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sheadboy

Oct 13th 2009 5:11 am

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the good news keeps coming today. we finally got the call and exchanged contracts this afternoon.

we have our leaving part on the 31st of October, handover the house on the 2nd of November and fly out to Ottawa on November 6th!

I'm so freaking happy right now!

Coffeepot

Oct 13th 2009 5:49 am

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Thats fantastic news sheadboy :thumbsup:
Ours is being valued at the moment to go on the market asap :unsure: hope it sells quickly as OH is applying for a job out there :blink:

Definately starting to move better here, seems to be quite a few from London moving to the area so fingers crossed.

Just realised Halloween party 31st :thumbsup:

sheadboy

Oct 13th 2009 5:54 am

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yeah when we saw the date was free at the pub we had to book it haha :rofl:

ours was on the market for about 2.5 months, viewings in the double figures but no offers, then we got two offers in the space of a day....all in it took us about 5-6 months.

Coffeepot

Oct 13th 2009 5:57 am

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Might see you there by the new year :thumbsup:

XCMTBer

Oct 13th 2009 6:26 am

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Well done for selling, I see you are arriving just in time for 6 months of winter :thumbup:

AmyDavid

Oct 13th 2009 6:36 am

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Woo hoo! Many many congratulations - it feels like a weight has been lifted when those contracts exchange doesn't it!!

Well done x

sheadboy

Oct 13th 2009 7:43 am

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Might see you there by the new year :thumbsup:

we re-land on November 6th, just in time for the cold weather to really kick in :p

Coffeepot

Oct 14th 2009 7:17 am

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we re-land on November 6th, just in time for the cold weather to really kick in :p

Last time we were in Ottawa the snow was still on the ground very cold ;)

Had 3 quotes on the house now what a difference between the first and the last nearly how do you decide :blink:

sheadboy

Oct 14th 2009 7:25 am

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Last time we were in Ottawa the snow was still on the ground very cold ;)

Had 3 quotes on the house now what a difference between the first and the last nearly how do you decide :blink:

LUCKILY ours all came back the same...I suppose look around and choose which one you feel most competitive with similar houses near you.

and GOOD LUCK :fingerscrossed:

Coffeepot

Oct 14th 2009 7:40 am

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LUCKILY ours all came back the same...I suppose look around and choose which one you feel most competitive with similar houses near you.

and GOOD LUCK :fingerscrossed:

Trouble is there is nothing like this anywhere here its pretty unique and quirky, felt one agent was straight up really trustworthy ( if there is such a thing as an honest estate agent :o
but not sure about there marketing as they don't seem to have many large houses on there books, another was very sharp and felt he was deciding whether he should allow us on his books, had lots of larger homes and a major player much higher costs of course,

the other couldn't decide on the value and will bring someone else back to get a second opinion ?

if they don't know how am i supposed to ?

sheadboy

Oct 14th 2009 7:42 am

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we went with the one who had the biggest client list...it's maybe worth paying more if they know how to move it quickly?

Coffeepot

Oct 14th 2009 10:06 am

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Originally Posted by sheadboy (Post 8016723)

we went with the one who had the biggest client list...it's maybe worth paying more if they know how to move it quickly?

Good point oh well here goes :blink:

Biiba

Oct 16th 2009 6:58 am

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Originally Posted by sheadboy (Post 8013409)

That's fabulous news :thumbsup: Congratulations and good luck with your move :D

skier

Oct 16th 2009 8:02 am

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Originally Posted by sheadboy (Post 7871661)

After about 30 viewings in about 3 months, we received an offer on the house. We have rejected the initial offer as the house is priced VERY competitively and they still came in 10% under the asking price. We are officially the cheapest 3 bedroom in the area and while I will drop the price to sell, I have a bottom figure and they're under it.

So please wish us luck with the negotiations, this is the 1st house I've ever tried selling and crap is is stressful :p

We've also got more viewings booked in, which says to me we're still priced well...and we're expecting another offer to come in from a guy who had a second viewing on Saturday.

Good luck!

It's never easy selling a house, but with all the stress/hassle/excitement of emigrating it's made even worse!

All the best from us both in the sunny north west (of England for now!)

Martin & Belinda

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