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New Build Stock plot - what should we offer?

Dmxchic8
Dmxchic8 Posts: 2 Newbie
edited 5 April 2018 at 10:20AM in House buying, renting & selling
We've made our decision

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  • glasgowdan
    glasgowdan Posts: 2,968 Forumite
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    For 600 I'm sure you could buy a far superior "pre-owned" home with possibly a far less stressful time ahead!
  • Katapolt
    Katapolt Posts: 291 Forumite
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    Thats a lot of money to spend on something you arent in love with.
  • We’ve looked around for a while and are comfortable with new builds. For London and surrounding areas our budget doesn’t get you very far unfortunately! I agree house prices around here are insane but nothing we can do about that except get the most we can. !!!129335;!!!127999;!!!8205;!!!9792;!!!65039;
  • hazyjo
    hazyjo Posts: 15,475 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Why delete the first post? The point of a forum is that they stay there...
    2024 wins: *must start comping again!*
  • Asl77c
    Asl77c Posts: 87 Forumite
    Agree. With hazyjo, really unhelpful for anyone else to
  • Asl77c
    Asl77c Posts: 87 Forumite
    Agree. With hazyjo, really unhelpful for anyone else to get any help if in a similar situation. Defeats the purpose of the forum
  • mije1983
    mije1983 Posts: 3,665 Forumite
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    In case it helps other people in a similar situation in future who come across this thread, and ensures the replies make sense!
    Dmxchic8 wrote: »
    Looking for some advice! Husband and I want to buy a new build property. Quite a few developments going up in the area we're looking at. We found a plot that we're interested in BUT it's not as nice as a few others we've seen from competitive developers in the area. The thing is this plot is all complete and apparently has been ready for a year (prob bc so many really nice alternatives available). Although it doesn't tick all the boxes we think may be an opportunity to score a bargain. Listing price is 630 and before we even viewed sales director was willing t knock off 30. (Flooring is already complete in and garden turfed) . How much do you think we should offer? Trying to convince my husband that £540k plus full stamp duty isn't unreasonable offer but he thinks I'm loco. But I say for 600 we could be on a nicer development and house with higher specs. The sales manager didn't seem keen to give away any more ££ but they have to be desperate to sell it right?? Their year end is coming up too so I'm sure they want to get it sold before then. What do you all think?
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