Is it possible to see images from previous sale?

robert_wynne_jones

We're currently interested in a house that sold for £22,500k less a year ago, is it possible to see images from the previous sale out of curiosity?

We're wondering how they could add that much value to a new build with no obvious extensions/changes etc. The area hasn't increased in value either.

Obviously the previous owner could've undervalued it or wanted a quick sale.

Are there any tools to do this? I know Rightmove & Zoopla show you some details but not the images. As it was only sold a year ago it's safe to assume the house was put on those sites so there would've likely been images.

(It's a simple question, I don't need to be told the whole "the seller has their price etc etc")


Thanks in advance

AdrianC

It would be just curiosity, no more. It doesn't matter in the slightest what it sold for, when, in what condition - since that is not a deal that's available to you.

All that matters is what the current vendor will accept NOW. If you and they can't agree on a figure, there's no sale.

prosaver

on right move you can still see them but in a ghostly pic with the price

always_sunny

http://www.mouseprice.com/ may hold the history - though you need to subscribe to access it...
Once you know though, what's going to change?

robert_wynne_jones

always_sunny wrote: »

http://www.mouseprice.com/ may hold the history - though you need to subscribe to access it...
Once you know though, what's going to change?

Seems like it doesn't hold the historical images.

Obviously we know they have a price in their head but it may help for us to figure out a starting point. They haven't had any offers so far and it's been on a while, we're just curious about the big difference in price.

robert_wynne_jones

AdrianC wrote: »

It would be just curiosity, no more. It doesn't matter in the slightest what it sold for, when, in what condition - since that is not a deal that's available to you.

All that matters is what the current vendor will accept NOW. If you and they can't agree on a figure, there's no sale.

Course it matters, what's the point of people looking into previous house sale prices (and the amount of websites dedicated to that) otherwise.

ognum

£22k less as what percentage of the sale price?

AdrianC

robert_wynne_jones wrote: »

Course it matters, what's the point of people looking into previous house sale prices (and the amount of websites dedicated to that) otherwise.

You're getting confused between using comparables to decide a rough ballpark value, and assuming that a vendor is somehow bound to a previous sale price.

If the current price is too high for your liking, for this property as it is now, then how does what it looked like a year ago make the slightest difference to what the vendor will be prepared to accept?

Stevie_Palimo

robert_wynne_jones wrote: »

Course it matters, what's the point of people looking into previous house sale prices (and the amount of websites dedicated to that) otherwise.

It's worth what it's worth to the person seeking to buy it and looking at previous selling rates has no bearing at all against a current selling rate, You either like the house and put in offers of near or around the mark it is up for or simply move onto another property.

pimento

Zoopla do on some sales.

robert_wynne_jones

AdrianC wrote: »

You're getting confused between using comparables to decide a rough ballpark value, and assuming that a vendor is somehow bound to a previous sale price.

If the current price is too high for your liking, for this property as it is now, then how does what it looked like a year ago make the slightest difference to what the vendor will be prepared to accept?

We'll make an offer, if they don't like it then fine... kinda getting away from the original question here. I'm not asking for all the in's and out's etc just asking if it's possible.