New build overpriced?

GwylimT

Being considerate means that only visitors use visitor spaces.

Gravel road, no way, not something I would expect on the cheapest development, they are also very dusty.

Small bedrooms, no.

You have been quite negative about the house so I'm not entirelt sure why you want to buy it. Also don't be a mug, my neighbour generally believes our ranges were £1500, a very quick search gives a £700 list price, so in reality they cost far less.

TBeckett100

As the wife won't be doing a school run, maybe we'll buy a small car for her and convert the garage door to electric. That way if parking becomes an issue we have a solution

GwylimT

TBeckett100 wrote: »

As the wife won't be doing a school run, maybe we'll buy a small car for her and convert the garage door to electric. That way if parking becomes an issue we have a solution

They're fitting a manual door?!

TBeckett100

GwylimT wrote: »

Being considerate means that only visitors use visitor spaces.

Gravel road, no way, not something I would expect on the cheapest development, they are also very dusty.

Small bedrooms, no.

You have been quite negative about the house so I'm not entirelt sure why you want to buy it. Also don't be a mug, my neighbour generally believes our ranges were £1500, a very quick search gives a £700 list price, so in reality they cost far less.

I have spotted that other owners use the visitor spaces further down the road for their second cars. It's tough, as I said to the wife, unless you have enough to self build, you'll always have to compromise

TBeckett100

GwylimT wrote: »

They're fitting a manual door?!

It's odd but yes, well I think so. They have plaster boarded the garage ceiling. Never seen that before

TBeckett100

GwylimT wrote: »

Being considerate means that only visitors use visitor spaces.

Gravel road, no way, not something I would expect on the cheapest development, they are also very dusty.

Small bedrooms, no.

You have been quite negative about the house so I'm not entirelt sure why you want to buy it. Also don't be a mug, my neighbour generally believes our ranges were £1500, a very quick search gives a £700 list price, so in reality they cost far less.

It's the house the made us decide to move. We drove past them and thought they were up our street. The ovens aren't standard. I don't know why we have a range oven when others have integrated ovens but I did Google the Smeg range cooker and it isn't cheap

GwylimT

TBeckett100 wrote: »

It's odd but yes, well I think so. They have plaster boarded the garage ceiling. Never seen that before

Our last garage was fully plastered, but others on the same estate weren't, it made it easier to screw carpet strips to the wall so our son didn't destroy the car door.

TBeckett100

GwylimT wrote: »

Our last garage was fully plastered, but others on the same estate weren't, it made it easier to screw carpet strips to the wall so our son didn't destroy the car door.

That may come in handy

Anyway may not happen. Our buyer had a survey on our home. They asked the agent to say to us "to progress the sale please could you screw the gas meter box to the wall as it is hanging off"

I'm not sure I would have asked the vendor to do that.

GwylimT

TBeckett100 wrote: »

That may come in handy

Anyway may not happen. Our buyer had a survey on our home. They asked the agent to say to us "to progress the sale please could you screw the gas meter box to the wall as it is hanging off"

I'm not sure I would have asked the vendor to do that.

I would certainly ask a vendor to do that, depending on the meter type it could increase the risk of a gas leak in the property.

Have you made a list of pros and cons in preference order?

jimpix12

Your house isn't worth £90k more than the neighbours, you bought it early on so didn't get any sort of decent discount. A developer can add things like a "£2k range cooker" for about £1200 trade price, if not less. It's too late to be negotiating now, those "extras" never really add up to much though, for future reference. Better to negotiate on the outright price.

Don't forget that many new builds lose money in the short term too, particularly on estate.

Did you just buy a TV or a half a million pound house?