction in price at some stage. MOST buyers are aware that the vendor expects a lower offer to the AP. It thus seems rather strange that your buyer didn't try to negotiate at all, even to a minute degree.

Keeping fingers crossed for you for a smooth and troublefree sale

kingstreet

I think we should adopt the terminology used on a football forum I am wont to visit, where those of an optimistic nature are tagged "gaylord," while the opposite forumites who accept the mien of the pessimist are known as "doomlords."

If you look in the dictionary under "doomlord" you'll find an image of me, or should do if my submissions to the OED have arrived at their intended destination.

GCH888

Wow ... I'm jealous. Congratulations. The worst thing is that you're now thinking "maybe the asking price was too low and I could've got an extra 10K"

Did the buyer purchase your property as an investment (i.e. to rent out)? It could be the buyer is expecting interest rates to go up in May so now is the last chance to get a low mortgage rate.

EmilyQ

That's just it GCH888! we got a great price for our house. We keep an eye on the market and we know we've been very lucky.

The person who's buying ours has already sold their home and they need to move asap. Plus they're all cash buyers in the chain so there's no hang ups. Itz all going through smoothly now.

We actually got more for our house than someone else who sold their home nearby and their house is bigger!!

I'm so happy, relieved, ecstatic. Exchanging this week

azkaban420

Congrats on the positive news and fingers crossed it all goes through smoothly to exchange and completion

Az