What is your biggest worry when selling a home?

lincroft1710

I am very proud of the patio I recently laid and would be very upset if a future purchaser wanted to disturb the ground under the carefully positioned slabs.

housebuyer143

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An inexperienced or unreliable buyer - creating a long-winded transaction.

This! If you have a FTB house you will no doubt suffer this. It's painful and really drags out an easy transaction. 
They tend to be skittish and worry over anything and then drop out. 

After it happening more than once on my current sale I am not really worried about it, it's just annoying. 

SensibleSarah

I have a list of worries as long as my arm. Here are just a few:

The inconvenience/stress of preparing the house for viewings - when probably half of them won't show up anyway
The buyers having a survey that reveals the house is falling down (slight exaggeration but there are lots of things wrong with it) and reducing their offer or pulling out
Not being able to find (or successfully buy) a house I want to buy once mine has sold - the market in my area is still moving very quickly at the moment, although that may change, of course
The massive stress of trying to move out of one house and into a new one in a single day, on my own, with 2 stressy dogs and 3 cats
Moving to a street/area that is a bit unknown - what if the neighbours are a nightmare? etc
Taking on a bigger mortgage. What if all my work dries up?

I can't move until late next year at the earliest anyway due to newish self-employment, so it's not an imminent issue, but I do want to move at some stage as my current house doesn't meet my needs anymore. I'll just have to get over my worries and do it - but maybe I'll win the lottery in the meantime 

london21

An unserious buyer.

Hence important to ask for proof of deposit, AIP etc and go with someone who is a motivated buyer. 

Scotbot

lincroft1710 said:

I am very proud of the patio I recently laid and would be very upset if a future purchaser wanted to disturb the ground under the carefully positioned slabs.

Why, who have you buried there?

powerful_Rogue

My biggest worry was the chicken and the egg.

Get an offer on mine but not find anything suitable to purchase.

Find something suitable to purchase but not sell mine.

That's why we had to go though a convulated process when we found a property we loved but didn't have a buyer.

Woolsery

SensibleSarah said:

maybe I'll win the lottery in the meantime 

 Err... I know a couple who did. They had to move several times to lose all the friends they made!

lincroft1710

Scotbot said:

lincroft1710 said:

I am very proud of the patio I recently laid and would be very upset if a future purchaser wanted to disturb the ground under the carefully positioned slabs.

Why, who have you buried there?

I could tell you but then I would have to lay another patio!

angelasocks

Gazundering near to contracts - terrifies me. 

Domaco16

Anything until the exchange happens! 

Not only with the delays - but if anyone changes their mind, the gazumping, the what ifs, the setting your heart on a home and things going wrong- survey and valuation. 

Just everything until you’re sat in your new home in your PJs watching TV eating caramel nibbles (me right now) x