Making an offer on viewing

hazyjo

Nothing wrong with offering after a first viewing if you're sure, but please do it through the EA. I absolutely hate it if someone tries talking money with me. It's partly what the EA is being paid for. Please don't put the seller in such an uncomfortable position. Some don't mind, but let them open negotiations if they want to talk money and know you're interested.

mynameisclare

Crashy_Time wrote: »

And of course "buying" in a massive credit/property bubble isn`t lining your landlords (banks) pocket?

Lining it £200 a month less than we were paying to rent an identical house in a worse area though (and more like £400 less than current rent levels).

Anyway, on topic, I don't really see the benefit in giving your offer to the owners rather than the agent? They're still going to want to think it over/talk amongst themselves so you're not likely to get an answer any quicker.

AdrianC

I'm still trying to figure out how a mortgage lender is a "landlord". Sounds like somebody simply doesn't understand the most basic of concepts.

ScorpiondeRooftrouser

glasgowdan wrote: »

If a few people report his posts for being off topic and unhelpful it may get him a kick up the bum and time to think about his purpose.

I tried that when he was telling outright lies. The brilliant moderators warned me that if I was rude to him they would ban me. Lying to board users is apparently completely acceptable; calling someone a liar for doing it is "not being nice to fellow moneysavers" and the kind of thing that the moderators want to stamp out.

ScorpiondeRooftrouser

Crashy_Time wrote: »

Probably not many that bought in the last 15 years will match this criteria....

Average house price in the UK July 2002: £114,214

Average house price in the UK July 2017: £226,185

This was a poor investment why, exactly?

Out,_Vile_Jelly

I offered on my house at the viewing, but to the agent as it was a probate sale and unoccupied. I'd seen several examples of the same type of house in the area, been outbid on a couple, and the agent knew I was a serious buyer.

I was actually the first person to view it as it hadn't yet gone online and they'd only got the keys that day. I even got a few grand off which was unheard of in London at the time; perhaps the vendor had been taking Crashy's advice. Thanks Crashy!

ScorpiondeRooftrouser

hazyjo wrote: »

Nothing wrong with offering after a first viewing if you're sure, but please do it through the EA. I absolutely hate it if someone tries talking money with me. It's partly what the EA is being paid for. Please don't put the seller in such an uncomfortable position. Some don't mind, but let them open negotiations if they want to talk money and know you're interested.

I would agree with this. Some people won't mind it, but some people really won't like it at all. I see no advantage in not offering through the estate agent; you can call them from your car and make the offer if you really want to do it there and then.

somethingcorporate

On my current house we made the full asking price offer as we walked away from the first viewing. We wanted the house and were prepared to pay what they were asking for it.

Having been here for almost 2 years there is not a single thing I regret about taking that action.

anonmum

hi,

I told the sellers on my second viewing that I would be putting in a full asking price 'offer' when the estate agents re -opened - I viewed on a Saturday and it was bank holiday Monday so estate agents not open for a few days - that way we all had a nice stress free bank holiday! Come the Tuesday I rang estate agents as they opened, all other viewings were cancelled and house off market.

Okay, playing it cool may work sometimes but can bite you on the bum if someone else jumps in and beats you to it - ironically had seen another beautiful house week before - didn't tell sellers would put in offer at the time but rang estate agents at 9:15am next day to do so and someone had put in offer at 9am! (Am not in a position to offer much more nor did I want to gazump people anyway)

Best wishes

anonmum

The_Real_Cheddar_Bob

i made an offer on our first viewing. It was also the first house i saw (inside).

2 years later, still can't find anything similar within the price we paid for the house.

Go for it if its what you want