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dannyboycey wrote: »Seriously... wait. They will be back in 2/3 weeks (4 at most) begging you to take it off their hands.
That house is mine, no I won't!!Andy
The older I get, the better I was...0 -
Seller: Okay you can have the house at what you offered. Agreed?
You: Yes yes yes yes yes yes no.
with apologies to The Vicar Of Dibley.0 -
Problem is, since we saw it and were enchanted by its good points, all its bad points have loomed larger. So we SERIOUSLY dont know if we want to go ahead and restate our offer or not....
Meanwhile we have been looking in a much better area 180degrees around the M25.... much more expensive and desirable area but less for the money...Mortgage debt - [STRIKE]£8,811.47 [/STRIKE] Paid off!0 -
Problem is, since we saw it and were enchanted by its good points, all its bad points have loomed larger. So we SERIOUSLY dont know if we want to go ahead and restate our offer or not....
Meanwhile we have been looking in a much better area 180degrees around the M25.... much more expensive and desirable area but less for the money...
That's interesting because this is exactly what has been happening to us. We've been looking for about five months and during that time we have been seriously interested in a number of houses and made, perhaps somewhat cheeky, offers that were rejected.
Four of these sellers subsequently came back and 'accepted' the offer, two have reduced well below the level that we originally offered, and we now don't want any of them for the same reasons that you mention.
It just shows that all of us make these decisions on an initial reaction, usually under pressure for one reason or another and perhaps don't take enough time to reflect on what is after all the biggest purchase we ever make.
By the way, almost all the houses we decided against have reduced by between 10% and 22% and almost all the houses we like won't drop by more than 5%...................0 -
LisbonLaura wrote: »A huge blessing in disguise
Wait 6 months & offer £167.
Or at 18 months £97
Don't laugh, I remember the last big crash, & this will be worse.
However someone else just might snap it up, but there will be plenty more to choose from.
One of the funniest posts I've seen since I joined this forum :T
There would be much more serious things to worry about than buying a house if the values really drop as you described. (35%in 6mths then a total 65% after 18mths - without looking I am guessing it takes the prices back 20yrs?)
To be fair atleast Squatnow's predictions of death squads and internment camps would probably come to pass then. :rolleyes:0 -
Well as an update (from back when I was jonewer, before I lost my password and old email address), the house went under offer shortly after my last post in the middle of Jan.
Its now back on the market![FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Rise like Lions after slumber
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Shake your chains to earth like dew
Which in sleep had fallen on you -
Ye are many - they are few.[/FONT]0 -
At what price?0
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£255. Same as in Jan.[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Rise like Lions after slumber
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Shake your chains to earth like dew
Which in sleep had fallen on you -
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link link link!0
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TighterThanTwoCoatsOfPain wrote: »link link link!
Nosey parker!
http://www.wardandpartners.co.uk/searchresults/property-details-full.asp?PropertyID=14126338[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Rise like Lions after slumber
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Shake your chains to earth like dew
Which in sleep had fallen on you -
Ye are many - they are few.[/FONT]0
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