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Massive new house issues and overpaid

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  • Comms69
    Comms69 Posts: 14,229 Forumite
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    Darenth87 wrote: »
    i bet you enjoy giving out your tough love eh......what a happy and opinionated soul you sound.



    What was wrong with it?
  • sparkermarketing
    sparkermarketing Posts: 76 Forumite
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    Dean000000 wrote: »
    A person(s) that walk in to a showroom to enquire about a house vs a person that walks in gushing and/or in a desperate need to move will get different deals.

    It’s all in the approach, and unfortunately the other buyers understood this.

    It’s basic negotiation.

    Salesman did his job to get top dollar for your house, which may have enabled him to be be more generous with others when negotiating... it may even be that he’s got too dollar for all of the house on the development, and these were the last few that needed flogging to shut down shop and move on.

    Either way, your anger at any anyone other than yourself is somewhat unfounded.

    Sorry op, not being a keyboard warrior (as is a popular expression for those not being sensitive) but I think you need a stern reality check.

    When we looked at the last available plot on a new build site, the sales man was desperate to give it to us at any price basically. We were not interested in the house, he thought we were negotiating with him - but after less than a minute of "negotiating" he had knocked about 20% off the price and asked what else he needed to do to get us to buy it.
  • PhilE
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    Comms69 wrote: »
    Brexit was the right decision; but the execution has been terrible

    How can something as farcical as Brexit be well executed?
  • jimbog
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    Comms69 wrote: »
    Brexit was the right decision; but the execution has been terrible

    Many Brexiteers are getting their excuses in early
    Gather ye rosebuds while ye may
  • SallyDucati
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    BrownTrout wrote: »
    I really can't stand new builds. A lot of people who buy them really are gullable

    It does depend on the builder. I bought a new build house from a small developer and am very happy with it (did negotiate the price down). Just because you can't stand new builds doesn't mean most people who buy them are gullible.
  • csgohan4
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    the mainstream builders like taylor wimpy, Persimmon are rubbish generally, small, poor quality new builds, ended up buying a George Wimpy house before they merged, bigger and better quality
    "It is prudent when shopping for something important, not to limit yourself to Pound land/Estate Agents"

    G_M/ Bowlhead99 RIP
  • Comms69
    Comms69 Posts: 14,229 Forumite
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    PhilE wrote: »
    How can something as farcical as Brexit be well executed?


    Well I wasn't in the meetings in Brussels, so I cant comment. But Brexit was the right decision.
    jimbog wrote: »
    Many Brexiteers are getting their excuses in early



    What excuses? I'd happily take a no deal brexit over what is happening now.
  • Crashy_Time
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    PhilE wrote: »
    How can something as farcical as Brexit be well executed?

    Cutting loose from a failed currency/political experiment run by un-elected bureaucrats farcical? Sounds pretty smart to me. What is farcical is that a certain group of elites think they can erase the whole thing and we will all just go back as we were. The next elections in Euro-land are going to be interesting.
  • dnees
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    It’s quite interesting to read the posts here. The complacency that seems overwhelming that developers do this, swindle! Not only on the price of the house but the sales teams don’t tell you the truth about whether the property is leasehold even if you ask! They don’t tell you that ground rent will rise and maintainance cost will extend to road and services maintainance.all uncapped. They don’t tell you you will lose your home if you don’t pay up for shoddy or non existent maintanance, and these newish builds sure need the maintanance/ rebuilding in some cases. Just take a look at this link and see what you can do about all these problems. The price should be fair, especially when tax payers money in help to buy has made these large developers so wealthy. https://nationalleaseholdcampaign.org/ https://www.homeownersrights.net/
  • isplumm
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    dnees wrote: »
    The complacency that seems overwhelming that developers do this, swindle! Not only on the price of the house but the sales teams don’t tell you the truth about whether the property is leasehold even if you ask! They don’t tell you that ground rent will rise and maintainance cost will extend to road and services maintainance.all uncapped. They don’t tell you you will lose your home if you don’t pay up for shoddy or non existent maintanance, and these newish builds sure need the maintanance/ rebuilding in some cases. The price should be fair, especially when tax payers money in help to buy has made these large developers so wealthy.
    But isn't that what you have a solicitor for? Check things like whether the house you are buying is leasehold etc?

    Mark
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