ender4 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 2 hours ago, tinker said: Speak to seller of your new home and see if they will absorb half the 14k. Just be open and honest, they won't want to relist as the chances are they will have to drop their asking price. Thats also a way to lose your potential perfect home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted January 4 VT Supporter Share Posted January 4 5 minutes ago, ender4 said: Thats also a way to lose your potential perfect home. Not sure how, you can always pay the full amount if they say they aren't willing to help. If you don't ask you don't get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Thanks all. We managed to get a few k more by asking and whilst it’s a drop still, we felt to get the house we want then I think it’s worth it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 I think the market will start warming up again soon. Lenders have already started dropping their rates ahead of the strongly rumoured BoE interest rate cuts this year. Halifax have cut nearly 1% off their rates this week which will likely trigger a bit of a bidding war for new business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 (edited) I’ve seen this advert pop up a couple of times on fb and as you might expect, the comments are very critical £650,000 and you have to look both ways just go step out of the front door. No front garden at all. They couldn’t even be bothered to level off the front of the house/road. They really aren’t doing the new build reputation any favours. This is the full listing for anyone interested. Edited March 4 by Genie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 1 hour ago, Genie said: I’ve seen this advert pop up a couple of times on fb and as you might expect, the comments are very critical £650,000 and you have to look both ways just go step out of the front door. No front garden at all. They couldn’t even be bothered to level off the front of the house/road. They really aren’t doing the new build reputation any favours. This is the full listing for anyone interested. Utterly depressing shitboxes that are 20x the national average salary. I assume you park down the side along with your neighbour? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 (edited) 25 minutes ago, Xela said: Utterly depressing shitboxes that are 20x the national average salary. I assume you park down the side along with your neighbour? Yeah, the garage is detached and set back. Theres yours and the neighbour drive/garage next to each other. That will be fun when your neighbour has a big car, or parks towards the centre. No idea why people put themselves through it living it them. If it was cheap then you could possibly understand if, but £650k and you can’t open your car door for fear of hitting the neighbours car. Or scared to step out of the front door for fear of being hit by a delivery van making up lost time. Edited March 4 by Genie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 I think this place is great, definitely my dream type of property. Good value as well IMO, as you are buying 2 properties. The sad thing is that it now appears to be in the middle of various business parks. I bet back in the day it was just rolling fields @Seat68? https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/66837784/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 On 04/03/2024 at 11:41, Genie said: I’ve seen this advert pop up a couple of times on fb and as you might expect, the comments are very critical £650,000 and you have to look both ways just go step out of the front door. No front garden at all. They couldn’t even be bothered to level off the front of the house/road. They really aren’t doing the new build reputation any favours. This is the full listing for anyone interested. new builds are a joke. I always remember looking at new builds when i was younger, when 95/100% mortgages were available, and it always made me laugh that you could never (at the time) get a high leverage mortgage on new build, because the lenders know the value of the new build goes down immediately after you buy it, because you are paying extra for the fact it is a "new build", so basically they are over priced, and the lenders know it. personally i hate new builds, smaller rooms, tiny gardens, built like sardines in a can, its a personal thing i know, but i would always go for an older/better built house, even if it needs a bit of work. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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