So the housing market...

...selling the cottage to fund buying in London:

1. Put house on market

2. Within a week receive offer which we reject but tell them what price region we would. They are "very excited" and "love the cottage"

3. They make second offer which we accept

4. They ask if we can exchange quickly we say yes

5. Whilst we're away a second survey is carried out. We assume this is because they're changing mortgage providers. Which is odd because originally they were a "cash buyer"

6. We get back to find out that it was a valuation survey and that they were seeing if the value had depreciated at all

7. It hadn't

8. We receive second offer ?20k lower than original. Which we say is not acceptable

9. They come back with another offer ?10k less than their original offer. We reject again and tell em to put up or shut up by a certain date

10. Date expires. Oh well, we think, they're w**kers anyway and we didn't wanna sell to them in the first place

11. Today we receive another offer ?5k less than the original with the following caveat: This offer will only be valid until such and such a date. If contracts haven't been exchanged by then the offer will reduce by another ?5k

So, 2 things:

1. What a f**king bunch of See You Next Toosdees. If the value increased I wouldn't turn around to them and say "actually I want ?10k more by such and such a date and if you don't offer that it goes up to X"

2. Apparently this is what all solicitors are advising their clients to do. House prices are dropping rapidly and it rally is a buyers market

Good business aside, I still think their scum though...

Posted By: Fierce Panda, Jul 24, 14:39:27