Should we try renegotiate or stay quiet?

livdawsonn

lookstraightahead said:

jimbog said:

livdawsonn said:

nicknameless said:

You've viewed 4 times and now having cold feet over a 'missing' 10 sq ft?

Who really believes EA measurements other than for ballpark?

As above - if you like it proceed.  If you were my buyer and tried to haggle over a mysterious 10ft at this stage I would see you as gazundering and likely take the serious huff.  Yours may be more accommodating perhaps.

It is more over the fact we in total have lost over 30sqft from what was advertised, I think the likelihood is we don't say anything as we don't want to rub the sellers up the wrong way. If it was only 10 in total I wouldn't have been batted an eyelid as like you said they are ball park.

In the UK most people don't have a clue as to the square footage of their homes. It's a moot point. If you 'feel' if it's big enough to meet your needs then it's big enough. Some houses may have more floor space than others but the layout of the rooms can make them feel pokey. 

If I was the vendor I would be irritated to hear this and would anticipate being guzundered 

I agree it's too late really, but I don't understand why, especially when prices are so high, people don't check this out in the first place.

it's like new 3/4/5 bed houses with the thinnest of dividing walls increase in value as one room has been split into three small ones. Sometimes location is more important than size of house, but it's still good to know.

`agree with the above, don't want to seem like we are trying to gazunder. 

user1977

livdawsonn said:

movilogo said:

30 sq ft = 2.78 sq meter, which is a very small amount of space. How much is this against overall area of the house? 

**square metre not foot** apologies that’s me being half awake! 

Would still help to know what difference this is in percentage terms.

livdawsonn

user1977 said:

livdawsonn said:

movilogo said:

30 sq ft = 2.78 sq meter, which is a very small amount of space. How much is this against overall area of the house? 

**square metre not foot** apologies that’s me being half awake! 

Would still help to know what difference this is in percentage terms.

The house is 60sqm not including the garden (not sure if the garden is relevant)

Schwarzwald

livdawsonn said:

user1977 said:

livdawsonn said:

movilogo said:

30 sq ft = 2.78 sq meter, which is a very small amount of space. How much is this against overall area of the house? 

**square metre not foot** apologies that’s me being half awake! 

Would still help to know what difference this is in percentage terms.

The house is 60sqm not including the garden (not sure if the garden is relevant)

When I bought recently I was v focused on total floor space as I find the concept (in the UK) of focusing on number of bedrooms v odd so I have total sympathy for the perspective.

Therefore, I can understand in principle the thought to reconsidering pricing if the property turns out much smaller than advertised.

 

Having said that, a 60sqm property is so significantly smaller than an 80sqm flat …. I struggle with the idea that you only realized the actual floor size after so many viewings.

 

Having said that, given the difference is sooo significant, the more fundamental question to me is: are 60sqm sufficient for what you and your partner need?

 

I think you can manage to live in a 60sqm flat as a couple, but including kids for example …. it gets tight.

 

Also, you say you’ve priced this property on the basis of 80sqm and even than offered over asking …. at least mentally prepare yourself that others might not offer the same price in a few years if you then advertise it with its correct floors space 60sqm.

 

As a seller, I probably would not entertain your ask to reduce price.

As a buyer, I would not entertain a 60sqm property when I was actually looking for a 80sqm property

 

  

livdawsonn

Schwarzwald said:

livdawsonn said:

user1977 said:

livdawsonn said:

movilogo said:

30 sq ft = 2.78 sq meter, which is a very small amount of space. How much is this against overall area of the house? 

**square metre not foot** apologies that’s me being half awake! 

Would still help to know what difference this is in percentage terms.

The house is 60sqm not including the garden (not sure if the garden is relevant)

When I bought recently I was v focused on total floor space as I find the concept (in the UK) of focusing on number of bedrooms v odd so I have total sympathy for the perspective.

Therefore, I can understand in principle the thought to reconsidering pricing if the property turns out much smaller than advertised.

 

Having said that, a 60sqm property is so significantly smaller than an 80sqm flat …. I struggle with the idea that you only realized the actual floor size after so many viewings.

 

Having said that, given the difference is sooo significant, the more fundamental question to me is: are 60sqm sufficient for what you and your partner need?

 

I think you can manage to live in a 60sqm flat as a couple, but including kids for example …. it gets tight.

 

Also, you say you’ve priced this property on the basis of 80sqm and even than offered over asking …. at least mentally prepare yourself that others might not offer the same price in a few years if you then advertise it with its correct floors space 60sqm.

 

As a seller, I probably would not entertain your ask to reduce price.

As a buyer, I would not entertain a 60sqm property when I was actually looking for a 80sqm property

 

  

Thank you so much. 

There’s two of us and a large dog thankfully no children to consider or we would have to pull out.

the error was the width of the house, it was only once I was using a digital planner I realised that the sizes did not at all match up to how I remember the space feeling, and like I said I’d at first put it down to how they have to laid out and lots of big furniture etc.  

I think realistically we have to take it on the chin and complete, the market is so dry in my area at the moment and so inflated so pulling out now would mean we are stuck renting for some years to come. Not to mention the lost costs we have spent so far on this run up to exchanging 

I am going to mention it to the EA to see what is said but not mention renegotiating. I just wouldn’t want to cause the sellers to have doubts at this late stage. Annoying but I should have asked my partner to measure the house when he viewed it before I could. 

in_my_wellies

The house I rent has a huge hall, described by the EA as 'dining hall' but in reality it's a waste of space, difficult to heat and awkward to furnish with so many doors. This space is included in the size whereas the house I own in Devon Is a Devon longhouse with no hall at all, every part is useful. On paper a smaller house but in reality much larger 

livdawsonn

in_my_wellies said:

The house I rent has a huge hall, described by the EA as 'dining hall' but in reality it's a waste of space, difficult to heat and awkward to furnish with so many doors. This space is included in the size whereas the house I own in Devon Is a Devon longhouse with no hall at all, every part is useful. On paper a smaller house but in reality much larger 

I think I just need to get the numbers out my head, it is a large difference but I still loved the house when I saw it, perfect for our first house in our early twenties, not a forever home. Thank you!

rincha

Will you be able to live peacefully knowing this piece of information? 

If yes, then let it go. 

hazyjo

Don't think I've missed this - just read the thread quickly - I presume you're measuring inside each room and totalling, and not the outside of the entire property (literally from left to right)?

nicknameless

livdawsonn said:

in_my_wellies said:

The house I rent has a huge hall, described by the EA as 'dining hall' but in reality it's a waste of space, difficult to heat and awkward to furnish with so many doors. This space is included in the size whereas the house I own in Devon Is a Devon longhouse with no hall at all, every part is useful. On paper a smaller house but in reality much larger 

I think I just need to get the numbers out my head, it is a large difference but I still loved the house when I saw it, perfect for our first house in our early twenties, not a forever home. Thank you!

I think just complete.  It sounds like this has got in your head when actually nothing has changed about the house and it sounds like you still like it (having seen it 4 times lol).

Just checked and the EPC for the place we are currently buying suggest 1.5m2 more space than the EA measurements.  We shall not be offering more at the last minute