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Offer on house - do we have to accept?
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If I offered full asking price and the vendor wanted more I would tell him where to poke it.Been away for a while.0
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Thanks hoploz.
Running horse that is what we said when the EA set the price!0 -
Running_Horse wrote: »If I offered full asking price and the vendor wanted more I would tell him where to poke it.
Completely agree. We offered asking on our house, vendor asked for more and I said 'we offered what was asked, take it or leave it.' We moved in a few weeks ago.
Depends on how much you'd like potential buyers to stress about bidding against each other I guess......I personally would hate the thought and wouldn't buy off someone who pitched people against each other.
Good luck, though. Sounds like it'll sell quite easily!0 -
We were told it is a very relaxed contract...
OK - but were you told that by the same EA that told you to price £20k lower and negotiate upwards (and who you now think gave you bad advice)?We werebt even given a copy.
That would worry me a lot - if I had signed a contract potentially agreeing to pay somebody thousands of pounds, and I didn't have a copy (and possibly hadn't read it very thoroughly before signing).
Some EAs have very fair contracts, others will happily ask you to sign outrageous contracts without batting an eyelid.
Personally, I don't think I have ever signed an EA's standard contract without insisting on some changes first. But perhaps I'm just over cautious.0
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