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New build - negotiate on options?
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HappyHomeBuyer said:GDB2222 said:Have you paid a reservation fee, and is this refundable if you don’t go ahead?
If you want to negotiate on anything at all, you have to be prepared to walk away from (most of) the deposit you've paid. They have no incentive to 'give' you £5 to spend on the property, let alone £5000.
No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0 -
GDB2222 said:HappyHomeBuyer said:GDB2222 said:Have you paid a reservation fee, and is this refundable if you don’t go ahead?
If you want to negotiate on anything at all, you have to be prepared to walk away from (most of) the deposit you've paid. They have no incentive to 'give' you £5 to spend on the property, let alone £5000.Thanks0 -
My current house was a new build when I bought it. I arrange for turf and basic flooring to be included before I reserved.
For options... I had an outside tap, dishwasher socket/plumbing, spotlights, upgrading the flooring from the basic, shower over the bath, and half height tiling in the bathroom and ensuite. I was planning on having towel radiators done after but when I looked into it the cost from the builder wasn't much different so had those done by the builder too (meant they were included in the 5 year warranty).0 -
Seashell517 said:My current house was a new build when I bought it. I arrange for turf and basic flooring to be included before I reserved.
For options... I had an outside tap, dishwasher socket/plumbing, spotlights, upgrading the flooring from the basic, shower over the bath, and half height tiling in the bathroom and ensuite. I was planning on having towel radiators done after but when I looked into it the cost from the builder wasn't much different so had those done by the builder too (meant they were included in the 5 year warranty).
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Perfectly acceptable to try to get things thrown in, but it's (usually) done before you reserve a plot as part of the negotiations. Once you've paid your reservation fee, they're unlikely to give you anything.2024 wins: *must start comping again!*2
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I'd think again about the spotlights, the ceiling roses are rarely where you'd have a spotlight so you'll be patching up holes where they would have been. Also, spotlights are a lot easier to install when there's access via the upstairs rather than through an existing ceiling. Having done it in an older property, it's a right faff to work out the positioning, get fitted and try and make good the ceiling (and i'm good and filling and sanding). If you hadn't considered it, def go for spotlights on the landing too as it makes moving furniture a lot easier not watching for light bulbs and of course creates a nicer lighting effect too.
However, I didn't have to pay for any of my spotlights as my new home came with them pretty much everywhere as standard but I always think that extra couple of grand is small fry in the long term1 -
Racky_Roo said:I'd think again about the spotlights, the ceiling roses are rarely where you'd have a spotlight so you'll be patching up holes where they would have been. Also, spotlights are a lot easier to install when there's access via the upstairs rather than through an existing ceiling. Having done it in an older property, it's a right faff to work out the positioning, get fitted and try and make good the ceiling (and i'm good and filling and sanding). If you hadn't considered it, def go for spotlights on the landing too as it makes moving furniture a lot easier not watching for light bulbs and of course creates a nicer lighting effect too.
However, I didn't have to pay for any of my spotlights as my new home came with them pretty much everywhere as standard but I always think that extra couple of grand is small fry in the long term0 -
As others have said, the negotiations around incentives (or freebies if you want to put it that way but they are priced into the cost of the property so not really free) are done at the point of reservation and can usually be up to 5% of the value of the property before it will affect your mortgage lending.I don’t mean to be blunt but if you’re willing to buy a new build without any incentives then you’re being ripped off. We bought a new build over the summer and I pushed and pushed and pushed the sales guy until I could get no more and made sure it was all recorded on the paperwork before I parted with my reservation fee.0
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I reserved a Rowland Home in August.
They gave me integrated Dishwasher, L+R Fencing, £1000 towards legal fees and £2000 towards Deposit.1 -
tinytiddles said:As others have said, the negotiations around incentives (or freebies if you want to put it that way but they are priced into the cost of the property so not really free) are done at the point of reservation and can usually be up to 5% of the value of the property before it will affect your mortgage lending.I don’t mean to be blunt but if you’re willing to buy a new build without any incentives then you’re being ripped off. We bought a new build over the summer and I pushed and pushed and pushed the sales guy until I could get no more and made sure it was all recorded on the paperwork before I parted with my reservation fee.Will certainly try to get what we can out of them.Cheers.0
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