Getting builders quotes prior to exchange.

paulr70

davidmcn wrote: »

Are the builders happy to spend time giving you a quote for a property which you don't own and might never own?

The three builders i`ve phone are more than happy to come round and quote for a house i may never own. The one that did come round spent 30 minutes with me talking about it.

paulr70

somethingcorporate wrote: »

Unless it's related to remedial work from the survey I would probably tell you to jog on until exchange otherwise you could be wasting a lot of people's time.

Is a few weeks of waiting going to make a huge amount of difference to you?

If its only a few weeks then fine, i`ve had two property purchases that took 4-6 months to complete. The idea was if we could get costs of the project down in writing we can then plan ahead.
Maybe I should just go straight to an architect and draw up the plans and costs with them?

AdrianC

paulr70 wrote: »

So its not in their interest to help with a sale of a property?

Is the sale at risk of falling through over this?

think they have both parties in their interest not just the vendor.

No, only one party is their customer.

paulr70

AdrianC wrote: »

Is the sale at risk of falling through over this?


No, only one party is their customer.

You`re not an embittered estate agent are you by any chance ;-)

AdrianC

paulr70 wrote: »

You`re not an embittered estate agent are you by any chance ;-)

No, simply a realist who understands the process going on here.

paulr70

AdrianC wrote: »

No, simply a realist who understands the process going on here.

And i`m a fantasist i assume?

AdrianC

paulr70 wrote: »

And i`m a fantasist i assume?

Well, if you think the EA is in any way your friend or gives the first toss about actually helping you...

paulr70

AdrianC wrote: »

Well, if you think the EA is in any way your friend or gives the first toss about actually helping you...

So if I asked for a second or third viewing after an offer I shouldnt expect an agent to let me in because why should he be helping me to check if our furniture will fit if its not in his interest? Surely he only only cares about his client and not the buyers???

AdrianC

He may. He may not. It depends on his instructions from his clients.

If it's for something relatively purchase-confirming, like measuring up, then it's a lot more likely than for something which may risk the sale - like getting another quote from a different builder because the last quote was a bit large and scary...

hazyjo

paulr70 wrote: »

So if I asked for a second or third viewing after an offer I shouldnt expect an agent to let me in because why should he be helping me to check if our furniture will fit if its not in his interest? Surely he only only cares about his client and not the buyers???

You're not going to pull out of a sale because your sofa doesn't fit. (At least I hope that's a wise presumption!)


I have had one or two wonderful EAs who were on the vendor's side who have helped keep the sale on track - but I'm under no illusion they were doing me any favours, they wanted the sale. I did buy one a bottle of Champers, but he was an absolute star. But absolutely 100% on the vendor's side!