FTB- Moving in expectations

diggingdude

I think if you were facing cleaning you wouldn't get any money off. if the place is trashed you should certainly get money off at the later stage or be prepared to walk away. if you were going to have to bring an industrial team in to clean then I would say negotiate that also. Ultimately you should think would someone else buy the house in this state? if the answer is yes then the seller won't drop the price

HampshireH

OP I am genuinely interested in how much do you propose to reduce your offer by due to the dog poo in the back garden?

I dont have a back garden full of poop but if I did as a seller and someone tried to reduce their offer over it I would think they were taking the michael.

On a monetary value. You can get 2 packs of poo bags for £1 and it would take about 15minutes to clear a garden.

Not worth taking a few quid of the offer for.

babyblade41

I think Op will have more problems from the tenant rather than the dog... the dog can be bribed very cheaply, the tenant not so

elsien

The exchange date is when you're both ready, willing and able to proceed.
Tenant is out, you've had your surveys, searches etc done, negotiations over price completed and you/your solicitor/mortgage lender are happy with the price agreed and are ready to go ahead. As is the seller.

ess0two

Laughable..dog hair and !!!! and wants to reduce offer:rotfl:

AdrianC

babyblade41 wrote: »

I think Op will have more problems from the tenant rather than the dog... the dog can be bribed very cheaply, the tenant not so

I dunno - a pound of sausages might work there, too.

Sapphire

Sicily1991 wrote: »

I plan to repaint and re carpet in the shortish term but my priority would be to get some furniture first I just don't want to be cleaning doggy poop from the garden

You can easily buy second-hand furniture very inexpensively, and it's often of better quality than brand-new things. It's also a means of recycling, rather than buying expensive, generally Chinese-made tat and wasting the Earth's resources unnecessarily. :A

You can also freshen up second-hand furniture with some paint, if it isn't something valuable or antique …

babyblade41

AdrianC wrote: »

I dunno - a pound of sausages might work there, too.

I wish I had those bribable tenants in the past !!, they normally took a pound of my flesh :rotfl:

Sicily1991

babyblade41 wrote: »

I get surprised each time I log in here sometimes .

Firstly I wouldn't be offering on a property with a tenant ... it could take months for them to vacate especially if they are already being difficult about viewing, which they have every reason to as I doubt they have been given notice to leave as yet I know they have not been given notice to vacate yet, only that they are on a rolling contract and have obviously been informed that house is now on market. I too would have preferred if the vendors were living or the property was vacant but unfortunately only a small proportions of the properties I've viewed matched that description but were not right for me for other reasons.

So if this progresses to exchange or just before.. you can go round and check for poo and odours..and possibly re-negotiate the price.

I think in that scenario the vendor would tell you to foxtrot Oscar .. well I would.Yes- it's now very clear to me that my expectation about moving into a relatively clean property were completely unrealistic and bonkers!! I've only rented and have always moved into flats which had been cleaned prior to me moving so it's not completely insane to think otherwise for a house purchase?

You need to be more worried about the toilet seat:-D

Clearly I was very very naive to expect that the house would be cleaned before entering!!!!

babyblade41

Sicily1991 wrote: »

Clearly I was very very naive to expect that the house would be cleaned before entering!!!!

Not naive , but expect the worst and hope for the best

Biggest problem is the tenant, and if they haven't been given notice ,exchange could be a long way off