Lost out on another house that's gone for over asking price

Cakeguts

When do you want this house by? I had a quick look on Rightmove and your budget is really too low for Boxmoor or Gadebridge. You don't have a lot of choice in Woodhall Farm but there are more houses in your budget.

Levs01

startingout2016 wrote: »

We are looking in boxmoor (two of the houses we offered on are in boxmoor) and in gadebridge. Really HP1 postcodes.
We looked at a few in Woodhall Farm next to grove Hill but it's the wrong side of town for my family and our work, plus it's not a desirable area and I'd rather have a worse house in Better area.

Boxmoor on your budget is going to be tight. I think the one I saw was long chaulden which is Gadebridge side. If you look at woodhall look at anything before elstree way coming in from the round about end. Tattershall is ok but parking is shocking and anything further down I wouldn't look at. A few houses have come on in HH recently after it being really quiet and they aren't shift quite as quick 3-4 weeks as opposed to days. Keep looking. You'll find something.

getmore4less

A quick look and rightmove suggest you need to be looking at appartments not houses if your center is Boxmoor.

the only thing that come close.+1/2m
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-61917896.html
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-61885076.html
This look spacious
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-44453448.html

Levs01

getmore4less wrote: »

A quick look and rightmove suggest you need to be looking at appartments not houses if your center is Boxmoor.

the only thing that come close.+1/2m
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-61917896.html
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-61885076.html
This look spacious
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-44453448.html

The first one is the one I was talking about. The second one is good area but small house. Third is highfield and right on grove hill so I personally wouldn't consider it.

KRB2725

startingout2016 wrote: »

Thank you.
We actually hadn't thought about going back to the sellers for the second house.

I assumed that if they were now reconsidering our offer that they would have been in touch with us. Would it be worth while contacting the agent?

I notice they have also listed it for rent at the same time so they obviously haven't got any other offers on the cards

I would have expected the agents to get in touch as well, but there's no harm in approaching them. It may well be that the vendor will still not accept less than asking and would rather rent it out but you never know.

Phone the agents and say you see they still haven't sold x house, are the vendors still not accepting offers?

startingout2016

What are peoples opinions on this house: http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-56186311.html

Its one we have seen but needs work.

Repointing, bathroom, garden work etc

Hoploz

Looks good to me. Yes the bathroom wants freshening up and the garden wants a few rolls of turf but that's nothing, not what I would consider 'work!'

I don't know anything about your situation of course, but speaking as someone who also lives in an expensive and popular area of the country, if I was struggling to find something I could afford then I'd take anything in the right area that's liveable.

Jobs like in the house you've posted here don't cost much and can be done after a while. They won't cost thousands anyway. I wouldn't worry about not having a lot of money left to do the work as these sorts of things can be done when you've saved up. Replacement bathroom can eventually be done for £3-5k after a year of saving, for example. Just try and get something in the right place before prices go up out of reach.

steampowered

I think that house looks absolutely lovely!

Good luck with your search, it requires persistence but you will find something if you keep searching.

getmore4less

We are trying to buy in Hemel Hempstead or surrounding villages and have a max budget of 315k.

startingout2016 wrote: »

What are peoples opinions on this house: http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-56186311.html

Its one we have seen but needs work.

Repointing, bathroom, garden work etc

Offers in Excess of
£325,000


where do you park?

startingout2016

getmore4less wrote: »

Offers in Excess of
£325,000


where do you park?

Its been up for sale for a while and is currently sitting empty...