Paranoid or something up - buyer wanting measurements?

Dan-Dan

you have a filthy mind

Prothet_of_Doom

Be paraniod. If I had ever gone back for a second viewing on any of the 3 houses I've bought, I would not have gone through with it.

But they use the word measuring up. Our current house needed new windows, but I wanted them fitting on day 1 of ownership. The company I wanted to use, suggested that if the measured up and quoted, before exchange, I could order them on the day we exchanged and they could fit them all exactly 14 days later.
As it happened they lied and it was 22 days. But they measured up weeks before exchange. (although after the survey)

phoebe1989seb

DaftyDuck wrote: »

This one of those euphemisms, then? You got one of those 12 inchers that LL was dreaming of earlier in the thread? You are looking like an easy collar me'lad, if the boys in blue spot you, a-lurking away at school closing .... :eek:

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

moneyistooshorttomention

Ach...who needs neighbours for chatting to anyway. I think I must have chatted to half the town in my area-to-be whilst there and been told the area to avoid on the one hand and where I might like a house on the other hand.

I also looked up every darn website I could find on the area and found one with comments from "locals" about what they think of their town - answer boiling down usually to they love it. I also had loads of locals telling me when there that they love it. Not one single itsy-bitsy little comment ever saying that they dislike it/hate it....nary a one:D. Nope...they're all positively on a love affair with the place...:T Put like that...what else am I going to do except move there and start spending away stashing money into the local economy..

phoebe1989seb

When we bought this house in 2011 we were selling a house 200 miles away so only did one viewing before offering. We also didn't bother with a survey - it was such a wreck we didn't feel it necessary, lol We're in our 40s btw.....

We did come back to bring DS and the GF to see the place after our offer was accepted, but the vendors had moved out some months previously so we weren't *invading their space*, so to speak.

On another occasion - a few days before exchange we were in the area visiting relatives with my parents and decided to [STRIKE]lurk[/STRIKE], I mean drive by and show them *our* new home. The vendors happened to be there tending the large garden, spotted us and invited us in to show my parents over. At that point they actually offered us a set of keys so we could start moving some of our stuff in (we'd already driven some to my parents' house 70 miles away), which we accepted and proceeded to do :eek:

The people that bought our last house - a couple aged about 40 - came back to view a further four times between their offer being accepted and exchange, twice before the survey. We were perfectly happy with them doing this as we were over the moon to have sold so quickly (2 weeks) - the only thing that was a PITA was that they insisted on exchanging contact details and proceeded to text us at every opportunity with questions about the rooms

The buyers of our previous house - aged in their mid 50s - sent round a couple of tradesmen after their offer was accepted including an Aga engineer to make plans for installation once the house was theirs......They also viewed about three times and had no survey - again we had no objections

I certainly wouldn't discourage any further viewings as IMHO it shows commitment on their part.......

Dan-Dan

We have swopped details with our vendors , and we are keeping each other up to date with some things , other than talkign completetion dates etc as i want the solicitors to deal with all that , obviously we both have ideas of when we want to be done but as it is , it`s just talking about things like asking us round to measure up , cup of coffee etc , i think it will be of beneift in the long run , just because if you have a relationship of sorts there , it helps having to not do everything through the EA , i have a gas man going round , electrician etc

Our buyers , i also have spoken to them , and they asked if they could come to measure up (as in extend etc , they are architects) AFTER exchange but before completetion , to which we agreed immediatley

DaftyDuck

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

Ach...who needs neighbours for chatting to anyway. I think I must have chatted to half the town in my area-to-be whilst there and been told the area to avoid on the one hand and where I might like a house on the other hand.

I also looked up every darn website I could find on the area and found one with comments from "locals" about what they think of their town - answer boiling down usually to they love it. I also had loads of locals telling me when there that they love it. Not one single itsy-bitsy little comment ever saying that they dislike it/hate it....nary a one:D. Nope...they're all positively on a love affair with the place...:T Put like that...what else am I going to do except move there and start spending away stashing money into the local economy..

Ah, Money, for a good view of any place, an upbeat optimistic profile, try THIS website... :rotfl:

moneyistooshorttomention

Thanks for that.

My current location duly mentioned there, with arguments for and against it being a "chavtown" but, if you knew the place, you would understand why.

My town-to-be = its not mentioned there.:D

DaftyDuck

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

Thanks for that.

My current location duly mentioned there, with arguments for and against it being a "chavtown" but, if you knew the place, you would understand why.

My town-to-be = its not mentioned there.:D

Well, you'll be able to add that entry in a few months time.

makeyourdaddyproud

DaftyDuck wrote: »

When spending money on a house, it is wise to invest time on your purchase that's in keeping with the size of your investment.

