Is the current market sucking the joy out of moving?

FlyMeSomewhere79

martindow said:

FlyMeSomewhere79 said:

The amount of times I had people tell me how great my house was and how it ticked all their boxes only for them to view about another 20 houses and lose interest in my house. The worst thing is when they leave dangling for ages as to whether they want to put an offer in or not.

Now the market is picking up again it will a at least ease the issue of too much choice.

I think if you ask a viewer outright what they think, they are likely to make positive comments whatever they are actually thinking.  Most people avoid being blunt and it can seem rude being negative about a person's house.

It's much better to let the agent contact viewers afterwards to get feedback when it's not confrontational.

Ask me if that's what I did before you assume - this was agent feedback! I had agent so the viewings also and yes sometimes I was present in my home to hear the conversation between agent and viewer.

FlyMeSomewhere79

Slinky said:

FlyMeSomewhere79 said:

Slinky said:

FlyMeSomewhere79 said:

ManuelG said:

Is there joy in moving? One of the most stressful experiences of my life!

It really is! I'm in a small chain as I have FTB'S buying my house and the owner of the house we are buying is going into rented until they see a house they like. It's all been quite smooth until exchange date, my buyers solicitor forgot to dot various I:s and cross T's and it keeps knocking out our exchange and completion dates that we were previously assure of. We are now paying gas and electric for our new home that has a family of 5 living in it rather than just me and my partner that should have been in there by now.

You take an offer and put one in and then it's several months of constant worry and uncertainty! Even to the days you are meant to move! I'm desperate for this to end - just waiting for the buyers lender to answer a query so we can exchange and get out of this horrible limbo and living out of boxes in a shell of home. 

I wouldn't be in hurry to do any buying or selling again anytime soon - most people have a nightmare in the process somewhere!

@FlyMeSomewhere79 why - how - are you paying for utilities in a house you don't own?

Because the buyers solicitor told us via our agent that ready to sign off and exchange for a planned move at the end of the week so we notified all the utilities and it turned out the solicitor told a huge lie. The gas and electric company said they couldn't reverse it because it would take 6 weeks so we have paid the bill for the last week - we exchanged yesterday and move Monday thank god!

For future reference, that's not the way most people handle utilities! You take meter readings on the day you move and inform the companies on the day you move in or over the next couple of days. In all my many years of reading this forum, I've never heard of anybody changing them in advance. How did you even have opening meter readings?

You've not had a buyers solicitor miss repeated deadlines at very short notice but tell you everything is good to go! It's been a hellish fortnight. As said we can't do all the this the day we leave or come back for meter readings after we've left! Do I care what you've read on forums? We innocently tried to do the right thing based on what we were told and misleading about! We don't exactly move house every five minutes, we last did this 16.5 years ago and nobody gives you a manual.

Clearly when my partner called to notify that we were due to move at the end of that week, the utility company said yes that's fine you can start paying the bill from that date. They clearly didn't ask for opening meter readings on the new house did they!!!

FlyMeSomewhere79

amandaleeds said:

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77588p said:

2 viewings where the buyers were actually proceedable.

First one says the house was a little too small but felt price was right.

One yesterday thanked me for showing them round but said the house was a little too big for them but again felt price was right.

Wish Goldilocks would turn up soon.

Oh its such a frustrating time with the slowed market last year leading to a lot of available properties.

The amount of times I had people tell me how great my house was and how it ticked all their boxes only for them to view about another 20 houses and lose interest in my house. The worst thing is when they leave dangling for ages as to whether they want to put an offer in or not.

Now the market is picking up again it will a at least ease the issue of too much choice.

Wow, if only there were 20 homes to view! I've had nothing suitable come to the market since start of Jan, and that's just one very overpriced home 😔

Because the housing market really picked up in January but from about July to November ot was static. 

Keep_pedalling

When we last moved it was a nightmare and we said we would never do it again, but 37 years later we finally bit the bullet to downsize after stumbling across our dream bungalow. Ours went on the market first week of Jan and we had an offer just over the asking price in the first week, and as it was a cash offer we accepted it PQD. 

