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You may be better off living with the kitchen as it is for a while, as you might find you use it differently than you thought you would, and your newly ordered one no longer meets your needs.
You don't have to put the order in before the house is yours but you can save weeks by getting tradesmen in and making decisions in advance of exchange.0 -
You don't have to put the order in before the house is yours but you can save weeks by getting tradesmen in and making decisions in advance of exchange.
A lot of the more 'savvy' tradesmen won't agree to this, if they realise that you haven't exchanged yet.
They will know that you may not even buy the house, and if you do, the job could be 6 or 8 or 10 weeks (or more) away.
Another reason that tradesmen may not be interested... many people get 'high priced' tradesmen to quote for 'top spec' jobs before exchange - just to get high quotes to help negotiate the selling price down.
Then, after completion, they get a 'budget' tradesman to do a 'budget' job, or just opt to go diy.0 -
Thanks all!
So just to clarify the vendor is an estate so we dont really have to worry about anyone changing their minds - but in fairness I am not going to order anything until we have exchanged just in case I am not that green! I just need to get in to measure so I can make my appointment with the kitchen place.
We want to keep the overlap as short as possible as we are keeping our current house and renting it out.
I was not sure if there was a protocol such as you can / cant request a viewing but now I know its generally a thing people do I am going to request a viewing on Monday thanks all!!!0 -
A lot of the more 'savvy' tradesmen won't agree to this, if they realise that you haven't exchanged yet.
They will know that you may not even buy the house, and if you do, the job could be 6 or 8 or 10 weeks (or more) away.
Another reason that tradesmen may not be interested... many people get 'high priced' tradesmen to quote for 'top spec' jobs before exchange - just to get high quotes to help negotiate the selling price down.
Then, after completion, they get a 'budget' tradesman to do a 'budget' job, or just opt to go diy.
It worked very well for our buyers.0
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