northernbird

Unfortunately my Grandad stipulated it had to be sold. We have an offer for 155, I think I would be daft to hold out for another 5000 at this stage, basically thats 2500 I am quibbling over as it's split between my brother and I. It irks me I might add. Don't even talk about the arse falling out of the exchange rate. Anyway it is money I never thought I would get as we were estranged for many years so hand on heart I am very grateful.

donna

accept the offer and raise your glass to your grandad.
If you dont need the money over here at the moment leave it there until u are happy with the exchange rate.

Zambia

If the house is not incurring charges , let it sit till your price is met. Have someone air it occasionally.

If you want this over with just let it go for the best price offered in the next month

ozhappy981

I am sure she is right that it wouldn't add any value.

But you have to think that at the moment there are an awful lot of houses on the market. You say it's a desireable village. But it does have other houses for sale.

At the moment, a viewer is going to say oh God, I've got to re-do the whole house. But if you replace the carpet with a cheap inoffensive cream one and do the same with the wallpaper, you might get viewers who say Hm, this is not too bad.

The thing with bathrooms and kitchens is that a new owner can leave that till later when they have some more money. Changing the carpets and wallpaper however is something that needs to be done a.s.a.p. - and that might put off potential buyers.

Flutterby

Absolutely right, some people can't see through the wallpaper and carpet to what it could look like. If it has good windows and central heating then just doing a bit of painting and replacing flooring might be enough to swing it for a buyer.

northernbird

Well the agent disagreed with you so we didn't bother. Looks like we may have agreed on a price so here is to a quick sale and the exchange rate improving.

Damson

I know it's unpopular but we haggled like hell for our current home, with naer a thought for the vendor's situation. As the old saying goes "there's no sentiment in business", as every penny you save is more off your mortgage ultimately. I have had to let a house go at well under the selling price, but I didn't blame the purchaser. It is heartbreaking, especially when there is an attachment or when you've poured in so much time and money, but it's just human nature to want to save money. Life's a bitch I guess. I would agree that it may be a good investment to tart it up as much as possible or to hang on to it if at all possible and good luck with the sale.

paulry

A useful site thanks. Something that I have noticed is the prices that I have seen there for my area appear to be quite a bit higher than what's in our local paper.

kim-pete

I think you've done the right thing. The market over here is terrible and they say that we haven't reached the bottom yet!

paulry

Sorry to read about the loss of your grandfather.

I think you've made a sensible decision. There are loads of people just itching to buy but also playing the waiting game. The question is: Who's going to crack first? I reckon it'll be the buyers who are having to pay rent while all this waiting plays out. 'Hoping I'm right because I'll soon be putting my own house on to the market.

coolerkingcooler

That's how it seems around our area.

Cooler

ozzieeagle

I reckon Job Security is the primary factor in all of this, those with secure jobs are the only ones with the confidence to take on a new Mortgage.

I wonder which part of Britain has lost least in its housing market.

paulry

Yes, job security is key. Most businesses have already cut away their surpluses in terms of employee numbers so it's anyone's guess where things go from here.

I'd say that it's probably the South that has lost and will lose the least. Historically, there was a large difference between house prices in the north and the south but by the end of the boom years it became less pronounced.

Something which I've noticed is there seem to be nowhere near the number of "For Sale" signs outside houses compared with during the last recession. Also, when I look in the property section of the local papers there don't seem to be any more properties for sale than there were a few years ago.

When we put our house on the market, we're expecting prospective buyers to try and undercut our asking price no matter what it is. For that reason, we're considering setting it at somewhere between 10 and 20K more than we want for it.

sj oldfield

Hope you sell it quickly Carol, and get the price you want!!

aasmith1957

We put our house up for sale for more than we wanted,but due to shortage of buyers in the market and us living in rural WA( holiday,seaside,fishing village) folks fence sitting, we have lowered our price.Maybe shouldn't have been so greedy initially, but homes cost more to build here than in Perth by around 40%.We want to take as much back to the UK with us as possible as we are in our mid 50s.

Scotland has lower house prices except Aberdeen area and i think Edinburgh and the highlands.Aberdeen prices are holding this is due partly to the oil rig workers.Inverness/highlands are expensive too.We are hoping to live between Aberdeen and Inverness,bit of a bugger but all my family are there!!!!