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Taking builders in for estimates
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I suggest you take the builder BEFORE you offer......!!
I am selling a house , as we speak , if someone makes me an offer , and they are proceedable , and obviously its subject to contract , including survery , then fine , i would take it off the market etc and get the solicitior on the case etc
Fast forward a few days . the buyer gets in touch , and says he want to bring a builder round to HAVE A LOOK , immediatley , i would be thinking your either going to use this to re-negotiate the price or worst case , you`ll pull out
How can you not see that this is stuff that should be done before agreeing a sale amount?!
Ok.... I will remember this when I buy next time
For now, the vendors told us that they wont be available tomorrow and asked if we can come in today.
Thankfully the builder was free so we went today. Eveything seems to be fine - Apart from the fact that the electrics (fuse box?) seem to be very old and the house will need new re-wiring
. Also the boiler is very old (they told us its 3yrs old) !!
The agents stand point throughout our negotiions was that the house just needed a new kitchen, a new bathroom and a lick of paint!!There is more to life than increasing its speed.0 -
new wiring and possible a new boiler...? ouch
all the best!!Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.0 -
so obviously if the buyer offering full asking price made some nasty comments about your choice of decor, while the one making a very low offer remained silent on their plans, you'd have sold to the latter
don't be ridiculous please...
That's an utterly ridiculous, one-sided example. If I had two buyers offering similar amounts, and one put my back up I'd obviously prefer the other.
My point remains that it is sensible (and kind!) for a buyer to exercise a certain amount of tact. That holds true even in a buyer's market. Selling a house is a business transaction even though it's usually carried out by amateurs, and personal relationships are very important, as anyone who has some experience of the commercial world knows.No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0 -
All hail orcocan, the witty comeback king :rotfl:0
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