Davkaus Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 (edited) 5 hours ago, Genie said: Just made the call, guy matched it on the spot at £1200 plus VAT so all steam ahead . Just remember, when you think that he's a 'very nice guy' how easily he could drop his price by £700. He was taking the piss. He might seem alright, but he's looking after himself, not you. Edited July 18, 2017 by Davkaus 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 3 hours ago, Davkaus said: Just remember, when you think that he's a 'very nice guy' how easily he could drop his price by £700. He was taking the piss. He might seem alright, but he's looking after himself, not you. He is in sales. He's not going to go in with his best offer first. All part of the game. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 10 hours ago, Genie said: We're about to chuck our house on the market, had 3 agents around last week to value it and talk fee's. Agent 1: Came across as useless and wants 1% + VAT. Its going on about £290,000 so that's just under £3,500. No chance. Agent 2: Very nice guy and seems to know his stuff. Said usually charges 1% + VAT but offered us £1900 + VAT. Agent 3: Again, seemed very good came in at £1595 + VAT. next day, Agent 2 comes back without any prodding from us... £1500 + VAT. We verbally give him the ok. Yesterday Agent 3 asks us about his quote and we say we're going with Agent 2. He drops his price to £1200 +VAT... I can't believe how they are fighting like this. I'd like to honour my 'word' to Agent 2 but its a save of £360 which can't be sniffed at when we're staring at all the costs of moving house. I've got to ring Agent 2 at 9 and tell him the change of plan... Same in any trade/profession when things are quite, be it an Estate Agent or a Plasterer mate. If i was an estate agent i would be sending the CV out. Last month the average number of homes on the books of estate agents fell to over 40% - the lowest number since the survey started in January 1978. With the way things are at the moment with asking prices and what what genuine folk can afford to buy with whats on offer then it will no doubt end up in a stale mate with nothing moving. Sooner or later something will have to give, be it seller or buyer. On a side note if you do manage a quick sale then you can buy your very own 6 bed on a 29-acre island for £300k (if you don't mind a bit of history) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/house-prices/idyllic-scottish-island-sale-just-325k-has-chilling-past/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Todays inflation news hardly a surprise with Oil prices down 10%, pure and simple so If the BoE want to stop inflation they can raise IRs, strength the £ and drop oil prices. However I guess it will make no difference; if the inflation rate were 5% you will not get an increase in rates. In 2011 RPI went to well over 5% and rates were not increased; you have a similar situation now and the result will be the same. The only way you will see rate rises is if there are serious second round effects to inflation (a wage /price spiral) - very unlikely or, and far more likely, a collapse in sterling. If this happened I'm not sure rate rises would do very much and might be very short term, as they were in 1992 when we were forced out of the ERM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 6 hours ago, Davkaus said: Just remember, when you think that he's a 'very nice guy' how easily he could drop his price by £700. He was taking the piss. He might seem alright, but he's looking after himself, not you. "Nice" was the wrong word, I meant it in the sense of he came across as capable and knowledgable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted July 19, 2017 Moderator Share Posted July 19, 2017 15 hours ago, Genie said: "Nice" was the wrong word, I meant it in the sense of he came across as capable and knowledgable. You know he is an estate agent right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milfner Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 Had an offer accepted on my first house! It's a Victorian terrace so need to arrange a survey. Can anyone recommend me Birmingham-based surveyor please? Also, how much am I looking at for a thorough survey, between £500 & £1000 i imagine? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 2 hours ago, Milfner said: Had an offer accepted on my first house! It's a Victorian terrace so need to arrange a survey. Can anyone recommend me Birmingham-based surveyor please? Also, how much am I looking at for a thorough survey, between £500 & £1000 i imagine? http://www.rics.org/uk/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 Got my place on the market, got a viewing first day, they told the agent they were sold then told us they had an offer but rejected as too low. They really liked it too. 3 quiet days since then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted July 25, 2017 Moderator Share Posted July 25, 2017 59 minutes ago, Genie said: Got my place on the market, got a viewing first day, they told the agent they were sold then told us they had an offer but rejected as too low. They really liked it too. 3 quiet days since then. So many 'buyers' out there are completely wasting vendors time viewing houses they've no intention in buying. I've known people who just go look at houses out of curiosity. I had a couple look around a place I was selling once, with a couple of mins of talking to them it was abundantly clear they weren't interested in the house so I kicked them out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itdoesntmatterwhatthissay Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 (edited) 5 minutes ago, TrentVilla said: So many 'buyers' out there are completely wasting