Is it odd?

khanji17

Is it odd to like and buy the first house you go to view? There is just one house we have seen, it needs work but seems to be ticking most of the boxes. 
Not sure if its a good idea to put an offer for this house or wait for a better one to come to the market soon? There are not many houses available at the moment in the area we are after and specially the older house with huge gardens. This has been on the market for a while, but not sure if we miss this (as things are picking up after the lockdown) and then we don't find a similar property in the area we want later? Or, if we go for this one, and then a lovely one comes along which is better than this.
This is the first time we are moving from our first bought house, so very confused.
What would you all do?

Jeepers_Creepers

Although this is the first house you have actually physically viewed, you must have at least surfed other properties on-line? Ie, you are not going into this completely blind.

Also, if this is an older property and requires work, then it isn't an 'average' property in the first place - it had particular qualities that attracted you to it in the first place.

So I guess it isn't actually 'odd', just that it ticks the right boxes? :-)

jonnygee2

Not sure if its a good idea to put an offer for this house or wait for a better one to come to the market soon? 

Why would you wait, if you like it put an offer in. 

blue_max_3

Is your own property on the market? If not, you don't really know if there will be any interest, or an offer that gives you the funds to offer on the new place.

daivid

Not necessarily odd. How many houses you've viewed is irrelevant to which is 'the right house', though having seen more may help you make your mind up either way. No one can tell you how much longer the house will be on the market, though if it was on for a significant time before March it seems unlikely it will sell overnight. The fact that you have put this up on a forum makes me think you have some serious reservations, if so you should work through them before committing to it. Foremost in my opinion would be: the importance of the boxes it doesn't tick, the costs and potential benefits of waiting, how long you are prepared to wait and your best guess of if a better house will come up in that time.

blue_max_3 said:

Is your own property on the market? If not, you don't really know if there will be any interest, or an offer that gives you the funds to offer on the new place.

This though trumps everything else, if you're not in a position to offer/buy then it is all out of your hands until you are.

Wickerson

I have done just that, offered on the first house I viewed and I’ve just exchanged today. I’m also a first time buyer.
I looked at every house on rightmove within the whole county and didn’t like any of them. I even drove past a couple, just to make sure I wasn’t being too fussy. Then the price was dropped on the one I offered on, which bought it into my budget, and I loved it the second I walked in the door. I drove home and placed the offer immediately. 

So if it is odd, then I’m top of the tree 😊

Thrugelmir

I'd always wish to view several in order to provide a benchmark. Second viewing is advisable as well. 

Grumpy_chap

If you found the house you love, then go for it.

oystercatcher

I have done this, viewed a house, fell in love , knew there wasn't anything comparable to suit us , we hadn't even got ours up for sale at the time but it all worked out eventually and we didn't view anything else. The next move I only viewed two properties but that was after I had an offer on the property we were living in. sometimes you just know what is right for you especially if there isn't much else to fit what you need.

RelievedSheff

khanji17 said:

Is it odd to like and buy the first house you go to view? There is just one house we have seen, it needs work but seems to be ticking most of the boxes. 
Not sure if its a good idea to put an offer for this house or wait for a better one to come to the market soon? There are not many houses available at the moment in the area we are after and specially the older house with huge gardens. This has been on the market for a while, but not sure if we miss this (as things are picking up after the lockdown) and then we don't find a similar property in the area we want later? Or, if we go for this one, and then a lovely one comes along which is better than this.
This is the first time we are moving from our first bought house, so very confused.
What would you all do?

We moved from our first owned house in April last year into a new build property. We hadn't really intended to move and had just called into the development to have a look at what house types they had for sale. We immediately liked the look of one house type and they had a great plot which was heavily discounted at the time. We had a look around the house which was completed and waiting for new owners and immediately it felt right, as soon as we walked through the front door. We reserved it there and then, part exchanged our old house against it and three and a half weeks later we were moving into our new home.

What I am trying to say is that if this property feels right then just go for it.

Davesnave

Depends on your research. I bought the first house I ever viewed from the inside, but I'd spent months studying the area and knew exactly which streets I wanted to purchase in and even which side of those streets I'd consider.

It's all about location, size and the basic soundness of a first property, when money tends to be tight. Love comes later, either when you're minted and able to enjoy the exotic fruits of someone else's labour, or more usually, because you've poured some of yourself into the house and it's grown around you.