Approaching home owners directly offering to buy - has anyone done this successfully

lessonlearned

sinbad182 wrote: »

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

One ask is one thing and will probably be a home-owner - but persistent asking would feel like pressure and put my back up - but I wouldnt actually say "no" to a persistent asker. I'd grin/keep quiet and let them "stew in their own juices" until the day they saw it had gone STC - to someone else.[/QUOTE]

Why do you take such delight in being deliberately unpleasant to anyone who doesnt fit in with your bizarre behavioural standards?

I have to say I do agree here. That sentence you highlighted does sound very very spiteful.

moneyistooshorttomention

Well, that comes down to my pretty typical British way of thinking - in not liking to be asked for anything more than once. If I've said no once (eg by not replying) then I've said "no" and it feels like pestering to be then asked again later on.

So - take it in the context of someone living somewhere a bit more "provincial" as to why I would not expect repeat asking for something. It's not an uncommon way of thinking in my area. It's more "I wonder why they havent learnt our ways?"

hunters

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

Well, that comes down to my pretty typical British way of thinking - in not liking to be asked for anything more than once. If I've said no once (eg by not replying) then I've said "no" and it feels like pestering to be then asked again later on.

So - take it in the context of someone living somewhere a bit more "provincial" as to why I would not expect repeat asking for something. It's not an uncommon way of thinking in my area. It's more "I wonder why they havent learnt our ways?"

Astonished that you think your racist outlook is typically British I so hope you never end up in my area with such views.

sinbad182

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

Well, that comes down to my pretty typical British way of thinking - in not liking to be asked for anything more than once. If I've said no once (eg by not replying) then I've said "no" and it feels like pestering to be then asked again later on.

So - take it in the context of someone living somewhere a bit more "provincial" as to why I would not expect repeat asking for something. It's not an uncommon way of thinking in my area. It's more "I wonder why they havent learnt our ways?"

I'm sorry, but thats not typically British. Its just being deliberately unpleasant to someone.

hunters

lessonlearned wrote: »

sinbad182 wrote: »

I have to say I do agree here. That sentence you highlighted does sound very very spiteful.

She always was spiteful as ceridwen

warehouse

I think how you write the letter is all important. If I received one and it had even the faintest look of not being genuine I'd bin it. Be very humble, handwritten if possible.

hazyjo

So you think they 'caved in' because someone was persistent, MITSTM?

It's a very different thing to someone saying NO to something. It's more that it's 'not at this time'. People's circumstances change and a letter every 6-12 months giving contact info isn't unreasonable IMO and I really don't know why anyone would take offence.

If I had a house to sell and someone had sent me a letter say 2 years before (which presumably I'd kept), I'd contact them to see if they were still looking. Most people don't stay in their houses for decades any more. I think the average is around 7 years in one place.

I wish someone had put letters of interest through my door - might have saved us over £5.5k on EA fees!

Jx

justjohn

The house we are after is a shed/wreck. its worth around 40k maybe less. its not going to move unless they renovate it or a cash buyer comes along. They are not being greedy,awkwared or playing games lol

They do not see me as harassing them. I just remind them of my name and phone number. (these things do get lost over time) lol

Wizzbang

Sorry to dredge this thread up, but did anyone have any success? We have drafted a letter, but my parents are very uncomfortable with us doing this. Not that we have to take their view on things, but it's slightly making me doubt the safety of giving out my contact details!

I have set up a special email address, used my mobile number (which could be changed if I get hassled) but have used our postal address because we are likely to be targeting older people with our choice of house and I feel they will probably write an old-fashioned letter. I also feel that as this is business, a letter gives you more of a legal leg to stand on (if it were ever needed). Gonna hang on a few more days before posting them, just to gauge reaction.

JimmyTheWig

As long as the letter doesn't say something like "Please don't call during the first weekend of July as we'll be away" then it should be safe enough. You're giving them "your" address, but they don't know who "you" are, really. So you're really only giving them "an" address. Well, they can find plenty of addresses by walking down any street...