Should we Gazunder?

ScorpiondeRooftrouser

marioandluigi wrote: »

Homes are a deal, people really need to leave emotion at the door

Let's say you are selling a washing machine. Nobody has any emotional attachment to a washing machine, right?

You want £150 for it and someone says they want it and will pick it up next Friday. For the next few days you turn down all other enquiries.

The guy turns up Friday after you have unplumbed it, moved it out, and installed a new one and says "I'll give you £100. It's in your hall, in you way. You just want to get it over and done with don't you".

Now, there's no emotional attachment to the washing machine. You feel emotion though, don't you. You feel emotion because this guy is being a ****. In your situation, you are the one being a ****. it may be just a "deal", but you can do business without being a ****. At least most people can. You might not be able to.

Mickygg

Two people wanted the house. If someone played that on me I'd say foxtrot Oscar and remarket.
You do that now I'd be thinking you'd do it again before exchange.
Leave emotion at the door? Sure, you just wouldn't be buying my house that's for sure doing this low move.
People don't like to be screwed over. When you get older you might experience and learn this for yourself.

Tom99

If you get the £5,000 off you may arrive to find some things you we expecting to be left are not there and some things you were expecting to be taken away are there.

Davesnave

marioandluigi wrote: »

Homes are a deal, people really need to leave emotion at the door

In the seller's place, I might be unemotional enough to say, "OK, we're invested now in a good onward purchase, so we'll accept a reduction and move on."

But then the emotional side of me would soon think, "Now, how can we give these b'stards £5k worth of trouble with the property?" and I would regard that as a practical challenge.

Davesnave

hazyjo wrote: »

Shouldn't have offered more in the first place.

FTB, though: no experience and angry with themselves for being 'emotional' at the time.

Tom99

I would leave you a present, perhaps a fish or two under the floorboards.

parking_question_chap

You can ask, but I would tell you to do one.

csgohan4

Don't cut your nose off to spite your face, karma always bites back

Pixie5740

Assuming that the house hadn't been on the market for long before two asking price offers came along, that's assuming there really was a cash buyer, trying to gazunder is a risky strategy because the vendors could probably find other buyers quite easily.

yoshiyella

My response would be you have 5 hours to go back to the original. After that the price will increase by £1000 each hour for 48 hours. After that, au revoir buyer.