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Sell price too good to be true

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  • kforshaw
    kforshaw Posts: 395 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    It's in German for me too. Have no fear!
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  • grubby23
    grubby23 Posts: 289 Forumite
    GAH wrote: »
    Dont see what your point is here OP. It looks like its priced correctly, no where near the £200k you suggest.

    Prices for similar flats in this location are 200.000 and more. So I am a bit suspicious why they offer it for half of the money they could get for it ...
  • grubby23
    grubby23 Posts: 289 Forumite
    Svenena wrote: »
    Is this post really in German, or is my computer being acting very bizarrely?

    My apologies for being rude, corrected it, hopefully now a language that most people can deal with ;)
  • jee
    jee Posts: 288 Forumite
    OP- did you go and see the flat?
  • grubby23
    grubby23 Posts: 289 Forumite
    yepp, went there and it looked pretty good. The only downside was that the living area is a bit weirdly structure, so not sure how it would be best there to put the TV and sofa. But still think it is a bargain for that price ...
  • freyuk
    freyuk Posts: 22 Forumite
    Usual suspects will be service charges, listed building with changes made without approval, future (normally really expensive) works planned, structure problems.
    Could be a gamble by the seller to generate a lot of interest and create a price war too.
    If so many people went to see it, there is no harm in making an offer for it, just don't get caught in a bidding war.
  • Could be desperate to sell for personal reasons.

    Otherwise problems with building or neighbors or planned works that will cost a lot.
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  • moneypuddle
    moneypuddle Posts: 936 Forumite
    Why its so cheap? Honestly I would think its because it doesn't look very nice
  • grubby23
    grubby23 Posts: 289 Forumite
    It is sold by an agency, more or less half of the flats of this building are sold by them for some reason. I think for England the flats look really, really nice, hopefully no one is offended by this comment :).
  • Gromitt
    Gromitt Posts: 5,063 Forumite
    It could be an EAs trick of getting people in to view the property. Get a load of block bookings in, and then when you place an offer "Sorry, must have been a typo in the price, I'll ask it to be changed" and then the negotiators start their pushy tactics. Eventually someone agrees a price thinking they got a good deal and then later on finds out they paid the asking price and the EA was playing them.

    I'm surprised it doesn't say "Offers in excess of £99,950".
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