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Judi wrote:Guys, i thankyou for putting me right on a few areas, but i still wouldnt buy it. Someone will though no doubt.
You're right there Judi
We viewed a run down house, ex-council I think, that wasn't as bad as the one you've viewed, but was up for 125k.
I said I wouldn't give 75k for it, but I didn't get the chance. It went for more than 150k!!! lol0 -
:eek: :eek: :eek:Sofa_Sogood wrote:You're right there Judi
We veiwed a run down house, ex-council I think, that wasn't as bad as the one you've viewed, but was up for 125k.
I said I wouldn't give 75k for it, but I didn't get the chance. It went for more than 150k!!! lolThis is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com0 -
If someone is buying it to do the work themselves then they can afford to pay more ... i.e. they don't take their own time into consideration.
Raw materials are cheap in comparison to the labour costs... for instance you could replace everything in a bathroom for under £500 complete, a kitchen for £1000 etc.
On a similar vein building an extention if only taking into account only the cost of materials & PP etc could increase the house value a lot.0 -
So really, the only people who can benefit from all this are builders?This is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com0
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Or keen DIY'ers
For instance I would attempt everything except for the new roof if I had the time.0 -
An update:
When i had my house valued, we had several valuations. The one chap was a good sort, spent ages giving us advice and nothing was too much bother. So i came up with a plan. I asked MrJudi what he thought of asking this bloke to go and view the house (at a different estate agent), giving us a better idea as to what he thought it was worth. He went to see it yesterday, and told us to put in an offer of £140,000. He told us it would at first be rejected. Then in three months time when they still have had no offers for the house, he told us to put in the same offer. He is pretty certain that the offer will be accepted.
For doing this favour, the valuer will get the sale of my house when its put on the market.This is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com0
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