Tired of house hunting

Locornwall

getmore4less wrote: »

How did you miss the trees when viewing?

I did notice them and probably should have done the research before putting an offer in. Later I found out the area was in a conservation area and would have meant protracted bureaucracy to get through. With no guarantee we could get rid of them. All that plus other matters meant it wasn’t for us.

Crashy_Time

Locornwall wrote: »

Yes, as the title suggests, I’m getting tired of the cat and mouse game that is house buying.

We have found a nice house we both really like. It’s up for £440k. The sellers are older and one of them is losing their sight, therefore they wish to sell this one. I’m in the process of selling my home, so will become cash ready within the next 6 weeks. My thought process is that they would probably take money off the house, given the current situation seems to be it’s a buyers market. Therefore, they may go down to £420k for a normal chained buyer. Given I’m a cash buyer, do you think I’m being offensive to offer £400k? I get I can make an offer as I like, however I don’t want to get into the game of up and down offers.

Sell your house first, then see.

Locornwall

Thanks for the comments. Nice to see some people understand my position and the current market situation. I’m seeing houses reduced everyday in my area. I also think people have lost touch with what exactly this amount of money means. If I had viewings on my house and someone offered within 10% of the marketed price I wouldn’t be offended. I wouldn’t necessarily take it but at least I know the benchmark and a price to work on. If someone offered me a lot less then I’d probably be unhappy with the estate agents. That’s what we pay them for. To weed out the time wasters. But that’s just me.

Crashy_Time

Locornwall wrote: »

Thanks for the comments. Nice to see some people understand my position and the current market situation. I’m seeing houses reduced everyday in my area. I also think people have lost touch with what exactly this amount of money means. If I had viewings on my house and someone offered within 10% of the marketed price I wouldn’t be offended. I wouldn’t necessarily take it but at least I know the benchmark and a price to work on. If someone offered me a lot less then I’d probably be unhappy with the estate agents. That’s what we pay them for. To weed out the time wasters. But that’s just me.

GREAT news!