First ever house viewing! Advice please!
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OP, welcome to the game.
I'm sitting in my new front room less than a week after completion, following over a year of looking, bidding, turn downs and even an acceptance and subsequent withdrawal. Stick with it and believe that the right place is out there for you. Don't get too emotionally attached to individual properties, always keep a clear head and it will happen.
I'm sitting in my new front room less than a week after completion, following over a year of looking, bidding, turn downs and even an acceptance and subsequent withdrawal. Stick with it and believe that the right place is out there for you. Don't get too emotionally attached to individual properties, always keep a clear head and it will happen.
Nice cul-de-sac, west facing garden, neat and tidy.
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...
Just refurbed, blank canvas, south facing garden, no through road.
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...
Very clean, detached, quiet road in Warmley
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...
Just refurbed, blank canvas, south facing garden, no through road.
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...
Very clean, detached, quiet road in Warmley
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...
OP best of luck with this.
My 2p on this house buying nonsense is. Take pics of everything on your second viewing and if you do agree on a new home ask for another viewing the day before you complete the sale.
Things do go missing or replaced with inferior items and (as in my case) the previous owners felt they didn't need to clean for the 3 months it took to complete.
My 2p on this house buying nonsense is. Take pics of everything on your second viewing and if you do agree on a new home ask for another viewing the day before you complete the sale.
Things do go missing or replaced with inferior items and (as in my case) the previous owners felt they didn't need to clean for the 3 months it took to complete.
hornetrider said:
Very nice first house, as you say the decor looks clean and modern, the only downers for me are the orientation of the garden so little sun in the evening, also the garden could do with some grass as it's all a bit concrete for me.
It's probably paved because of the orientation - with the garage taking half the garden, trying to maintain a tiny bit of grass that was totally shaded would likely be more trouble than it was worth.
t happens hornetrider said:
Nice cul-de-sac, west facing garden, neat and tidy.
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...
Just refurbed, blank canvas, south facing garden, no through road.
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...
Very clean, detached, quiet road in Warmley
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...
Ha, thanks for this. But believe me when I say I look at every single property in bristol daily http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...
Just refurbed, blank canvas, south facing garden, no through road.
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...
Very clean, detached, quiet road in Warmley
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...
Had this happen before, more than once.
Both time they were houses being sold by the family of a deceased person.
One we'd looked at twice within a week, and needed to check a couple things and were going back for a third visit, we had made a note of interest and were the only ones, but before we could make the third viewing the solicitor called to inform us that the viewing had been cancelled and that the offer was a substantial one. Checking later, we found out it was actually less than we were willing to offer.
Another house we'd viewed and had gone back for a second viewing at 1630, again, the only note of interest. Left the property at around 1710 and decided that we'd put an offer in first thing in the morning. However at 1730 our solicitor called us to tell us that the property had been sold, with an offer too good to refuse. Again when we checked the sold price it had been less than we were willing to pay.
Subsequently we changed solicitors, we lost out of a few more as they were all going to closing dates, and we just couldn't compete with the buoyant property market. Luckily we secured our house this year, over two years since we started seriously looking and bidding. The house we bought, is actually better than all the others we had viewed. (Good school area, fast internet, easy walk in to town, large property with expansion potential.)
Both time they were houses being sold by the family of a deceased person.
One we'd looked at twice within a week, and needed to check a couple things and were going back for a third visit, we had made a note of interest and were the only ones, but before we could make the third viewing the solicitor called to inform us that the viewing had been cancelled and that the offer was a substantial one. Checking later, we found out it was actually less than we were willing to offer.
Another house we'd viewed and had gone back for a second viewing at 1630, again, the only note of interest. Left the property at around 1710 and decided that we'd put an offer in first thing in the morning. However at 1730 our solicitor called us to tell us that the property had been sold, with an offer too good to refuse. Again when we checked the sold price it had been less than we were willing to pay.
Subsequently we changed solicitors, we lost out of a few more as they were all going to closing dates, and we just couldn't compete with the buoyant property market. Luckily we secured our house this year, over two years since we started seriously looking and bidding. The house we bought, is actually better than all the others we had viewed. (Good school area, fast internet, easy walk in to town, large property with expansion potential.)
FrankAbagnale said:
Oh another thing, sign up with onthemarket - some agents are using this site to launch their properties 24 to 48 hours before Rightmove or Primlocation.
You need to be looking at Primelocation, Rightmove and now OnTheMarket to make sure you're getting full portal coverage.
I've been told the houses will be on agents sites the day before Rightmove. Because RM harvest overnight. You need to be looking at Primelocation, Rightmove and now OnTheMarket to make sure you're getting full portal coverage.
illmonkey said:
I've been told the houses will be on agents sites the day before Rightmove. Because RM harvest overnight.
It depends on the software the agents use in house to upload to the portals.Rightmove generally take a data feed over night, although some agents upload manually which makes the property live immediately.
I think KnightFrank is an immediate upload to their own website as standard, whereas most other smaller agents will take a few hours/overnight to go to their own site.
