No suitable homes for sale?

amandaleeds

Anyone having any luck? I can't remember the last time an estate agent rang me or emailed about a suitable upcoming property? Everything posted on rightmove in my search areas is ex rental or probate and needs too much work, or would be fine as a 6 month rental, but not as a home (i.e. no parking nearby, busy road, cramped inside, no garden).
Still waiting for that 'flood' of Spring properties the estate agents keep promising me. Meanwhile everything on Rightmove seems stagnant for the best part of a year, so clearly overpriced?

Been looking since Jan last year, as the previous year I saw a lot of suitable and affordable places, but couldn't offer as I wasn't proceedable. Now in unsuitable temporary accommodation as I had to sell due to my buyer threatening to pull out. 

Feeling huge pangs of regret, after initially looking forward to moving to a home in a lovely new location with a garden and easier commute.

Grizebeck

Maybe your looking to hard....

amandaleeds

Grizebeck said:

Maybe your looking to hard....

Literally on right move daily, posting on local fb groups, and hassling estate agents 🤣 Heaps of lovely suitable properties in my search areas that sold in the year or 2 before I started looking, and we'll within my budget. Just doesn't seem to be any reasonable 2-3 bed homes that don't require 40k spending on top to make them liveable. I don't need modern kitchen, huge garden etc.

draiggoch

If any of the over priced houses on Rightmove take your fancy make them an offer stating you are chain free. That’s what I did.

Herzlos

amandaleeds said:

Grizebeck said:

Maybe your looking to hard....

Literally on right move daily, posting on local fb groups, and hassling estate agents 🤣 Heaps of lovely suitable properties in my search areas that sold in the year or 2 before I started looking, and we'll within my budget. Just doesn't seem to be any reasonable 2-3 bed homes that don't require 40k spending on top to make them liveable. I don't need modern kitchen, huge garden etc.

Most houses should be livable, so maybe your expectations are a bit high.

What's your area, requirement and budget, and we can see if there's anything.

RelievedSheff

You have been looking for over a year which suggests that your expectations are just not what your budget can stretch too.

horsewithnoname

helping a friend look and I’d agree, very little new on the market, and not wanting anything other than what is affordable, just nothing coming up. 

gwynlas

Why not try leafletting suitable looking houses in the streets you would be happy to live? You would be chain free and either have cash or AIP and save seller cost of EA.You might just nudge person who is thinking of putting their place on the market/.Given economy and upcoming election many people are waiting to see what will happen.

ManuelG

It took us a while, must admit. Wanted something village location, with parking, along a corridor between our two places of work with a price variance of about £200k so quite a wide band there. Saw some 'fixer uppers' (derelict), 'attic conversions' (uninhabitable with no building regs), and got outbid on a couple... but there just weren't the listings to even consider, and still aren't really (I still have my rightmove alerts coming through, for better or worse!).

strawb_shortcake

Finding similar though we don't even have our house on the market yet. 

The latest flurry of houses are outside of our budget -  some are more than what we are looking for and some just seem over priced. But what we want just doesn't seem to be coming on the market. Our top budget is around £350k but that has to be perfect ideally I don't want to spend more than £320k 

We are looking in South Gloucestershire and South Gloucester. I keep hearing the Bristol market is still hot but not sure how true that is? 

housebuyer143

You really need a bit of luck. I had a house in my mind that I wanted and honestly I was just super lucky it came up at the right time because I can count on one hand the number of houses I thought could be suitable on Rightmove over the past 3 years. 
Either lower expectations or keep waiting.