Instant House Buyers

westernpromise

lisyloo wrote: »

I’m surprised though the agent hasn’t picked up on the upside of a downstairs bathroom which may appeal to someone who has difficulty with stairs.

Presumably someone who has difficulty with stairs would be in the market for a bungalow.

lisyloo

westernpromise wrote: »

Presumably someone who has difficulty with stairs would be in the market for a bungalow.

Maybe, but they may want more room for other family members.
Bungalows are difficult to find and expensive (due to supply vs demand).

Thrugelmir

Odysseus wrote: »

Sadly dropping that much would mean we could not afford to buy anywhere else. :eek:

Focus on paying off the mortgage. Lower your expectations, or find a cheaper area in which to live. There are some very reasonable areas still. Where money buys a lot more.

Odysseus

Thrugelmir wrote: »

Focus on paying off the mortgage. Lower your expectations, or find a cheaper area in which to live. There are some very reasonable areas still. Where money buys a lot more.

It will take us another 8 years to pay off the mortgage because we cannot pay any extra as thanks to an EU court decision my other half has been without a pay rise for 11 years but prices, council tax etc have not stopped rising! The area where we are planning to move to is much cheaper than where we are now, but as the plan is to get my other half retired, we have to be able to buy outright.


We firstly went with an agent who did overestimate the house value. We thought he might have done but a nearby house was up for a similar price with someone else so we went with it and not a single viewing. At least now we are getting viewings.

RelievedSheff

Odysseus wrote: »

It will take us another 8 years to pay off the mortgage because we cannot pay any extra as thanks to an EU court decision my other half has been without a pay rise for 11 years but prices, council tax etc have not stopped rising! The area where we are planning to move to is much cheaper than where we are now, but as the plan is to get my other half retired, we have to be able to buy outright.


We firstly went with an agent who did overestimate the house value. We thought he might have done but a nearby house was up for a similar price with someone else so we went with it and not a single viewing. At least now we are getting viewings.

8 years isn't a long time in the grand scheme of things.

Thrugelmir

Odysseus wrote: »

We firstly went with an agent who did overestimate the house value. We thought he might have done but a nearby house was up for a similar price with someone else so we went with it and not a single viewing. At least now we are getting viewings.

You would have been dissatisfied if you end up selling the property too cheaply. Starting higher and lowering the price as time passes is perfectly reasonable. Our neighbours house recently sold in under 48 hours. The two opposite quickly both went on the market. 4 months later. One has just sold after having reduced the price considerably. The other has been withdrawn from the market. Sometimes it's just down to timing.

Odysseus

RelievedSheff wrote: »

8 years isn't a long time in the grand scheme of things.

Am guessing you are young! Trust me 8 years is a very very long time at our age! :rotfl:

Odysseus

Thrugelmir wrote: »

You would have been dissatisfied if you end up selling the property too cheaply. Starting higher and lowering the price as time passes is perfectly reasonable. Our neighbours house recently sold in under 48 hours. The two opposite quickly both went on the market. 4 months later. One has just sold after having reduced the price considerably. The other has been withdrawn from the market. Sometimes it's just down to timing.

Indeed I think timing is our biggest problem. Everyone is being super cautious. Well we have a another viewing tomorrow so fingers crossed!

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Odysseus

Fingers crossed - we have someone who wants to buy who has offered something we can accept - they have to sell their house yet though so could go belly up yet!:shocked::)