Selling House - Rant Thread!

dc197

How about "stupid questions from buyer's solicitor"?
Verbatim quote regarding my detached house, which I answered " N/A". The maths is nonsense.

"Is the volume of the conservatory greater than 10% or 50 cubic metres (whichever is greater) of the floor area of the original house (here the property is terraced) or 15% or 70 cubic metres (whichever is the greater) of the floor area of the original house (where the property is semi detached)"

alchemist.1

Please buy my house which i have spent thousands of pounds doing to my taste but no one elses for an over inflated price.

ThePants999

dc197 wrote: »

How about "stupid questions from buyer's solicitor"?
Verbatim quote regarding my detached house, which I answered " N/A". The maths is nonsense.

"Is the volume of the conservatory greater than 10% or 50 cubic metres (whichever is greater) of the floor area of the original house (here the property is terraced) or 15% or 70 cubic metres (whichever is the greater) of the floor area of the original house (where the property is semi detached)"

That is gold.

elverson

Picky buyers = there's something wrong with your house.

beanandbean

elverson wrote: »

Picky buyers = there's something wrong with your house.

Agreed...
Shouldn't buyers be picky?! :rotfl:
We were pretty damn picky when buying our house.

Davesnave

Not even a proper rant!

The house is probably mis-advertised, as well as hideously decorated and overpriced.

moneyistooshorttomention

Chelsea__Thomas wrote: »

Picky Buyers, Estate Agents who don't come back to you, chasing people you are paying to do a job, DIY nightmares... take your pick!! My tuesday evening is spent paining my hall a colour i think someone else will like so I can sell my property.. how is that fair (or fun!!)

Well - I can sympathise with that one - ie the changing colour of paint. I've rather lost count of the number of properties I've seen advertised where its been obvious they've just "done work" - but the colours are their personal taste. Mind you - that's usually tiles. "Nice new kitchen - why on earth did they do black tiles? I'd have to rip them out" "Nice new bathroom - why on earth did they do grey tiles? I'd have to rip them out"

iantojones40

Numbers of properties on the market are at their lowest levels since records began, there has possibly never been a stronger sellers market across the whole of the UK than what we're currently experiencing, I've got little/no sympathy for anyone claiming they're "struggling to sell"...it obviously overpriced, probably by quite some margin.

Doozergirl

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

Well - I can sympathise with that one - ie the changing colour of paint. I've rather lost count of the number of properties I've seen advertised where its been obvious they've just "done work" - but the colours are their personal taste. Mind you - that's usually tiles. "Nice new kitchen - why on earth did they do black tiles? I'd have to rip them out" "Nice new bathroom - why on earth did they do grey tiles? I'd have to rip them out"

God forbid, people actually put things they like in their own homes! :eek:

moneyistooshorttomention

Obviously they are perfectly entitled to do so - but my first thought about such "personal" choices is "Looks like they weren't planning on selling at any point then - or they wouldn't have done that. What changed their mind?"

Five minutes in a house and one can tell what the owner is either planning for or possibly hoping for. The clue to me having "settled" in my current house will be if I change all the neutral d!cor and neutral modern floorcoverings I instantly put in everywhere:rotfl:. There is no "colour" at all in my house at the moment (other than leftover kitchen tiles from previous owner - as I've not been able to afford my new kitchen yet).