vendors time viewing houses they've no intention in buying. I've known people who just go look at houses out of curiosity. I had a couple look around a place I was selling once, with a couple of mins of talking to them it was abundantly clear they weren't interested in the house so I kicked them out. Absolutely. Our family has moved 21 times in all (I think, always lose count), around 17 of them were house sales. Some of the shocking offers we got and time wasted was incredible. Still....they all sell in the end....just about! Edited July 25, 2017 by itdoesntmatterwhatthissay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted July 25, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted July 25, 2017 I'm in the process of buying out a house I've inherited. No chain, the other interests just want to get their money. It's still rattled on for about 6 weeks to date. No wonder everyone else takes forever for the conveyancing to go through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted July 25, 2017 Moderator Share Posted July 25, 2017 Just now, itdoesntmatterwhatthissay said: Our family has moved 21 times in all (I think, always lose count), around 17 of them were house sales. Some of the shocking offers we got and time wasted was incredible. Still....they all send in the end....just about! I blame Beeney and Kirsty and Phil. Some of the offers I've received have been insulting. I've given some agents some very clear feedback for one or two potential buyers and once refused to sell to someone who offered over asking in the end because of their idiotic first offer. My worst/best moment came when we had some particularly rude people look at our house, they were vile. So before they looked upstairs I suggested they look at the garden, they took me up on the suggestion I then told them the gate was open and to see themselves out and locked the door. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 21 minutes ago, TrentVilla said: So many 'buyers' out there are completely wasting vendors time viewing houses they've no intention in buying. I've known people who just go look at houses out of curiosity. I had a couple look around a place I was selling once, with a couple of mins of talking to them it was abundantly clear they weren't interested in the house so I kicked them out. Yep, these cheeky bastards awkwardly told us (Friday night) they weren't in fact sold but would be rejecting the offer they had. Next day agent calls and says the woman wants to come back with her Dad the following day for a second look. I gave the agent some "coaching" let's say. A second viewing within 48 hours, on a Sunday and they are not even in a preceedable position. I said to the agent it's not a tourist attraction. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted July 26, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted July 26, 2017 (edited) 11 hours ago, itdoesntmatterwhatthissay said: Absolutely. Our family has moved 21 times in all (I think, always lose count), around 17 of them were house sales. Some of the shocking offers we got and time wasted was incredible. Still....they all sell in the end....just about! My mom's put her house on the market previously and she is getting the same. Ludicrously low offers. There's a family who live a few doors down from us and it always seems to be relatives of theirs. Come and look at the house, act very interested, then offer about £200k (it was on the market for over £300k) It's not on the market anymore but they, or the family that live on her road on their behalf, still regularly come to make "chit chat" but end up asking if she still wants to sell. It annoys me, it's like they're trying to brute force her into selling. They even asked shortly after my dad passed away. Came to offer their condolences but swiftly moved the conversation on to "Does this mean you'll be moving?" words removed Edited July 26, 2017 by Stevo985 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 22 hours ago, TrentVilla said: My worst/best moment came when we had some particularly rude people look at our house, they were vile. So before they looked upstairs I suggested they look at the garden, they took me up on the suggestion I then told them the gate was open and to see themselves out and locked the door. I'm intrigued! What did they say/do that made you think that of them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted July 26, 2017 Moderator Share Posted July 26, 2017 19 minutes ago, Xela said: I'm intrigued! What did they say/do that made you think that of them? I can't really remember it was almost 10 years ago. But they were rude from the moment we opened the door, ill mannered, making snide comments about us wanting to move to the area we are now and a bigger place, took a pop about teachers (the Mrs being one). I wasn't in the mood for them. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risso Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 Good for you! Buying/selling houses is stressful enough without arseholes making it worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Got a viewing tonight, we're told that they do not have a property to sell so no chain. Its either the perfect buyer, or time wasters. I'll report back when I know... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 On 25/07/2017 at 20:33, itdoesntmatterwhatthissay said: Absolutely. Our family has moved 21 times in all (I think, always lose count), around 17 of them were house sales. Some of the shocking offers we got and time wasted was incredible. Still....they all sell in the end....just about! 21 times?!! over how long a period. so much cost in fees and stamp duty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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