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Dealing with the deluded.

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  • abaxas
    abaxas Posts: 4,141 Forumite
    HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »
    You've been trolling these boards for years cheering on mass misery, recession, unemployment and a house price crash.

    Now you find you can't buy a house at the price you want.

    I for one think it's absolutely hilarious.

    And couldn't happen to a nicer bloke.:rotfl:

    Becasue I beleive that people should be resposible for thier actions, if they screw up, they should feel the pain of it.

    That is life. Learn not to be so selfish.
  • RenovationMan
    RenovationMan Posts: 4,227 Forumite
    abaxas wrote: »
    If you have read this thread. You would find that I can afford, just am not willing (like everyone else in the last 3 years) to pay their price.

    Huge different between not being able to afford and not wanting to buy a mars bar for £4.99.

    I bought 2 years ago. We've had a mortgage rate of 2.54% that's allowing us to renovate the house really quickly.

    Your mars bar analogy is pointless as houses differ in price due to a million and one reasons. If they were all identical and their locations were equally desirable then it'd be fair enough to refuse to pay 'over the odds' for one. Perhaps you should consider using cake as an analogy instead of mars bars.

    You can't buy this:
    wedding_cake_picture_ann4.jpg


    For the same price or cheaper than this:
    cupcake1.jpg
  • abaxas
    abaxas Posts: 4,141 Forumite
    The problem is people are selling this...

    cupcake1.jpg

    But they want the price of this....

    wedding_cake_picture_ann4.jpg


    My question was simply to ask if we should do anything about them, or just add them to the ignore list.
  • ess0two
    ess0two Posts: 3,606 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    abaxas wrote: »
    A little bit further info. We looked at sold prices -vs- what was for sale in one area we are looking.

    Currently there are 2 houses for sale at 500k, one at 550, two at 600, one at 800 and one at 975k.

    Issue being, the highest past recorded sale was for 450k in 2008. Largest zoolpa estimate is 427k for any of them.

    An people are trying to tell me they are not overpriced? Or have I found an up and coming area, where no-one wants to buy.

    You cant rely on zoopla for estimates,totally unreliable.
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  • abaxas
    abaxas Posts: 4,141 Forumite
    ess0two wrote: »
    You cant rely on zoopla for estimates,totally unreliable.

    Agreed,

    Just we were trying to find reasons for the valuations. The only reason we can find is becasue the vendors think so.
  • COLOURBOUNCE
    COLOURBOUNCE Posts: 185 Forumite
    abaxas wrote: »
    A little bit further info. We looked at sold prices -vs- what was for sale in one area we are looking.

    Currently there are 2 houses for sale at 500k, one at 550, two at 600, one at 800 and one at 975k.

    Issue being, the highest past recorded sale was for 450k in 2008. Largest zoolpa estimate is 427k for any of them.

    An people are trying to tell me they are not overpriced? Or have I found an up and coming area, where no-one wants to buy.


    Looks like you missed the boat, train and plane here fella.
  • abaxas
    abaxas Posts: 4,141 Forumite
    COLOURBOUNCE wrote: »
    Looks like you missed the boat, train and plane here fella.

    Shame they left with no passengers on :P
  • sinbad182
    sinbad182 Posts: 619 Forumite
    500 Posts
    Is this clown still rattling on about houses he can't afford?
  • RenovationMan
    RenovationMan Posts: 4,227 Forumite
    abaxas wrote: »
    My question was simply to ask if we should do anything about them, or just add them to the ignore list.

    What can you do about them other than to try and negotiate a compromise price, pay what they ask or just walk away and keep looking?

    I don't see a fourth option here.
  • COLOURBOUNCE
    COLOURBOUNCE Posts: 185 Forumite
    sinbad182 wrote: »
    Is this clown still rattling on about houses he can't afford?


    Good point, very well made.
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