With OnTheMarker - I know of several agents who have had their in house software coded to send the data to OnTheMarket on day 1 and RM/Primelocation on day 2 or 3. The agents own OTM so it makes sense to try and create the demand by giving priority to their portal.
hornetrider said:
Ha, I'll bet you do. Anywhere you're looking in particular or are you open minded?
Reasonably open minded but since having my eyes opened to LG I can really see us there, so- Longwell
- Emersons
- Whitchurch/Stockwood
- Hanham
Would be my preferences (no particular order after Longwell)
BRISTOL86 said:
Ha, thanks for this. But believe me when I say I look at every single property in bristol daily
It's not just me then :-) over £600k for a 3-bed semi was today's eye opener....I agree with what everyone has said about south/south-west gardens. It's amazing how much more use you make of them.
For what it's worth, my advice on buying/viewing property.
Do your homework before walking into house.
Walk in house.
Does it feel right?
Can you afford it?
Start negotiating.
That's it. Don't lose a long term investment for the sake of £5K. Don't worry about cosmetic stuff that can be changed, the structure is more important. Don't worry that you don't like their sofa. We bought the first house we saw, every time we wanted to move and it hasn't let us down yet. But then we knew what we were looking for.
Although, to be fair, we've been in here 18 months and still don't have carpets or curtains because we have money to spend on other stuff. Actually, perhaps I'm not the type of person you should be paying any attention to.
Have fun, you'll be terrified but it's a great step to make
Do your homework before walking into house.
Walk in house.
Does it feel right?
Can you afford it?
Start negotiating.
That's it. Don't lose a long term investment for the sake of £5K. Don't worry about cosmetic stuff that can be changed, the structure is more important. Don't worry that you don't like their sofa. We bought the first house we saw, every time we wanted to move and it hasn't let us down yet. But then we knew what we were looking for.
Although, to be fair, we've been in here 18 months and still don't have carpets or curtains because we have money to spend on other stuff. Actually, perhaps I'm not the type of person you should be paying any attention to.
Have fun, you'll be terrified but it's a great step to make
Well that was unexpected.
In a bizarre twist of fate, we ended up going to see another property this evening that we were thinking of going to see, but one that hadn't wowed us online particularly.
Within moments of stepping inside the place, we were thoroughly wowed.
We've talked about it all night, and are sleeping on it. But at this point in time we are expecting to be making an offer on it in the morning. It's all happened in a bit of a blur, but we're very excited!
In a bizarre twist of fate, we ended up going to see another property this evening that we were thinking of going to see, but one that hadn't wowed us online particularly.
Within moments of stepping inside the place, we were thoroughly wowed.
We've talked about it all night, and are sleeping on it. But at this point in time we are expecting to be making an offer on it in the morning. It's all happened in a bit of a blur, but we're very excited!
BRISTOL86 said:
Well that was unexpected.
In a bizarre twist of fate, we ended up going to see another property this evening that we were thinking of going to see, but one that hadn't wowed us online particularly.
Within moments of stepping inside the place, we were thoroughly wowed.
We've talked about it all night, and are sleeping on it. But at this point in time we are expecting to be making an offer on it in the morning. It's all happened in a bit of a blur, but we're very excited!
Congrats - see, like I said on the other thread, something that on paper isn't quite what you want can surprise you once you go and have a look.In a bizarre twist of fate, we ended up going to see another property this evening that we were thinking of going to see, but one that hadn't wowed us online particularly.
Within moments of stepping inside the place, we were thoroughly wowed.
We've talked about it all night, and are sleeping on it. But at this point in time we are expecting to be making an offer on it in the morning. It's all happened in a bit of a blur, but we're very excited!
You can have all sorts of sensible ideas about how to approach a house viewing but sometimes it just feels right and that checklist goes out of the window. When we were younger we once put an offer in on a place largely because it had a round window...!
Some good advice above although with regard to neighbours, any semi or terrace is a gamble - worth checking whether there have been any issues with current neighbours but ultimately you've no control who moves in if those neighbours sell up.
Anyway, good luck with it all.
Edited by Risotto on Wednesday 1st April 21:00
BRISTOL86 said:
Well that was unexpected.
In a bizarre twist of fate, we ended up going to see another property this evening that we were thinking of going to see, but one that hadn't wowed us online particularly.
Within moments of stepping inside the place, we were thoroughly wowed.
We've talked about it all night, and are sleeping on it. But at this point in time we are expecting to be making an offer on it in the morning. It's all happened in a bit of a blur, but we're very excited!
Excellent, but I would really go and see it again before making an offer.In a bizarre twist of fate, we ended up going to see another property this evening that we were thinking of going to see, but one that hadn't wowed us online particularly.
Within moments of stepping inside the place, we were thoroughly wowed.
We've talked about it all night, and are sleeping on it. But at this point in time we are expecting to be making an offer on it in the morning. It's all happened in a bit of a blur, but we're very excited!
The other rule is do not rule out houses because of what they look like on the net.
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