Offering under 'Offers Over' in Scotland

Apodemus

I'd still get the solicitor to submit an offer. At present you only have the EA's word on what the seller's response would be.

Having said that, as a native South-Sider, if I have guessed correctly on the location, I wouldn't over pay for a house there!

itsnotarace

Yeah, my view (based on experience) is that adding a solicitor to the mix at the very early stages just adds another delay in things.
I call my solicitor, they call sellers EA, EA then calls seller , and then the EA calls my solicitor who then calls me when they get the time to ( i am after all, not a paying client at this stage.)
It's much simpler just for me to talk to the sellers EA and negotiate with them and the seller.

Anyway, we've now put this particular house behind us. Our offer in my opinion was already overpaying for the area and so we're not willing to go up any further. If the sellers genuinely have had a higher offer than ours and rejected it in the past then I can see them regretting that move in a few months.

As we're now out, I can say that the football stadium I was referring to is Hampden - in fact, there is only one row of houses between this one and the stadium, and is a public exit street for the stadium. This means that whenever there is a concert/football game or event on, it will be nigh on impossible to get anywhere near the house with my car - and even public transport will be a huge hassle. Add that to the litter that will lie in the streets after events, the noise, and then the potential public urination etc - which you may not think would be an issue, but having lived near(ish) to Ibrox stadium a few years ago, you wouldn't believe what some people think is acceptable.
At the right price, we could live with these issues, but not at this price.

To price a house in this street so vastly higher than any previous house sales you really need the right buyer to really want it at the right time...and we're not that buyer.
And to sell it at that price next to a stadium and not double glaze it is just a strange decision to me.

Apodemus

Yep, exactly where I reckoned. As far as I can see from passing through, even on a non-match day, parking is pretty tight along there.

sheramber

All but one of the houses we have bought in Scotland have been at a price agreed with the seller before contacting the solicitor. Not all sellers are prepared to do that.

However, a verbal agreement is not binding and you need your solicitor to put in a formal offer.

The other one, the solicitor put our offer forward over the phone and asked if there was any point in submitting it. He was told there was already a higher offer in so we didn't go any further as we were not prepared to pay more. There was no charge in this case.

Polly05

You dont need to do offers through a solicitor. I didnt see or speak to solicitor until the day i signed the paperwork and picked up the keys.

Just offer what you would pay and if they say no (which they have) just leave it. See if they come back to you when no one else offers them what they want...

glasgowdan

Honestly, consider getting out of the city! Quality of living increases in line with the distance away, until you start getting closer to Falkirk anyway ��