Week before exchange and thinking of pulling out...

Lucky_Duck_2

I have an - probably - irrational dislike of garage conversions...

GDB2222

bertiewhite wrote: »

I'd be more worried that the house is not only in the Luton area, it's next to Marsh Farm !!!!!! :eek:

That's bad?

warby68

OP says 'so much work' to do - this isn't obvious from the photos. Condition looks pretty decent in every room.

Could it be that you're moving from somewhere much more luxurious and the 'downward' aspect of the move is also a little difficult and you are looking at upgrades rather than necessity? Its also really hard making big decisions and feeling positive about them when all the surrounding circumstances are a bit rubbish too and everything feels forced upon you.

I don't know the area at all but the main priority for most people is location - don't trade slightly nicer house for worse location. The former can be fixed, the latter not.

I think I'd go and have another viewing if I were you and perhaps even view a couple of others and see how you feel then.

Non emotional lists of pros and cons can help set against your priorities.

If it really is the price issue, not sure you can successfully go anywhere at this late stage - trying to reduce the price, arguing a market shift over only 2 months since you offered would be unlikely to generate anything other than massive hostility from the vendor.

If you really don't feel its right for you though, do pull out. I am a firm believer that a house has to 'feel right' to become a happy home, even if its the best bargain or whatever.

bertiewhite

GDB2222 wrote: »

That's bad?

Put it this way - as a kid, we used to joke that we'd put Crimewatch on to see if our mates were out playing and unless the place has been flattened, I'd say it's still the same.

Bollo2019

If it doesn't feel right, don't commit to it.

I was in your position in October. We were not more than a week from completion and had a house ready to move into, with our house sale progressing to complete at the same time - so if we pulled out, we had to move in with parents. We already knew that we were paying than any other house had sold for on that street but once we had the survey back we had it confirmed that the work we saw as being necessary put the investment to a point of being highly likely to lose money.
If you move into a house and worry about everything you spend on it as being lost when you come to move again then I don't think you will be completely comfortable there and as such, is it worth it?

The best thing we did was pull out, accept we had lost a few hundred on a survey and solicitors costs - money that would prove to save us thousands in the long run. Our searches were bought only a week later by new buyers for the house - they had the same offer the next day after we pulled out so did't feel any obligation or "awkwardness" to the sellers, and our surveyor discounted the next survey we have booked on our dream house we're about to move into. Our search cover means that we didn't have to pay for the next ones either so we basically have had that done for free as they were bought previously.

We moved in with parents, booked in a shed load of viewings (I wondered if the EA thought we just viewed houses as a hobby by one point) and it massively helped to understand what we really, really needed in a house to make it one we could fully commit to. We still put offers in on houses that, in hindsight, really weren't the right ones - but you learn through mistakes and there's a argument that what is meant to be is meant to be.

LandyAndy

Lungboy wrote: »

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-67532092.html

It looks pleasant enough but it is tiny for a four bed (984 sq ft !)

GDB2222

warby68 wrote: »

If it really is the price issue, not sure you can successfully go anywhere at this late stage - trying to reduce the price, arguing a market shift over only 2 months since you offered would be unlikely to generate anything other than massive hostility from the vendor.

I agree the sellers will be upset, but the OP does not have to be best mates with them. If the agreed price is actually too high, the sellers need to take a view whether they accept the lower offer.

The agent will try to push it through at the lower figure, and the sellers will want to go ahead with their purchase, so they may grumble but accept.

pinkteapot

p00hsticks wrote: »

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-79158791.html


That ones only 3 bedroom whilst the first one you posted is 4 bedroom for another £6k, so no, I don't think they're comparable

I think they are... So long as you don't want the fourth bedroom for an actual bedroom. The 3-bed has a bed 4 / study downstairs (garage conversion), so the number of rooms is the same.

The fact it's 3 bed will make it worth less, but it's detached which then makes it worth more - so they're around the same price.

OP - have you actually viewed that second house? From the pics, it looks to me like it might want more working doing than the first one - decor looks a bit more tired. That being said, it doesn't look like either NEEDS work - with either you could move in and re-paint to suit your taste when you fancy.

I might be tempted to view that second house, just so I could put my mind at rest about it. However, if there's a lot of emotion and stress in this move due to the circumstances then there's a fair chance you'd be having these feelings about ANY house. Have you got a friend / family member you can talk it all through with? It's hard for us to judge how rational/emotional this all is...

Pulpstar

What's the floor area on the 3 bed detached ?

Also note that the "study" is actually slightly larger than the 4th bedroom in the semi.

All else being equal I'd go for the detached...

AH1509

vw100 wrote: »

As others mentioned, no house is perfect. My house itself as many plus points but the main bathroom has no window. So compromises have to be made. It all about weighing things up and thinking about the plus points.
What if you pull out and you get the same feeling about the other house's for whatever reason down the line. Tough call but follow your heart.

how did you come around the no window issue?