Dentist next door wants my house

mufi

macman wrote: »

Planning permission needed for change of use?

It will be. We sold our house to a doctor wishing to open up a surgery, and he needed to get permission for business use. This was fairly quick, but only because our house had once been a village shop, so it was reversion to business use as opposed to an application from scratch.

poppasmurf_bewdley

The first thing I would ask him is "How much are you offering" before doing anything else. When he tells you, suck air through your teeth, turn around and walk around the room with your head lowered.

LincsBlue

Thanks for all the input folks.

I paid £125k 12 years ago

Wasn't planning to move

Decent 3 bed semi are between 160-200 here

Zoopla value my house between 150-170

We said 200k would get him our place, but we were almost tongue in cheek with that price

180k would get him what he wants and secure my family with what we would like

He says planning permission should be accepted, take about 6-8 weeks which would allow him time to draw up a plan with his architect. His placce was A1 before he purchased it a few years back

Oh, I also have a garage with my property, across from me but not on same land...he isn't aware of that - yet. I want to keep that if possible as it has a collection of motorcycles and parts in it. Not all the 3 beds I'm looking at have garages

Greedy?? Maybe to some. However, I wasn't really looking to move and could happily stay where I am untill I draw my last

diggingdude

Tell him there are two prices, the private and the nhs but you are only taking on private

franklee

LincsBlue wrote: »

180k would get him what he wants and secure my family with what we would like

Are you prepared to accept that upheaval for approx. 10K? I wouldn't be. Moving costs and fees are going to eat several K of that. Then there's the price of your time. Plus the extra costs moving usually causes like refurbishing and buying new things to fit the new house.

silvercar

How much would it cost you to move to the next property - including stamp duty and legal fees and any mortgage arrangement costs and the costs of moving. Then you add something for the inconvenience. And that's the absolute minimum, if you otherwise had no intention of moving.

I'd be looking at £25k for the hassle and to make a profit out of this.

LincsBlue

He did say to my wife that he'd cover legal fees, removal costs etc AND pay over market value.

My worry is that the market value from EA will be at lower end due to the things I mentioned earlier.

I think he will try to get the property for less than I want. So I just say no, sit tight and continue to reduce my mortgage each month and enjoy my life.

In meantime his missing chair will probably be losing him over 200k a year in turnover (based on £55 an hour)

ThePants999

diggingdude wrote: »

Tell him there are two prices, the private and the nhs but you are only taking on private

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

martindow

LincsBlue wrote: »

Zoopla value my house between 150-170

Don't rely on Zoopla valuations which can be very unreliable. I would get a few agents around to see what they think of its value and then work from that.