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Did I offer too much? (Buying)

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  • steampowered
    steampowered Posts: 6,176 Forumite
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    shortcrust wrote: »
    You found a house you want and you’ve offered an amount that’s broadly in line with nearby house prices, and an amount that’s well within your budget. Might you be overthinking things?

    No one ever knows if they’d got the best possible deal they could have struck. I suspect I could have got my house for 10k less, but as I sit of an evening in my garden watching the sunset with a glass of wine in my hand I’ve never once regretted paying the price I paid.

    Exactly this :T

    If you are happy to buy this house at £425k, that's all that matters.

    You got the bottom end of the guide price which sounds perfectly fair to me.
  • System
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    shortcrust wrote: »
    Of course you did.

    What a weird accusation for someone to make.

    "I have moved into my house on a private road in Surrey and the neighbours were quick to say I had overpaid. In fact, they held a party in my honour because they think I’ve inflated house prices on the street! I think the estate agent misled me about certain things. I’m furious. Can I take the agent to court?"

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  • Crashy_Time
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    Diocletian_II wrote: »
    What a weird accusation for someone to make.

    "I have moved into my house on a private road in Surrey and the neighbours were quick to say I had overpaid. In fact, they held a party in my honour because they think I’ve inflated house prices on the street! I think the estate agent misled me about certain things. I’m furious. Can I take the agent to court?"

    ft.com/content/84807384-753a-11e8-aa31-31da4279a601

    Wonder what they do for the people that are probably now Dis-Inflating their house price?
  • jimbog
    jimbog Posts: 2,285 Forumite
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    Crashy_Time wrote: »
    Wonder what they do for the people that are probably now Dis-Inflating their house price?

    They're still partying in bedsits all over the country no doubt
    Gather ye rosebuds while ye may
  • Crashy_Time
    Crashy_Time Posts: 13,386 Forumite
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    jimbog wrote: »
    They're still partying in bedsits all over the country no doubt

    I meant how do they treat the neighbours that have sniffed the coffee and are now lowering their house prices not if they go to their tenants leaving parties.
  • System
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    Crashy_Time wrote: »
    Wonder what they do for the people that are probably now Dis-Inflating their house price?

    Dog poo through the letterbox, or even a horse's head in the bed for anyone who reduces their asking price maybe.
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