offer on house
#1
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offer on house
Hi everyone, we got an offer on our house in the UK. Its under the asking price, but thats to be expected in the current climate, and we are just relieved to get rid of it at this stage.
Wish everyone in the same boat all the very best of luck
Trax123
Wish everyone in the same boat all the very best of luck
Trax123
#2
Re: offer on house
well done! such a nightmare, really, isn't it....we're hoping to exchange this week..............!!!!!!
#3
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 411
Re: offer on house
Congrats on the offer!
We did two wrong things:
1. Letting our buyer know that we were emigrating and 2. taking the house off the market!
The buyer did all she could to make things difficult and reduce our house further, to the point of saying that she had had builders inspect the ties of the brickwork which needed work (no-one had even been out). Saying the plumber said that we had lead pipes in the house (he said no - and even rang his report to her from our phone!). She insisted on us having a tree removed which was beloved by the whole village (costly!)
I got so mad that we had to call her bluff and say we were putting the house back on the market - two weeks before we were leaving the UK.
So the moral of this story is - wait for the signature on the bottom line - there are sharks out there!
Best of luck though
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That's great new Trax
#8
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Good for you. Everything crossed they stay the course. Then, depending on where you are going when you come to Canada, get your own back on the housing market here!
Eamonn & Janet.
#9
Joined: Dec 1969
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Re: offer on house
Well done on the house...finger crossed for a quick exchange
My buyer was the :curse::curse: from hell, i really feel sorry for the people that have the house we want now, my realtor thinks i am nuts, he will do when i tell him i want to go real low...watch his face next week........
Like eamonn said....you can save the bucks this side - good luck
My buyer was the :curse::curse: from hell, i really feel sorry for the people that have the house we want now, my realtor thinks i am nuts, he will do when i tell him i want to go real low...watch his face next week........
Like eamonn said....you can save the bucks this side - good luck
#10
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Re: offer on house
Hi everyone, yes it has been a nightmare, fingers crossed the nightmare is coming to an end!!!!
will keep you all posted
trax
will keep you all posted
trax
#12
Re: offer on house
Well done on the house...finger crossed for a quick exchange
My buyer was the :curse::curse: from hell, i really feel sorry for the people that have the house we want now, my realtor thinks i am nuts, he will do when i tell him i want to go real low...watch his face next week........
Like eamonn said....you can save the bucks this side - good luck
My buyer was the :curse::curse: from hell, i really feel sorry for the people that have the house we want now, my realtor thinks i am nuts, he will do when i tell him i want to go real low...watch his face next week........
Like eamonn said....you can save the bucks this side - good luck
#13
Joined: Dec 1969
Posts: 2,484
Re: offer on house
At a ball park fiqure we are being advised 30/50k, maybe more if the house is over priced, depends on the house and also the part of town
Sorry to hear that you are selling up, we took a massive hit in the uk to get here, so like a few in town we are waiting until the sellers bite better, but it is a buyers market
#14
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We took the massive hit coming here just under 4 years ago and are getting stressed about the prospect of another hit going back despite having the house up for sale at a price that will net us less that what we paid for it 3 years ago, well before the 2007 property spike. Our problem appears to be that we designed the house to a more British style and it's not getting the interest that it should because Canadians have no taste or sense of style
#15
Joined: Dec 1969
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Re: offer on house
We took the massive hit coming here just under 4 years ago and are getting stressed about the prospect of another hit going back despite having the house up for sale at a price that will net us less that what we paid for it 3 years ago, well before the 2007 property spike. Our problem appears to be that we designed the house to a more British style and it's not getting the interest that it should because Canadians have no taste or sense of style
i have to admit that out of 5 houses that we short listed, one house i spent 1minute in, walked in the front door and went NO and walked back out, realtor was errrrrrrrrrrrrr OK, loved 2 houses and the number 4 erm 5 minutes and out of door, house 5 was very english, loved it, but area was no good
The two that i like need work doing on them, but they are 1970's fashion here.....LOL
Maybe see if some of the new ones coming over need somewhere