The Nice People No. 17

Pyxis

PasturesNew said:

michaels said:

...they are sorted before going back to the US.

I think you've got them mixed up. 
The US was one I won't view. On at £295k, wrong area, needs a lot of work. 
The one today though, they are bugg4hing off to Frogland for their retirement, so no chain. On at £280k.
But, in all honesty.... £280 is actually "fair" really.  One could muck about a bit ... and I will start a bit under, but if it goes to that, then that's what it does. But not a penny more. 

So, offer £270k and stress that you are a cash buyer and would like an early completion.
Plus, if they are moving to France, could you get things like fridge, freezer, washing machine thrown in?

Pyxis

Doozergirl said:

Pyxis said:

Doozergirl said:

Hi Nikkster, lovely lady

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Good luck, PN.  It does look like a lot of house for the money.  

We accepted an offer on our  house about three weeks ago so we've got two moves to make this year.  Renting whilst we finish our self build and then back here, but 30 metres away. 

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Loanranger21

I would drive up there tonight, now, and see what the house is like at night, whether the road is quiet, where all the cars are parked. Just a quick butchers to get the lie of the land when it's dark. Just a thought.

PasturesNew

michaels said:

I'm not really helping am I.....

No, but we're used to that
I didn't really discuss their timings/stage of their planned move or what they were hoping to do etc... 
Agent was just a couple of years past nappy changing age and there's so much pressure at a viewing to kind of ... just view.  I did ask the question, as I stuck my head into the downstairs bog area.... and got the brief outline. 

I think the agent was just going through the motions (not in the bog) ... and zoning out mentally while letting me plod about a bit.  I send out peculiar body language and his sort are "tuned" into sell/buy body language, whereas I throw out "I'd rather die than touch this with a barge pole" body language.  Nobody can read me right   It's an issue I can't fix. 

Either the previous viewers were rushing to the office to put an offer in and he thought he had it in the bag already, or he was just bored and didn't think I was serious.... so I stopped bothering to ask him really

PasturesNew

You lot could hire a minibus and turn up and I'll arrange a 2nd viewing and you can all do the prodding, enquiring, poking about, DECIDING, offering etc for me ... if you're not too busy

Nikkster

PasturesNew said:

You lot could hire a minibus i turn up and I'll arrange a 2nd viewing and you can all do the prodding, enquiring, poking about, DECIDING, offering etc for me ... if you're not too busy

Don't tempt me

michaels

PasturesNew said:

You lot could hire a minibus and turn up and I'll arrange a 2nd viewing and you can all do the prodding, enquiring, poking about, DECIDING, offering etc for me ... if you're not too busy

I'm going to be free for the next 4 weeks between 8.45 and 3.15 - it might just about be doable....

PasturesNew

Pyxis said:could you get things like fridge, freezer, washing machine thrown in?

I thought that... although they're possibly on their last legs as they'd have had a plan to just keep their old stuff limping along as they'll be off soon.  You only buy new stuff if you've not got your eye on an exit plan.  These aren't young/superbuyers, these are "keep, mend, make do" types. 

When I decided to sell I felt I needed a new microwave and kettle... but I'd wait until I got a new place.  By the time it got round to it, every time I used them I wondered if "today will be the day this breaks"   

PasturesNew

michaels said:

PasturesNew said:

You lot could hire a minibus and turn up and I'll arrange a 2nd viewing and you can all do the prodding, enquiring, poking about, DECIDING, offering etc for me ... if you're not too busy

I'm going to be free for the next 4 weeks between 8.45 and 3.15 - it might just about be doable....

Not saying you're not trustworthy ... but you'd probably gazump me, then gazunder them... and fill it with tenants so you could give up work and sail yachts or something equally posh

PasturesNew

Loanranger21 said:

I would drive up there tonight, now, and see what the house is like at night, whether the road is quiet, where all the cars are parked. Just a quick butchers to get the lie of the land when it's dark. Just a thought.

 I did think that earlier.... but couldn't decide if I should sack it off or go look again.... so I didn't. 
In any case, most of the time most areas are pretty quiet, you need to know the peak times and what you're looking for.  The whole "look at different times" works to a point, but you really need 24/7 surveillance for several months to really know what goes on. 
Who is to say that the chap 5 doors down doesn't drag 3 bangers out of storage come Easter and spend the entire summer fixing them on the front drive, before loading them up on trailers and taking them out racing 3-4x a week (bet there's one of those as streetview showed such a scene).  No sign of it today.... maybe he moved, or maybe he's waiting for Easter
As is typical with a lot of established council estates... there's a high proportion of racing banger owners.  The last house for sale in the next street had one next door... they're everywhere.