Estate Agent possibly ignoring me.

boxer234

Murphybear said:

boxer234 said:

I may be old fashioned but I remember the days when you put an offer in EA called back an hour later - yes or no, if no you up to asking or just below and it’s excepted. 

The process now ... 

Convince EA you can view property by showing DIP, deposit, job contract, underwear draw

View house give other viewers the stink eye as they queue up out side.

You offer asking on the spot they say they will let you know. 1 week later you call they have left the property on the market and are still holding viewings.  People have offered over and it’s going to best and final. 

You give best and final playing guess the number. 

Offer gets accepted once you go 50% above asking.  

Mortgage company refuses to lend you that much for a shed.

You sell a kidney to make up the difference breath a sigh of relief you are on the ladder. 

You get gazumped. 

boxer234 said:

I may be old fashioned but I remember the days when you put an offer in EA called back an hour later - yes or no, if no you up to asking or just below and it’s excepted. 

The process now ... 

Convince EA you can view property by showing DIP, deposit, job contract, underwear draw

View house give other viewers the stink eye as they queue up out side.

You offer asking on the spot they say they will let you know. 1 week later you call they have left the property on the market and are still holding viewings.  People have offered over and it’s going to best and final. 

You give best and final playing guess the number. 

Offer gets accepted once you go 50% above asking.  

Mortgage company refuses to lend you that much for a shed.

You sell a kidney to make up the difference breath a sigh of relief you are on the ladder. 

You get gazumped. 

We haven’t bought a property for a few years now (thank god).  The last time, 2000, we decided to look at a bungalow in a tiny village.  It was owned by an elderly couple who couldn’t manage the huge and fabulous garden any more.  We viewed the property with the EA and the owners present.  We wandered round the garden on our own, looked at each other, nodded and made an offer below asking price to the EA there and then.  EA had a quick chat with owners, offer accepted then EA disappeared to office to start the ball rolling while we sat in the conservatory with owners plus tea and home made cake.  We discussed the garden at length.

A very short time later we moved in. 

How things have changed 

That sounds amazing I remember chatting at length with the seller when I purchased my first house.    Now you would be offering to do their gardening in the hope the will sell you the property.  

boxer234

jacko74 said:

boxer234 said:

I may be old fashioned but I remember the days when you put an offer in EA called back an hour later - yes or no, if no you up to asking or just below and it’s excepted. 

The process now ... 

Convince EA you can view property by showing DIP, deposit, job contract, underwear draw

View house give other viewers the stink eye as they queue up out side.

You offer asking on the spot they say they will let you know. 1 week later you call they have left the property on the market and are still holding viewings.  People have offered over and it’s going to best and final. 

You give best and final playing guess the number. 

Offer gets accepted once you go 50% above asking.  

Mortgage company refuses to lend you that much for a shed.

You sell a kidney to make up the difference breath a sigh of relief you are on the ladder. 

You get gazumped. 

... And then you eventually pay off your huge mortgage just in time to be able to sell your house to pay for your nursing home fees

😂 probably for only half of what you paid for it because Crashy is finally correct and the housing market crumbles after we go into Covid lockdown 500. 

Another_Level

Just an update, the vendor has kindly responded to my letter re my offer.

So far the EA has presented the vendor with three offers, one below asking price and two at the asking price. No mention of my offer asking price+5% 
During my viewing visit, i  mentioned i have no chain. Have cash sitting in a current account ready to purchase and left details of my conveyancer who has sight of my finances.

Really like this house 

taylor86

So the estate agent had not passed on your offer?

Sunsaru

boxer234 said:

jacko74 said:

boxer234 said:

I may be old fashioned but I remember the days when you put an offer in EA called back an hour later - yes or no, if no you up to asking or just below and it’s excepted. 

The process now ... 

Convince EA you can view property by showing DIP, deposit, job contract, underwear draw

View house give other viewers the stink eye as they queue up out side.

You offer asking on the spot they say they will let you know. 1 week later you call they have left the property on the market and are still holding viewings.  People have offered over and it’s going to best and final. 

You give best and final playing guess the number. 

Offer gets accepted once you go 50% above asking.  

Mortgage company refuses to lend you that much for a shed.

You sell a kidney to make up the difference breath a sigh of relief you are on the ladder. 

You get gazumped. 

... And then you eventually pay off your huge mortgage just in time to be able to sell your house to pay for your nursing home fees

😂 probably for only half of what you paid for it because Crashy is finally correct and the housing market crumbles after we go into Covid lockdown 500. 

Even a broken clock is right twice a day... unless it's digital.

Another_Level

taylor86 said:

So the estate agent had not passed on your offer?

Well No !    Update Just had a very irate (borderline rude)  member of the EA's team phone me explaining my offer is on a reserve list    and told me off for making contact with the vendor.

Anyway, the vendor solicitor has contacted my conveyancer to begin the sale process. EA does not know that at the mo 

Happy days.

taylor86

Another_Level said:

taylor86 said:

So the estate agent had not passed on your offer?

Well No !    Update Just had a very irate (borderline rude)  member of the EA's team phone me explaining my offer is on a reserve list    and told me off for making contact with the vendor.

Anyway, the vendor solicitor has contacted my conveyancer to begin the sale process. EA does not know that at the mo 

Happy days.

Ooh that’s not good at all, I would perhaps kindly remind the estate agent that they have legal obligation to pass on offers and really this should be passed to the ombudsman. This would cause me concern in case they do any other dodgy dealings between now and completion. If you remind them of this now they might just behave.

Another_Level

taylor86 said:

Another_Level said:

taylor86 said:

So the estate agent had not passed on your offer?

Well No !    Update Just had a very irate (borderline rude)  member of the EA's team phone me explaining my offer is on a reserve list    and told me off for making contact with the vendor.

Anyway, the vendor solicitor has contacted my conveyancer to begin the sale process. EA does not know that at the mo 

Happy days.

Ooh that’s not good at all, I would perhaps kindly remind the estate agent that they have legal obligation to pass on offers and really this should be passed to the ombudsman. This would cause me concern in case they do any other dodgy dealings between now and completion. If you remind them of this now they might just behave.

Thanks for the input, hey i could make noise re the EA but i want this property and  the vendor wants to sell to me. So not wanting to disrupt anything now but i fully understand your idea.

the vendors who are such a nice couple in their later years have today moven into their M&S property, they phoned me saying they have moved but they could not take all their furniture or his motor vehicles from the garages.
So they asked me to have another look and reconsider rmy  purchase price, doing that tomorrow there not local but for me the property is worth the effort.

Ta all 

moneysavinghero

They have not just moved into any property, they have moved into an M&S property.

Another_Level

A quote from boris. its an "oven ready" solution, umm the cooker is calling