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We have exchanged
daisymay2008
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Finally exchanged contracts today :j completion date this Friday!
We have had our house on the market since May last year, had about 7 viewings only in that time, one offer that fell through in October.....
initially went on the market at £134950, only reduced it once (by 3k) and sold for £129500.....
lots of people would have told me I'm sure it was overpriced and i should have reduced the price by £10-£15k but i knew it was priced well, there are currently around 6 house in my street and next street all of same design but mine stood head and shoulders above the others and was priced the highest
There are some unrealistic/greedy sellers out there though, one house we looked at has been dropped 30k since we looked at it:rotfl:
and another house (overpriced) who wouldn't accept £160k off us despite needing a fair bit of work is still for sale:rotfl:
we have bought at 165k on a house up for 170k and it's definately a fair price, i didn't insult them by going in at 155 or 160 when i knew it was a bargain really.....
been packing all day
knackered!
to all you others keep the faith
We have had our house on the market since May last year, had about 7 viewings only in that time, one offer that fell through in October.....
initially went on the market at £134950, only reduced it once (by 3k) and sold for £129500.....
lots of people would have told me I'm sure it was overpriced and i should have reduced the price by £10-£15k but i knew it was priced well, there are currently around 6 house in my street and next street all of same design but mine stood head and shoulders above the others and was priced the highest
There are some unrealistic/greedy sellers out there though, one house we looked at has been dropped 30k since we looked at it:rotfl:
and another house (overpriced) who wouldn't accept £160k off us despite needing a fair bit of work is still for sale:rotfl:
we have bought at 165k on a house up for 170k and it's definately a fair price, i didn't insult them by going in at 155 or 160 when i knew it was a bargain really.....
been packing all day
knackered!to all you others keep the faith
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Congratulations! We are supposed to be exchanging today but I haven't had confirmation yet so I suppose it's not going to happen today!0
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Congrats and all the best with the move :j0
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Congratulations! Moving in to my own house was the best thing i've ever done! good luck with the move!0
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Congratulations
I'm glad you got what you wanted for yours and found what you wanted at the right price. Shows what a slog it can be though - a year! It's horrible to be waiting like that. All forgotten soon though!Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
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Well done you for sticking to your guns and hope the move goes ok.0
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Aww congratulations. I bet you are relieved. We have just had a provisional completion date of 27th May after weeks of waiting for some indication of a date but we have not exchanged yet and it is stressing me out. Everything is 'provisionally' organised but I don't feel like I can get excited yet
Hope everything goes OK for you on Friday!0 -
Doozergirl wrote: »Congratulations
I'm glad you got what you wanted for yours and found what you wanted at the right price. Shows what a slog it can be though - a year! It's horrible to be waiting like that. All forgotten soon though!
yes, i've been a lot more patient than I thought I would be, to be honest the only stressful moment was waiting for the mortgage offer, apart from that everything has been pretty much ok *touch wood*0 -
Aww congratulations. I bet you are relieved. We have just had a provisional completion date of 27th May after weeks of waiting for some indication of a date but we have not exchanged yet and it is stressing me out. Everything is 'provisionally' organised but I don't feel like I can get excited yet
Hope everything goes OK for you on Friday!
it'll happen very soon for you then hopefully, i've started to sort mail re-direction and other admin type things but we are feeling quite organised, just hope we have enough room in the van I've hired for friday!!!!0 -
Congratulations!Foreign politicians often zing stereotypical tunes, mayday, mayday, Venezuela, neck
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Congratulations. Once you have settled in, you will soon forget all the stress!0
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