Why are they both for sale?

amylou1107

Hi Everyone,
We have finally started viewing properties for our first house.
Viewed a semi-detached house on Saturday and have another viewing of the attached house on Tuesday.
Should we be concerned that both houses are up for sale at the same time?
Both houses are on with the same estate agent so will ask at the viewing on Tuesday.

Just wondered if anyone had any experience of this and whether it should be something we need to investigate?

Thanks!!

nubbins

I have noticed when someone sells that quite often kicks the neighbour into doing the same, maybe they have talked about it for years and their neighbour selling has given them the push they needed.

AnotherJoe

Its possible there's something going on, perhaps an awkward neighbour, OTOH it may be happenstance, after all in some streets more than one house will be for sale, and sometimes, those houses will be next to each other.
There may also be a connection, eg what one neighbour has done may prompt another into action.
I once had a panicked call from Mrs AnotherJoe, we had just moved into a street, a week to two weeks later about ten houses in that street had just gone up for sale. Complete coincidence (though who knows, possibly prompted by neighbours saying "they got how much for that house"

DigForVictory

My one concern in that situation is that I've no idea what one set of neighbours may be like!

Oh & it might be worth checking that both are within the same catchment for schools, doctors, dentists etc, in case the council Boundary Drawers have an odd sense of humour.

Surrey_EA

It happens from time to time.

Probably nothing to be worried about, but chat to the EA and see what they say.

amylou1107

Thanks everyone!

G_M

It would be statistically very surprising if 2 attached semis never went up for sale at the same time!

Hardly worth asking the estate agent, or the seller though - neither are likely to tell you if there IS a problematic explanation.

But when you do your routine pre-Exchange door-knocking on the houses around, and when you pop into the local pub/corner shop etc, that's where you might get an answer.

Typhoon2000

Statistically the probability of the attached house is up for sale is at the same time is the same as any other identified house across the street being up for sale at the same.

joop

Might be worth having a quick look at planning applications for the area you're moving into.

NicNicP

Our neighbours had offered on a house and were due to put theirs up for sale. We had no intentions of moving but saw a house we fell in love with and put ours up for sale. Both ours and the detached house were for sale with the same estate agent and both sold very quickly.

Freecall

Typhoon2000 wrote: »

Statistically the probability of the attached house is up for sale is at the same time is the same as any other identified house across the street being up for sale at the same.

I once viewed 3 houses one after the other. All three were not only semi's but left-hand semi's.

Spooky!