Partner & I disagree on gazundering: fear of overpaying for house in bad economic times

lookstraightahead

newsgroupmonkey_ said:

lookstraightahead said:

newsgroupmonkey_ said:

alibean121 said:

lookstraightahead said:

silvercar said:

If I had to entertain the idea of gazundering pre-exchange for no reason other than the buyers trying it on, the retribution would cost them in the long run. 

They could forget any good will gestures like:

instructions for appliance
me leaving any blinds/curtains that I won't have use for
deep cleaning before I leave
etc 

Not sure that would make or break a deal. Who really wants someone else's secondhand curtains and doesn't everyone clean when they move in? Instructions might be useful but you can just get on the internet. Would rather have it all gone.
I think as a seller now you have to consider what's happening in the market. 

Oh gosh I’m buying my first house and would cry with joy if there were curtains left. Yeah you’d probably replace them eventually with ones you like but I’m not sure what I’m going to do initially - safety pin a bedsheet onto the curtain pole or something??

I mean it’s not a dealbreaker in a purchase this size clearly but still… 

I'm about to buy my 5th house.

as our vendor has no onward property, I'd be surprised if they didn't leave the curtains. I will certainly be very happy if they do.

We're leaving ours (having had them all dry cleaned) as they won't fit the new house.

Don't worry about the snobs who say you're wrong. I think it might say something about the houses they're buying.....

I'm always happy to find someone's old "rotten secondhand curtains", because as you say, it gives you a chance to decide what you want in the future.

As it happens, in this particular house, the vendor had sadly needed to go into a home. All the curtains were very thick made-to-measure hand-made affairs. We've replaced a couple of them, but the others are far better quality than we would normally have bought.

I buy almost everything secondhand. But someone being so disgruntled they won't leave the curtains isn't a deal breaker. 

It's great if you want something and you reach a mutual decision, but personally I don't want any left over surprises that I then have to deal with.

If the curtains are minging, it's not exactly difficult to ditch them. Probably worth removing the hooks first, mind.

But it doesn't make or break a deal. Hooks or no hooks. 

newsgroupmonkey_

lookstraightahead said:

newsgroupmonkey_ said:

lookstraightahead said:

newsgroupmonkey_ said:

alibean121 said:

lookstraightahead said:

silvercar said:

If I had to entertain the idea of gazundering pre-exchange for no reason other than the buyers trying it on, the retribution would cost them in the long run. 

They could forget any good will gestures like:

instructions for appliance
me leaving any blinds/curtains that I won't have use for
deep cleaning before I leave
etc 

Not sure that would make or break a deal. Who really wants someone else's secondhand curtains and doesn't everyone clean when they move in? Instructions might be useful but you can just get on the internet. Would rather have it all gone.
I think as a seller now you have to consider what's happening in the market. 

Oh gosh I’m buying my first house and would cry with joy if there were curtains left. Yeah you’d probably replace them eventually with ones you like but I’m not sure what I’m going to do initially - safety pin a bedsheet onto the curtain pole or something??

I mean it’s not a dealbreaker in a purchase this size clearly but still… 

I'm about to buy my 5th house.

as our vendor has no onward property, I'd be surprised if they didn't leave the curtains. I will certainly be very happy if they do.

We're leaving ours (having had them all dry cleaned) as they won't fit the new house.

Don't worry about the snobs who say you're wrong. I think it might say something about the houses they're buying.....

I'm always happy to find someone's old "rotten secondhand curtains", because as you say, it gives you a chance to decide what you want in the future.

As it happens, in this particular house, the vendor had sadly needed to go into a home. All the curtains were very thick made-to-measure hand-made affairs. We've replaced a couple of them, but the others are far better quality than we would normally have bought.

I buy almost everything secondhand. But someone being so disgruntled they won't leave the curtains isn't a deal breaker. 

It's great if you want something and you reach a mutual decision, but personally I don't want any left over surprises that I then have to deal with.

If the curtains are minging, it's not exactly difficult to ditch them. Probably worth removing the hooks first, mind.

But it doesn't make or break a deal. Hooks or no hooks. 

Well OK, it wouldn't make or break a deal, but the original comment was about goodwill and gestures.

jimbog

housebuyer143 said:

fewcloudy said:

Has the 1st post been edited or deleted or what? There's no detail about the price of anything, and the title says something about a partner? Huh?

To summarize, the original post was something like, I want to knock £15k of my offer half way through because bad economic times are forcasted. My partner doesn't think we should but I did the same thing on the last purchase and I got a reduction so want to try and do it here. What do people think?

I would ask to come back and tell us how you got on. However, posters who have tried to guzunder and have ended up with the seller re marketing tend not to return 

jimbog

It seems you and your partner have different set of values. I’m curious what he is thinking about that long term 

housebuyer143

newsgroupmonkey_ said:

housebuyer143 said:

newsgroupmonkey_ said:

alibean121 said:

lookstraightahead said:

silvercar said:

If I had to entertain the idea of gazundering pre-exchange for no reason other than the buyers trying it on, the retribution would cost them in the long run. 

They could forget any good will gestures like:

instructions for appliance
me leaving any blinds/curtains that I won't have use for
deep cleaning before I leave
etc 

Not sure that would make or break a deal. Who really wants someone else's secondhand curtains and doesn't everyone clean when they move in? Instructions might be useful but you can just get on the internet. Would rather have it all gone.
I think as a seller now you have to consider what's happening in the market. 

Oh gosh I’m buying my first house and would cry with joy if there were curtains left. Yeah you’d probably replace them eventually with ones you like but I’m not sure what I’m going to do initially - safety pin a bedsheet onto the curtain pole or something??

I mean it’s not a dealbreaker in a purchase this size clearly but still… 

I'm about to buy my 5th house.

as our vendor has no onward property, I'd be surprised if they didn't leave the curtains. I will certainly be very happy if they do.

We're leaving ours (having had them all dry cleaned) as they won't fit the new house.

Don't worry about the snobs who say you're wrong. I think it might say something about the houses they're buying.....

I'm always happy to find someone's old "rotten secondhand curtains", because as you say, it gives you a chance to decide what you want in the future.

As it happens, in this particular house, the vendor had sadly needed to go into a home. All the curtains were very thick made-to-measure hand-made affairs. We've replaced a couple of them, but the others are far better quality than we would normally have bought.

My seller in the first house I bought left me 4 garden chairs.... I still have them and use them 13 years later 🤣 one man's trash

I was super grestful for those chairs 

And would you take them with you if you moved on? I know I would!

I did move recently and I took them 🤣🤣 I love those chairs. Don't make things like that anymore.