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

thegirlintheattic

Playing devil's advocate, if they are FTB they may have been scared by the survey which always seems to suggest electrics are on their last legs.

Our survey was very doom and gloom (although there is in reality only 1 serious issue) including a paragraph basically saying the boiler would require regular servicing but it was written in such a way it sounded like the boiler was a dud and would always need £££ spent. The boiler in fact is in GWC and less than 10 years old.

Elfbert

Well... we had an open evening style viewing between 5:30 and 7pm today, so me and the OH cleared off to the local coffee house (and I forgot to ask for decaff and am now climbing the walls!!).

Got back to the flat at 7pm to find the agent had shown 8 people/couples around, and one had put in an offer there and then.

It's SO, so we have to sell at the price which has been set, so no worrying about haggling Others have until 7pm Friday to apply, and the agent thinks we'll get at least 4 people applying for it.

Am now more worried about finding somewhere to buy! Increasingly looking like we might go to rented for 6 months, which I don't want to, but would put us in a good position for buying again...hmmmmm.

Glad your hopes are looking up, Chickenmama! Sorry to everyone who is still struggling hope things pick up for you soon.

xx

Gru14

darkvader wrote: »

Nothing's picked up for us since we reduced it by a further £10k 2 weeks back. One viewing on Sat, really interested and happy with the asking price BUT (as there always is) they have to put their house on the market, get a buyer and only then in a position to make an offer!!!!

Not sure what more to do but wait for some XMas shopping, take our house off the market by Nov end and start fresh in Feb 2017......delays all our plans of course so not really a great ending to 2016

DV

This is exactly same position as us. Reduced by a chunk but still nothing so we're coming off the market in next few weeks and re-listing before next Spring.
No point being on over xmas I don't think, just makes you feel really blue as not where we wanted to be this time last year but that's life I guess.
Debating what changes we can make to get a sale, considering new kitchen- really wanted to avoid doing that but it looks like we'll have to as seems to be putting people off. hey ho.. more time to save I suppose and think might be a relief to be off the market and not living in limbo!

fudge7000

Well the people that we accepted their offer, then there chain fell through, have now sold, but my estate agent can't get hold of them... So looks like they may have changed their plans.

Another couple that have made 2 low offers cane again yesterday, all very positive, talking about where their furniture would go etc, however I think they're happy to wait for us to become more desperate and accept their offer (22k below the previous offer we accepted!)...

Back to waiting around!

Congrats to kirsty!

And those electrics etc seem rather new to be knocking the price down... Maybe those people should be looking at a new build!

Mickygg

I was reading about the electrics and thought exactly the same as fudge. Sounds like they need a new build. Querying electrics and boiler that are less than 10 years old to me is very odd behaviour and shows inexperience. i couldn't be bothered with that, and tell them offer on what you've seen or look elsewhere.

Crashy_Time

Good to hear that buyers are finally getting smart to bubble prices, long way to go yet though.

smallholdingsister

This is a thread for people selling houses.

Crashy_Time

smallholdingsister wrote: »

This is a thread for people selling houses.

You need a buyer to sell a house though?

kirtsypoos

Crashy I have seen you pop up on numerous other threads. You have nothing productive to offer here and are just trying to elicit a reaction having failed elsewhere.
You have been proven wrong for months so stop trying to scare people who are simply wanting to vent and discuss with other like minded sellers rather than dealing with people trolling for responses.

Gru14

kirtsypoos wrote: »

Crashy I have seen you pop up on numerous other threads. You have nothing productive to offer here and are just trying to elicit a reaction having failed elsewhere.
You have been proven wrong for months so stop trying to scare people who are simply wanting to vent and discuss with other like minded sellers rather than dealing with people trolling for responses.

:T

go pick a fight elsewhere Crashy.