We are fortunate to live in a small Cambridge street mainly made up of 1930s semis that don’t come up very often, as like us people stay put for decades (next door has been there for 80 years) Our sellers are moving overseas so nothing much in the way of a chain. Seems to be going OK at the moment but just waiting for something to go pear-shaped, it is never this easy. 

amandaleeds

FlyMeSomewhere79 said:

amandaleeds said:

FlyMeSomewhere79 said:

77588p said:

2 viewings where the buyers were actually proceedable.

First one says the house was a little too small but felt price was right.

One yesterday thanked me for showing them round but said the house was a little too big for them but again felt price was right.

Wish Goldilocks would turn up soon.

Oh its such a frustrating time with the slowed market last year leading to a lot of available properties.

The amount of times I had people tell me how great my house was and how it ticked all their boxes only for them to view about another 20 houses and lose interest in my house. The worst thing is when they leave dangling for ages as to whether they want to put an offer in or not.

Now the market is picking up again it will a at least ease the issue of too much choice.

Wow, if only there were 20 homes to view! I've had nothing suitable come to the market since start of Jan, and that's just one very overpriced home 😔

Because the housing market really picked up in January but from about July to November ot was static. 

I noticed a few came to market, but just unloved ex rental or probate, so big projects. Not yet seen any kind of properties that usually come up for sale in the areas I'm looking. Asking prices are still 10% higher than peak covid too? 

BobT36

lincroft1710 said:

BobT36 said:

lincroft1710 said:

Bigphil1474 said:

That's crazy. Our house cost £45k in 1995, and we just sold for £180k. Can't believe the jump on that one - has it been coated in liquid gold.

In most areas 1995 was a low point for house prices. My house, bought in 1998, when prices were rising again is also now worth about 4 times what I paid for it

Not ten times tho? 

Bigphil1474's house went up in price 4 times, £45k x 4 = £180K, so I don't know where you are getting 10 times from

I was referring to this one, in that 4x is a good chunk, but at least it wasn't like this! (which is what BigPhil's post was referring to about being coated in liquid gold) 

YoungBlueEyes

There used to be a note at the top of the page about being nice to all money savers. It was enforced too. I miss those days.

womble12345

Firstly I would agree with the thoughts that there is little joy in moving.

As for thinking you are timing it for people to move ready for the term starting in September for schools that may be the case for families already at the school. If they are moving to the area then it would be far too late, 3 days ago most 11 year old kids found out what secondary school they would go to in September. You end up applying in November to start the following year so your timing may fit better for the next year I suppose.

lincroft1710

BobT36 said:

lincroft1710 said:

BobT36 said:

lincroft1710 said:

Bigphil1474 said:

That's crazy. Our house cost £45k in 1995, and we just sold for £180k. Can't believe the jump on that one - has it been coated in liquid gold.

In most areas 1995 was a low point for house prices. My house, bought in 1998, when prices were rising again is also now worth about 4 times what I paid for it

Not ten times tho? 

Bigphil1474's house went up in price 4 times, £45k x 4 = £180K, so I don't know where you are getting 10 times from

I was referring to this one, in that 4x is a good chunk, but at least it wasn't like this! (which is what BigPhil's post was referring to about being coated in liquid gold) 

I'd love to know in what part of the country that house was 

Albermarle

lincroft1710 said:

BobT36 said:

lincroft1710 said:

BobT36 said:

lincroft1710 said:

Bigphil1474 said:

That's crazy. Our house cost £45k in 1995, and we just sold for £180k. Can't believe the jump on that one - has it been coated in liquid gold.

In most areas 1995 was a low point for house prices. My house, bought in 1998, when prices were rising again is also now worth about 4 times what I paid for it

Not ten times tho? 

Bigphil1474's house went up in price 4 times, £45k x 4 = £180K, so I don't know where you are getting 10 times from

I was referring to this one, in that 4x is a good chunk, but at least it wasn't like this! (which is what BigPhil's post was referring to about being coated in liquid gold) 

I'd love to know in what part of the country that house was 

Well I thought it could only be London but apparently is oop North .