BUYERS DROPPED OUT!
#16
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It took us 4 buyers until one of them actually exhanged/completed (we left the house empty for 9 months!) - and similar to you one of them was a couple of days before exchange date that they dropped out!
I feel your pain, fingers crossed for a good buyer next!
Matt
#17
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On yer bike mate find another mug. I would NOT budge on price. A price agreed is a price agreed save for any structural work coming up after said price agreement.
#18
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I agree and comments like 'if you really wanted to sell' don't help. I would not let anyone shaft me in this way..even in a buyers market. I guess for me the need to get what I had agreed price wise would be the strongest thing on my mind..even if it meant hanging in there. I loathe people who try to capitalise on someone else needs in this way..ie "look I know you are emigrating or whatever..if you want this sale to go through take this 10k kicks in the balls, what do you mean we agreed a price..I was just ******* you around till I really had you by the balls". Disgusting practice. I guess my greed of cash has never been that strong. Being able to sleep at night with a clear mind is cool.
On yer bike mate find another mug. I would NOT budge on price. A price agreed is a price agreed save for any structural work coming up after said price agreement.
On yer bike mate find another mug. I would NOT budge on price. A price agreed is a price agreed save for any structural work coming up after said price agreement.
#19
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Well, it'll be a hollow victory if they're without a buyer this time next year. In the great scheme of things $27K really isn't much, particularly as the NZ market is falling. Punishing the buyer will achieve nothing because it's a buyers market and s/he'll no doubt happily trot off and find another.
#20
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Yes but Genesis- you as the buyer were in a very different position to someone trying to sell in the UK now.
#21
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I know the point I was trying to make is that IMO when a price is set..subject to survey and all being well..in my mind its set in stone. Totally not negotiable. I cannot believe that people can hold a barrel to another's head in such a way. If it meant I had to stay in the Uk well that just may have happened had my buyers tried the same on. I regard myself as very flexible normally..this is one area where I will not flex..when folk want to try to shaft you when you are in a corner. I really do believe like the OP I would not bow to their low life move.
#22
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The 'despicable' vendors who were reviled for making money on their homes are being replaced by the 'despicable' buyers and they're a far worse breed I can tell ye. They're like sharks smelling blood. I quite like it when one of our vendors says that's it - it's off the market - when people are being w*****s.
To the OP - if you had a budget in mind for buying a house 12/6 months ago you can shave it by about 20%. Would that allow you to take the 10k cut? My hubby was talking to a guy who'd just arrived from the UK a few weeks ago and he dropped his house by 40k! I'd say the relative value was probably the same. Even though you want to arrive with as much cash as you possibly can, you'll be buying in the same market as you sold so it's going to even out for you. Where are you heading for? I could get you some up to date stats for the area.......
To the OP - if you had a budget in mind for buying a house 12/6 months ago you can shave it by about 20%. Would that allow you to take the 10k cut? My hubby was talking to a guy who'd just arrived from the UK a few weeks ago and he dropped his house by 40k! I'd say the relative value was probably the same. Even though you want to arrive with as much cash as you possibly can, you'll be buying in the same market as you sold so it's going to even out for you. Where are you heading for? I could get you some up to date stats for the area.......
#23
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For me, if the NZ chapter is going to happen in our lives, then it will happen. I'm not going to be forced into doing something just to 'be somewhere' or to 'live the dream' at what ever cost.
Its not just about 10k, its about principles and not letting people push you around, we had already reduced the price by 15k!
Yes and I know its all relative to prices in NZ, but bearing in mind with global recession and slowdown comes lack of jobs and opportunities (thinking of NZ).
We still 'may' have time to sell before our PR expires and if that doesn't happen and if we really want it that much then we will rent our home out.
Who knows what 2009 will hold, don't always believe the hype!
Oh B#####, just received solicitors BILL
Cheers Jads
ps. my 11 year old son is relieved we are not going at the moment, my 16 year old son is mortified, my wife and I, Just Knackered
Its not just about 10k, its about principles and not letting people push you around, we had already reduced the price by 15k!
Yes and I know its all relative to prices in NZ, but bearing in mind with global recession and slowdown comes lack of jobs and opportunities (thinking of NZ).
We still 'may' have time to sell before our PR expires and if that doesn't happen and if we really want it that much then we will rent our home out.
Who knows what 2009 will hold, don't always believe the hype!
Oh B#####, just received solicitors BILL
Cheers Jads
ps. my 11 year old son is relieved we are not going at the moment, my 16 year old son is mortified, my wife and I, Just Knackered
#24
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[QUOTE=jads;6996326]For me, if the NZ chapter is going to happen in our lives, then it will happen. I'm not going to be forced into doing something just to 'be somewhere' or to 'live the dream' at what ever cost.
Its not just about 10k, its about principles and not letting people push you around, we had already reduced the price by 15k!
Totally and utterly concur with your comments. As you know I feel the same way you do about these twats who tried it on with you. One hopes they too get royaly shafted at some point. They can have no morals and obviously are totally 'me me me people' = scum. Yes I feel very very bitter about selfish people like this. And no no ones ever done it to me.
