Negotiation advice

chelseablue

Is that the same house as the one in your other thread where you wanted to change the driveway?

adonis10

chelseablue wrote: »

Is that the same house as the one in your other thread where you wanted to change the driveway?

Yes .

mrginge

I think you may be right.

If you ...

adonis10 wrote: »

...don't want to pay 315

Then don't say...

adonis10 wrote: »

...our budget is 315

martinthebandit

adonis10 wrote: »

She told us that if she were to put it on with an EA, she'd go with 325. We said our budget is 315 and she accepted straight out. I think she's got one over on us.

If the house is worth 315k + and it's the house you want then you've done ok.

adonis10

mrginge wrote: »

I think you may be right.

If you ...


Then don't say...

Right that we've been done?


I know, we got our pitch wrong, we really did. It was a case of calling her bluff, but we didn't go low enough. For all we know they could have valued it at 305, yet she said she'd put it on for 325. Who knows. We'll never know.


Prices are all over the place, it seems. I made money on my flat, but we won't make a penny on this. Swings and roundabouts, I guess.

adonis10

martinthebandit wrote: »

If the house is worth 315k + and it's the house you want then you've done ok.

Who knows if it is? I guess it's worth what some mug will pay for it.

martinthebandit

adonis10 wrote: »

Who knows if it is? I guess it's worth what some mug will pay for it.

If your still friends with the tenant then get him or her to get an estate agent round to value it, then you will know who's the mug.

Oh and the survey results will give you another opportunity to negotiate better.

adonis10

martinthebandit wrote: »

If your still friends with the tenant then get him or her to get an estate agent round to value it, then you will know who's the mug

Not a bad shout.

oligopoly

To point out the obvious (and it's certainly frowned upon), if you have a second viewing - and perhaps take a parent/friend/sibling - you're perfectly within your rights to say that after more contemplation you can't offer the full £315k as x,y,z need doing.

But you sound like your heart's set on the property so I'd suggest ignoring any feelings of regret or anxiety and focusing on the exciting bits!

adonis10

oligopoly wrote: »

To point out the obvious (and it's certainly frowned upon), if you have a second viewing - and perhaps take a parent/friend/sibling - you're perfectly within your rights to say that after more contemplation you can't offer the full £315k as x,y,z need doing.

But you sound like your heart's set on the property so I'd suggest ignoring any feelings of regret or anxiety and focusing on the exciting bits!

That's a good point. We are looking to get another viewing this week to a) for a closer inspection and b) to measure rooms as we don't have a floorplan, so are going to take both sets of parents and get their advice!


I'm sure it is frowned upon but it wouldn't bother me, as long as we still get it, as I am money obsessed. My gf has the emotional attachment, I have the financial one.