Should we try renegotiate or stay quiet?

diystarter7

movilogo said:

This is another example of broken down Britain. It is frustrating that in Rightmove, you can't filter properties by floor space area. Converting into £/sq m helps to compare different properties and overpriced ones immediately stand out. 

Not required not for us anyway. We have an idea ho big the house we live in is, do we want the rooms bigger smaller, gadens and front gardens, hallway size. EG,  I would never settle for a room, sitting room that was less than 14 foor wide and 20 foot long and no bedroom smaller than 9/10 feet and the master being a lot bigger than that an a min kitchen size and min of 3 cars OSP etc, so sq footage etc not required as there is enough info on the site

lookstraightahead

RelievedSheff said:

lookstraightahead said:

Op excepted as they seem quite clued up, it is scary how many people don't see floor space as important. It makes me wonder how many people pay attention to their financial commitments. 

We never gave floor space a second thought when we bought either of our houses.

We viewed the houses and decided if the space we viewed would be suitable for our needs.

We viewed houses that on paper were bigger than the ones we bought but that space wasn't really useable and didn't really suit what we wanted.

We really don't see that the floor space measurement is that important. It is how the available space is utilised that is important.

Layout is of course important, but I would prefer to be in mine £150000 cheaper than the one down the road which is the same size but just turned round. They have more kerb appeal I suppose, but floor space, area etc is identical.

They've paid more because it appears bigger, no doubt about that. 

meeemee

How about garden size too, that should be included as a measurement incase it’s a small house but massive garden with potential to extend. 

Robbo66

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 the fact we in total have lost over 30sqm 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 batted an eyelid as like you said they are ballpark and they like to be generous, to say the least.

Are you sure its SqM, that's around 322 Sqft, given the average 1 bed house is around 425 Sqft that's a sizeable chunk, have any other houses of the same design sold nearby that you could check the measurements against

livdawsonn

Yes it is, original one was 85sqm for the house only, gardens relatively small but wasn’t included in the figures. As per the EA most recent floor plan which he has sent over today, House now is 54sqm. Main bedroom measurement has changed from originally being 15.8 Sqm to  12sqm, living room - 25sqm to 17.6 Sqm. Kitchen - 19.9sqm to 11.9.

I’m just trying to not overthinking the numbers, it makes no difference to the space I’ve stood in 3 separate occasions and will be large enough for two of us. Slightly annoying but not deal breaking just would have been useful to know at the start.

At least we will have less to spend on flooring lol!

The end of this longgggg process is finally near

SavingPennies_2

lookstraightahead said:

Op excepted as they seem quite clued up, it is scary how many people don't see floor space as important. It makes me wonder how many people pay attention to their financial commitments. 

I'm not sure I measured any of the rooms in either of my properties to check the sizes. I might have measured to check where/ how a bed would fit as one was empty on viewing, but other than that no I didn't see it as that important.

Genuine question why is it so important? And what does that have to do with financial commitments?! I can very comfortably afford my home and know every detail of my finances without knowing how much square foot my home is! It looks and feels right for my needs, and that's good enough for me.

robatwork

livdawsonn said:

Yes it is, original one was 85sqm for the house only, gardens relatively small but wasn’t included in the figures. As per the EA most recent floor plan which he has sent over today, House now is 54sqm. Main bedroom measurement has changed from originally being 15.8 Sqm to  12sqm, living room - 25sqm to 17.6 Sqm. Kitchen - 19.9sqm to 11.9.

This is an absolutely massive difference and about the size of a flat now. Are you sure?

livdawsonn

robatwork said:

livdawsonn said:

Yes it is, original one was 85sqm for the house only, gardens relatively small but wasn’t included in the figures. As per the EA most recent floor plan which he has sent over today, House now is 54sqm. Main bedroom measurement has changed from originally being 15.8 Sqm to  12sqm, living room - 25sqm to 17.6 Sqm. Kitchen - 19.9sqm to 11.9.

This is an absolutely massive difference and about the size of a flat now. Are you sure?

Yes 100% that’s not including the second smaller bedroom and bathroom. But that’s what the difference in width has done. From 5.09 to 3.5

i have double checked on the link another posted shared and this lined up. It’s only a two bed semi.

lookstraightahead

SavingPennies_2 said:

lookstraightahead said:

Op excepted as they seem quite clued up, it is scary how many people don't see floor space as important. It makes me wonder how many people pay attention to their financial commitments. 

I'm not sure I measured any of the rooms in either of my properties to check the sizes. I might have measured to check where/ how a bed would fit as one was empty on viewing, but other than that no I didn't see it as that important.

Genuine question why is it so important? And what does that have to do with financial commitments?! I can very comfortably afford my home and know every detail of my finances without knowing how much square foot my home is! It looks and feels right for my needs, and that's good enough for me.

I suppose I personally see it as the same thing as shopping (obviously on a much bigger scale). I don't randomly buy anything without comparisons (say a car with fuel consumption etc) and it's one of the criteria I use. I'm not saying it is the only criteria, I understand buying things because they feel right / you want them etc, but like for like its good to know.
I used it for negotiation with my current property.
Also if I sell someone else might do the same as me, so it has financial implications. 
When you buy a house you have surveys for all kinds of things - no one really buys a house without checking other details like flooding, even neighbour disputes. So I just see it as part of the package. 

MysteryMe

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 you've highlighted in one simple paragraph why trying to extrapolate meaningful information based purely on square footage calculations is largely a waste of time. That's assuming that an unqualified person is capable of producing an accurate set of measurements in the first place.