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Homebuyer Report values our house at lower than sale price
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That is what we would have thought/hoped. We live in a desirable village in South Wales with good transport links. Our house is a cottage built around 1850 so is inevitably going to have some imperfections but the valuation is difficult to swallow.
But the houses you linked to have not been built in the 1850s.Maybe the other houses are selling quick because people dont want a house that is so old ?
I would rather have a older house as they have more character .0 -
But the houses you linked to have not been built in the 1850s.Maybe the other houses are selling quick because people dont want a house that is so old ?
I would rather have a older house as they have more character .
it was someone else who linked to those houses in Stoke, not the OP.
OP have you had any luck looking at other properties sold in the area?Spreadsheet-obsessed.0 -
Hi all
The suggestion of looking at recent house sales in the area is a good one. Unfortunately the village is made up of houses of very different styles and sizes so it doesn't give a great insight.
More modern houses in the area have sold for around the survey valuation of ours but I would argue the character of ours is a big selling point.0 -
It turns out that the main addition to this survey in relation to the one produced last year is the suspicion of an issue with the damp proof course. The surveyor will not budge on his valuation of 240k. I am going to get a couple of companies to check the damp proof course asap but the inclination is to not renegotiate on the price.0
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