Viewed a house which we liked, what feedback to give?

KaratePigeon

Thanks for the reply, your help is much appreciated. We are going for a second viewing today so I'll have another look at the floor (my partner noticed it too so I think anyone would). I will also try and casually say the similar houses have sold for about 360. Trouble is its only been on the market less than a week so I wouldn't blame him for holding out for a higher offer!

JoJo1978

Karate pigeon good luck. Don't forget if you're still not sure enough to offer you can always go back for a third viewing. So what if they don't accept your offer straight away, if they're smart they won't reject it either. If you offer soon when it's not been on the market long be careful that you don't end up bidding yourself up. If no one else is looking at it right now and they reject your first offer, hold back on a second higher one until you are sure that a) there is genuine competition from another buyer or b) vendor reveals what figure they would accept.

As others have said, never reveal how keen you are

firestorm

Im on with Purplebricks too. Plenty of viewers don't bother to give feedback. Its annoying, but nothing much we can do about it as sellers. There is the option of calling the vendors local agent to ask questions. Ours has been great, as has the Purplebricks concierge service. If you go on their website there are loads of ways you can get in touch with someone or you can also message the seller direct. Do you have the app downloaded?

kerri_gt

How did the viewing go?

Your mention of a noticeable dip in the landing reminded me of a house we viewed before buying ours, definite dip in the landing and also a severely creaky patch in the bedroom floor. The house was a 10960s mid terrrace, not in an area known for movement and no walls removed below. As the property wasn't for us anyway we never pursued it though.

KaratePigeon

Had the second viewing yesterday, really liked it. I asked about the landing floor, they just said it was where there was pipes underneath, and that it was like that even when it was carpeted. (I wonder why they didn't replace the floorboards or whatever when they were doing the laminate in that case). anyway I don't think it's anything serious.

I also asked how they decided what price to market it at - apparently purple bricks said 380, a local agent said 390 (they offered to show me the paperwork for this) and another online agency said 420 which they agreed was ridiculous! so I don't think they are particularly unrealistic, though they haven't sold a house for over 20 years so admitted they were a bit out of the loop. So I'm now wondering if it is worth a bit higher than I thought last time. I'm usually quite good at pricing up similar properties on rightmove/zoopla but struggling a bit with this one as nobody with the same style house has moved for years, and the streets surrounds it are new builds so completely different pricing.

Anyway I'm thinking of offering 360 anyway to see what happens, is that ridiculous? I'd probably go up to 370. or should I offer 365 initially? Seems weird not speaking to an agent but on purple bricks you just do it online and it goes straight to the vendor. At least it's good that I can do things on a bank holiday weekend I suppose

KaratePigeon

Oh and there are other viewings booked on it (I get notifications from purple bricks when someone books a viewing) but as far as I know no offers yet.

kerri_gt

If you really like it then make your initial offer and see what they say, it's easier to increase the offer if they say no than revise it to a lower offer from a higher one.

I'm not entirely sure how pipwork under boards would cause a dip, but if you're not overly concerned, just have it in mind you may wish to address it in the future when you're re doing the flooring.

The_Palmist

KaratePigeon wrote: »

Oh and there are other viewings booked on it (I get notifications from purple bricks when someone books a viewing) but as far as I know no offers yet.

Hi KP... you get notifications when someone books a viewing on the property you are interested in?

How does that work..

mark55man

5k is 5k so be careful, but £5k over 25 years is £20 a month so not unaffordable. maybe start at 362500 implying that £365k is on your mind, and then see how hard they push back. If you start at £365K I think they will assume £370K is in play. If you start at £360K I think you will just get a no

Speaking as someone who has been in a house for 20 years, I wouldn't go to market with a ridiculous price, but I am surprised they didn't start at £390K if that was a local agent, so they must have a feeling that £380K is fairer, but also has some headroom (florr-roon??) in it

FTBuyerGlasgow

I wouldn't worry about the landing, it sounds largely cosmetic as most serious wood conditions are usually in the roofspace or in the case of suspended timber floors, the ground floor. A half landing (if I'm reading it correctly) will most likely be over-use, kids jumping down on to it or similar.

Definitely get your surveyor to look at it though if you decide to make the offer.

In terms of making an offer, certainly start low (no-one ever accepts the first offer) and work your way to what you think it is "worth". Don't pay more than you think it is worth, from my reading of your comments that seems to be in the £370-380k mark, purely speculation on my part though.

Good luck.