Waiting for a buyer... Anyone want to join me?

Lovem

Our EA is closed today. I guess we picked one of the worst weekends to list with a new EA and photos. Fingers crossed someone has left a message about viewing

hazyjo

Good luck smallholdingsister!
Fri's viewers weren't interested. Not heard that from the EA, but they were in and out quick and showed zero buying signals. They'd be far better suited too Highams Park. Where are all the Chingford buyers?! I think we want a couple in their 40s/50s who have made enough on say a smaller property or flat in a now-fashionable/pricey area like Walthamstow or Leytonstone and are looking to move out to a less 'urban' area.

I dropped it £10k on Sat and did 'offers over' which I absolutely hate, as do buyers, but it's what the EA wanted to do in the first place, and tbh if we don't get a buyer at that level, we won't sell as we won't afford what we want in Leigh-on-Sea. Guess we may end up taking it off and waiting a year.

So frustrating. Wish we'd sold 6 months ago. Would've been easy.

Maybe May will be a luckier month. I suppose it's only been 5 weeks or so...

Good luck all.

Jx

smallholdingsister

You are trying hard Hazyjo. Fingers crossed.

phoebe1989seb

Sorry to hear your viewer on Friday didn't make the right noises, Hazyjo.....although that said, it's not unheard of for offers to come from unpromising viewings, so don't give up hope just yet

Smallholding - fingers crossed your surprise viewing brings forth a good offer when the EA re-opens!

We've done the wrong thing - as usual - by driving three hours to view somewhere yesterday whilst not on the market yet. We only intended to do a drive-by, but the vendor happened to see us outside [STRIKE]lurking[/STRIKE] looking, and invited us to view. Typically we fell in love (with the house, not the vendor, lol!) and now need to make plans to sell asap

Mickygg

Reading with interest all your journeys. I'm now off the market for the foreseeable future as I was going to have to lower the house to a low level to sell and I don't want to sell that much.

Oh dear phoebe yes that's the wrong way round. I just can't do that as it would hit me knowing there was a house I wanted but couldn't do a thing until I sell.

Big fingers crossed for you small holding sister, hope to read some good news on Tuesday.

smallholdingsister

Gosh Phoebe, that's the same as happened with us.


MICKEYG hope you enjoy the rest from being on the market.

amateur_house

Mickygg wrote: »

Reading with interest all your journeys. I'm now off the market for the foreseeable future as I was going to have to lower the house to a low level to sell and I don't want to sell that much.

If you wait until the market improves for sellers so you can get more for your house, won't that mean paying more for the house you buy? Last time we moved the market was very slow, the house we bought had been on two years (a probate house), the vendors were so desperate to sell they accepted our low offer instantly.

Mickygg

amateur_house wrote: »

If you wait until the market improves for sellers so you can get more for your house, won't that mean paying more for the house you buy? Last time we moved the market was very slow, the house we bought had been on two years (a probate house), the vendors were so desperate to sell they accepted our low offer instantly.

I have a pretty unique house that is on a steep slope. It's a marmite house and is worth with all research about 10% more than what I'm trying to sell it at, all because of the slope. I don't want to reduce any more but also don't want to stay on the market for many more months.

I would love to move but I need a rest from it all. And I don't want to be like your previous vendors and be desperate to sell, because if I accept a low offer it wipes out our moving fees.

smallholdingsister

I hear you on needing a rest from being on the market.

hazyjo

phoebe1989seb wrote: »

We've done the wrong thing - as usual - by driving three hours to view somewhere yesterday whilst not on the market yet. We only intended to do a drive-by, but the vendor happened to see us outside [STRIKE]lurking[/STRIKE] looking, and invited us to view. Typically we fell in love (with the house, not the vendor, lol!) and now need to make plans to sell asap

Aww I see it as fate lol (Always thought of myself as a 'realistic pessimist' but maybe I'm getting more optimistic in my old age lol.)

Buyers want to hear that you've found somewhere. It's not a bad thing. So long as you're prepared to lose it (I have one I'm in love with too which has actually overtaken another I was in love with!), and aren't going to talk of bridging loans or selling a kidney to fund it, then it's not necessarily the wrong way round.

Fingers crossed for you and all (and me haha).

Jx