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RichardD1970 said:
Didn't notice that, although it wouldn't really put me off. It's the modern trendy way 🙄Davesnave said:
Except that £150k is just a guide and it's being sold by the 'modern auction method,' which is often a red flag.RichardD1970 said:
£150k seems a good price. Spend perhaps £15-20k to get a really good house.edgex said:https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-89898371.html
You'd probably spend the guide price just finding & fixing problems!What, that the buyer pays the estate agent, rather than the seller?Call me old-fashioned, but it's not something I'll be doing any time soon!
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It's the norm in Germany that the buyer pays the estate agent. So, there's nothing intrinsically evil in that concept.Davesnave said:RichardD1970 said:
Didn't notice that, although it wouldn't really put me off. It's the modern trendy way 🙄Davesnave said:
Except that £150k is just a guide and it's being sold by the 'modern auction method,' which is often a red flag.RichardD1970 said:
£150k seems a good price. Spend perhaps £15-20k to get a really good house.edgex said:https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-89898371.html
You'd probably spend the guide price just finding & fixing problems!What, that the buyer pays the estate agent, rather than the seller?Call me old-fashioned, but it's not something I'll be doing any time soon!
However, these modern auctions are evil in other ways. You're liable for the EA fees, whether you buy the property or not. You're supposed to bid without getting a survey or the legals done first. Then, if there's a problem with either of those, you can't buy, but you still have to pay the EA an enormous fee.
Just don't touch it with a 2m social distancing pole.
No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?4 -
https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/54837158?search_identifier=34425689fdccd695c3064424e35593cb
How to make a small house feel even smaller
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They both pay the estate agent.Davesnave said:What, that the buyer pays the estate agent, rather than the seller?
A kind word lasts a minute, a skelped erse is sair for a day.1 -
Such as?edgex said:
They appear to have taken out all the structural elements downstairs.Patr100 said:
Why?edgex said:https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-89898371.html
You'd probably spend the guide price just finding & fixing problems!0 -
Good. I should hate for it to be unfair.Owain_Moneysaver said:
They both pay the estate agent.Davesnave said:What, that the buyer pays the estate agent, rather than the seller?
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It is hardly a relaxing atmosphere that they have created. Too much stuff!!JuzaMum said:https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/54837158?search_identifier=34425689fdccd695c3064424e35593cb
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Window-shopping random places I've seen mentioned in the newspaper again. I like the look of this place. I wonder why it hasn't sold? Maybe too much grief dealing with the other freeholders and shared maintenance costs, gardeners etc?
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