Many, many years ago, most of us might have moved from one street where we grew up, to another nearby where, maybe, our uncle lived, and wife's sister had recently moved from. Or, we moved within our village. Friends knew the neighbourhood, builders worked in the area they lived in, the coalman whistled, the milkman knew your first name (he was probably your dad) and life was all peachy and sweet.... Well, you get my general point.

Nowadays, you could be moving a few miles, or to another part of the country. You haven real ie of the house build quality, the builder is unknown to you, the new neighbours might murder your wife's sister, the "milkman" is slang for the local drug dealer, and you can whistle for a coalman, as he's long dead.

You have one chance to get this right. If you get it wrong, it will cost you tens of thousands of pounds to put right, and possibly cost you a year or two of life.

Some folk seem to begrudge an hour or two of their time to ensure the deal goes through. A third visit? NOw, I'm Middle Aged, and I like my Extra Viewings, capitalised, or not. I certainly view all the property I have bought at least three times. Oftentimes before survey as well. However, I do so with clarity and speed. Anyone I consider buying from knows I'm not messing them around. After all, I'm not going to waste my time just noseying around a house three times without clear interest in buying (or burglarizing) it.

Anyone who doesn't think this is reasonable is being a tad silly. The vendor has put their house on the market. They want to sell it. OK, in that case, if they want my money, they have to work for it. Show me the merchandise....:D

It's not long after I put my offer in that I'll be forking out several hundred pounds on a survey... only to find there are many problems with the house that I didn't notice, because I was only allowed one viewing - brief at that - and therefore I pull out. I'm down a few hundred quid, and the vendor is back at stage one... with a failed sale that the agent may well have to disclose. Bad news all round.

So, how do I pester my sellers? I make an appointment through the agent. I'm upfront, and say I want a good look round, not a hurried one. When there, I do indeed look inside cupboards (for damp, worm, also anything they might have hidden, airfresheners, paint they've just touched up with...). That means, when I leave, I can say I'm definitely not interested, (and not waste their time any more), or that I'm very interested, and arrange a viewing for a couple of days time. In those two days I'll do more homework (time that I'm expending, note to Money), beavering away on a computer, visiting the area in the evening, going to the local pub, finding out what schools are nearby, what planning applications are in, are approved in the past.... there's a lot of time invested on that. Oh, and "lurking" inside the car ("holding hands" with Dan-Dan in all likelihood ) to see if the local yobs lean against a lamppost or if there's any tramp around to steal a motor car. Oh me, Oh my! (lyrics: GF).

Then, for a second visit, I'll have invested time of my own. So, vendor, only fair you should do your bit. Just let me in your house. I don't actually care if it is polished the furniture to the nines, or if you've left your knickers on the radiator.... I hope you are taking them with you, and it's only really your vanity that makes you do such a tidy. It's your house I'm after. Oh, and i take a damp meter along (I will ask). And a digital meter for room sizes (never, ever, ever believe an estate agent; they are as honest on room sizes as us men are at measuring our private parts). I'll take a list of things to check... look at boiler, check water pressure, look in attic, look at all windows... do they open... any cracked glass... binoculars for outside... So, irritating? Well, if I pull out now, I've wasted a couple of hours of your (agent's) time but not taken your house off the market. Nor done anything to harm a future sale. If I'm buying, my solicitor's details will be on the agent's desk the next morning, and my surveyor will be on the phone in a day or two at most.... I don't want my time wasted here.. I don't want anyone else to put an offer in and spoil my chances...

Oh, and if I do try to reduce my offer after survey, it'll be because there is a problem... and if you don't agree, you can just say "no"... I'll either accept, or I'll pull out. Entirely your choice.

Oh, and since I've paid out a few hundred quid for a survey (and the seller has not), yes I want some "Extra Viewings"... I want my dirty great workmen to look round your property. You can say no.... but I might wonder why you aren't helping sell your property..... They won't take long, and they'll possibly be delighted if you leave your knickers on the radiator

If, on the other hand I was only to visit once, the put an offer in a few days later, then a week later maybe look round the neighbourhood, and two weeks later find there was no bus to the local school, then pull out.... well, that's a waste of everybody's time.

{and breathe..... and do some work to lower the old blood pressure... :D:D}

Let's see how long you'll keep this up after every offer is turned DOWN.

You sound like a buyer looking for a checklist of stupid reasons to negotiate on price.

In these scenarios, BCTAH, like ive said in the past.

I'll sit pretty in the house you so dearly covet for all but trivial niggles.

Come back to me in 6 months, and I will slap 40k on for you - the cupboard woodworm will still be there.