Persimmon New Build

rusty_f

lee111s wrote: »

That's all well and good, but I'd never buy another persimmon home.

And I'm sure my friend would never buy another Redrow home!

GBR78

Well we went and looked at both the remaining Bloor plots and the Persimmon plots and have found the following;

- Remaining Bloor plot in our likely budget isn't our favourite design so have taken that one off the list. Based on the show home, the Bloor standard equipment and finish level is a peg above that of Persimmon, but unfortunately the nicer layouts in the remaining plots are well beyond our budget.

- The Persimmon lady was a bit stand-offish at first. I can understand, we're not on the market, we haven't had a mortgage qualified etc etc, but I did explain on the phone that we were early stages, just looking and wanted to know the options so I was quite surprised by her approach. That said, she was a little more chatty after we looked around the showhome, and when I returned with a question the following day she was actually completely different.

- The Persimmon development has limited numbers of the 4-bed property that we like, and of these we really prefer two plots. Unfortunately one of these has an early bird on it (which i'm told was quite likely to press ahead as they're qualified etc), and the other has just had a part ex enquiry put against it. There is another one, possibly two, plots that might be OK, but the others are then directly opposite the Affordable plots.....not wanting to be a snob, but i'd be concerned on resale in the future for this position.

- There are further plots that have not yet been released that are going to have 5 bed properties on them. Although this is bigger than we need by some margin, the prices of these styles on other developments might put them in our budget so worth thinking about.

Our next stage is for a valuation on our current house as soon as we have the decoration out of the way - so hopefully some time in September. But, based on the fact that we look to have missed out on the favoured plots, it's likely that we wouldn't get a good choice should ours take any particular length of time to sell. This opens me up to a couple of options in my mind.

- Wait to see when/if ours sells and then see what is available on either of these plots as potential 'sell-off' bargains as the last plots.
- Stay where we are
- Consider a cheeky offer on some other properties that are currently empty.

This last one is something i'd be interested to hear your thoughts about. There is a small 'exclusive' development up the road from us where a small builder built 5 properties - one 5 bed, four 4 bed. The 4's are listed between £417.5-£425k, which is well beyond where we can see ourselves and beyond what we think these should be up at, although they are very nicely finished and include fences, gates, turf, carpets, appliances etc, and all good kit. These were completed roughly around April of this year and, so far, one has been reserved since then with another recently being marked as 'Under offer'. No one has moved into any of the properties as yet. With such a long time since completion, is it likely that this developer will consider 'cheeky' offers? When I say cheeky, I would imagine we would be looking for around 20% knocked off...

AnotherJoe

GBR78 wrote: »

- The Persimmon lady was a bit stand-offish at first. I can understand, we're not on the market, we haven't had a mortgage qualified etc etc, but I did explain on the phone that we were early stages, just looking and wanted to know the options so I was quite surprised by her approach. That said, she was a little more chatty after we looked around the showhome, and when I returned with a question the following day she was actually completely different.

This seems to be quite common, you'd think it was their house rather than they were just an employee ! Maybe they all go to French restaurant waiter training school.


This last one is something i'd be interested to hear your thoughts about. There is a small 'exclusive' development up the road from us where a small builder built 5 properties - one 5 bed, four 4 bed. The 4's are listed between £417.5-£425k, which is well beyond where we can see ourselves and beyond what we think these should be up at, although they are very nicely finished and include fences, gates, turf, carpets, appliances etc, and all good kit. These were completed roughly around April of this year and, so far, one has been reserved since then with another recently being marked as 'Under offer'. No one has moved into any of the properties as yet. With such a long time since completion, is it likely that this developer will consider 'cheeky' offers? When I say cheeky, I would imagine we would be looking for around 20% knocked off...

You don't seem to have anything to lose if you can't afford the asking price Anyway, and they've been on sale for months. . Offer a bit below your maximum, when or if that's rejected, offer your max and let them know it is your max.

Jon_B_2

You can try asking for 20% off, but not knowing the local market you are buying in, asking for £80k off would probably make me ask you to leave, probably accompanied with a couple of hand gestures.

You have to be careful not to offer a derisory offer as you will be perceived as a time waster.