Its not just about 10k, its about principles and not letting people push you around, we had already reduced the price by 15k!
Totally and utterly concur with your comments. As you know I feel the same way you do about these twats who tried it on with you. One hopes they too get royaly shafted at some point. They can have no morals and obviously are totally 'me me me people' = scum. Yes I feel very very bitter about selfish people like this. And no no ones ever done it to me.
#25
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Totally disagree.
Things don't happen because they're 'meant to' or because 'what will, will'. Things happen because you plan and push and sacrifice and work for your goals. All my achievements are mine, not destiny's
I would still, in your shoes, take the drop and move on but I know I could do so without bitterness or regret. What you chose for you and your family is up to you- good luck in whatever you decide
Things don't happen because they're 'meant to' or because 'what will, will'. Things happen because you plan and push and sacrifice and work for your goals. All my achievements are mine, not destiny's
I would still, in your shoes, take the drop and move on but I know I could do so without bitterness or regret. What you chose for you and your family is up to you- good luck in whatever you decide
#26
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I had an offer the other day of £65,000 below asking price and estate agents thought it was good.
Estate agent said that they'd seen a smaller but similar house around the corner which was on for £20,000 more than this price they were offering me and said the reason they wanted me to drop my price was because they wanted me to pay for the new kitchen etc that they were planning.
I would have quite happily dropped around £30k but not 65.
Told them to get stuffed as at that price I'd end up with a shed in NZ not an equivalent house for similar price.
I'll probably end up renting it out in the new year as well.
Estate agent said that they'd seen a smaller but similar house around the corner which was on for £20,000 more than this price they were offering me and said the reason they wanted me to drop my price was because they wanted me to pay for the new kitchen etc that they were planning.
I would have quite happily dropped around £30k but not 65.
Told them to get stuffed as at that price I'd end up with a shed in NZ not an equivalent house for similar price.
I'll probably end up renting it out in the new year as well.
#27
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I had an offer the other day of £65,000 below asking price and estate agents thought it was good.
Estate agent said that they'd seen a smaller but similar house around the corner which was on for £20,000 more than this price they were offering me and said the reason they wanted me to drop my price was because they wanted me to pay for the new kitchen etc that they were planning.
I would have quite happily dropped around £30k but not 65.
Told them to get stuffed as at that price I'd end up with a shed in NZ not an equivalent house for similar price.
I'll probably end up renting it out in the new year as well.
Estate agent said that they'd seen a smaller but similar house around the corner which was on for £20,000 more than this price they were offering me and said the reason they wanted me to drop my price was because they wanted me to pay for the new kitchen etc that they were planning.
I would have quite happily dropped around £30k but not 65.
Told them to get stuffed as at that price I'd end up with a shed in NZ not an equivalent house for similar price.
I'll probably end up renting it out in the new year as well.
Have become so totally fed up at the comedy merchants /property developers and their weird and wonderful offers that we've seriously looked into the idea of renting.
If we do get PR granted and the property market is still in the doldrums, we will rent out our family home- partially furnished or not. The rent we get will be tax free in NZ if the 4 years tax exemption on UK income for Brit immigrants remains.
Even if you need a NZ mortgage , the tax free rent from your house could pay your mortgage +. Eventually things will sort themselves out- your house will increase in value more in UK than NZ so when it does finally sell it will have created more for you to pay off NZ mortgage!
Positive vibes over the Cyber Waves
#28
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Even if you need a NZ mortgage , the tax free rent from your house could pay your mortgage +. Eventually things will sort themselves out- your house will increase in value more in UK than NZ so when it does finally sell it will have created more for you to pay off NZ mortgage!
I should also add that mortgage rates here are a lot higher than the UK (though from what I hear they are easier to get) so you need to bear that in mind too.
Last edited by Wooly_Cow; Nov 25th 2008 at 3:14 am.
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won't bore you with problems we're having selling property at mo.[ Not our own home]
Have become so totally fed up at the comedy merchants /property developers and their weird and wonderful offers that we've seriously looked into the idea of renting.
If we do get PR granted and the property market is still in the doldrums, we will rent out our family home- partially furnished or not. The rent we get will be tax free in NZ if the 4 years tax exemption on UK income for Brit immigrants remains.
Even if you need a NZ mortgage , the tax free rent from your house could pay your mortgage +. Eventually things will sort themselves out- your house will increase in value more in UK than NZ so when it does finally sell it will have created more for you to pay off NZ mortgage!
Positive vibes over the Cyber Waves
Have become so totally fed up at the comedy merchants /property developers and their weird and wonderful offers that we've seriously looked into the idea of renting.
If we do get PR granted and the property market is still in the doldrums, we will rent out our family home- partially furnished or not. The rent we get will be tax free in NZ if the 4 years tax exemption on UK income for Brit immigrants remains.
Even if you need a NZ mortgage , the tax free rent from your house could pay your mortgage +. Eventually things will sort themselves out- your house will increase in value more in UK than NZ so when it does finally sell it will have created more for you to pay off NZ mortgage!
Positive vibes over the Cyber Waves