Estate agent and Vendor trying it on....
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thebraketester said:
It has been ( i think) taken off rightmove.
From what I can gather, zoopla does read low for the area, by about 25-30K compared to what houses are being listed for. I think this one is at 291 on zoopla.
Ah OK, I have sent the link of the house I am referencing via PMFrom what I can gather, zoopla does read low for the area, by about 25-30K compared to what houses are being listed for. I think this one is at 291 on zoopla.
Edited by FrankAbagnale on Thursday 12th January 17:59
FrankAbagnale said:
thebraketester said:
It has been ( i think) taken off rightmove.
From what I can gather, zoopla does read low for the area, by about 25-30K compared to what houses are being listed for. I think this one is at 291 on zoopla.
Ah OK, i'll send you the link of the house I am referencing via PM.From what I can gather, zoopla does read low for the area, by about 25-30K compared to what houses are being listed for. I think this one is at 291 on zoopla.
thebraketester said:
FrankAbagnale said:
thebraketester said:
It has been ( i think) taken off rightmove.
From what I can gather, zoopla does read low for the area, by about 25-30K compared to what houses are being listed for. I think this one is at 291 on zoopla.
Ah OK, i'll send you the link of the house I am referencing via PM.From what I can gather, zoopla does read low for the area, by about 25-30K compared to what houses are being listed for. I think this one is at 291 on zoopla.
Maybe the area has seen very strong growth recently, it's not my patch.
The problem is that a lot of the houses in that price bracket are maybe 3 beds but in rough areas. Ok. ok. ok... I know we are talking Hemel here, but there is Hemel... and there is Hemel.
Prices do seem to have bumped up a lot here. For example. We bought 5 years ago. 2 bed end terrace and paid 175k.
Prices do seem to have bumped up a lot here. For example. We bought 5 years ago. 2 bed end terrace and paid 175k.
Your SIL needs to do a bit of research on the property market. A 2 bedder is Hemel isn't worth £310K. Even if it does have a nice new kitchen. She is over paying for it. Look at prices around it... they're 3 bedders.
But she won't listen and 5 years down the line she'll moan she overpaid for it
But she won't listen and 5 years down the line she'll moan she overpaid for it
Sir Bagalot said:
Your SIL needs to do a bit of research on the property market. A 2 bedder is Hemel isn't worth £310K. Even if it does have a nice new kitchen. She is over paying for it. Look at prices around it... they're 3 bedders.
But she won't listen and 5 years down the line she'll moan she overpaid for it
Yes you can get a 3 bed, that is in a less desirable area. Ideally it would be nice for her to have another 10-15K as that opens up a lot more properties, but the fear is if she waits then the prices go upBut she won't listen and 5 years down the line she'll moan she overpaid for it
Edited by thebraketester on Thursday 12th January 20:15
thebraketester said:
Sir Bagalot said:
Your SIL needs to do a bit of research on the property market. A 2 bedder is Hemel isn't worth £310K. Even if it does have a nice new kitchen. She is over paying for it. Look at prices around it... they're 3 bedders.
But she won't listen and 5 years down the line she'll moan she overpaid for it
Yes you can get a 3 bed, that is in a less desirable area. Ideally it would be nice for her to have another 10-15K as that opens up a lot more properties, but the fear is if she waits then the prices go upBut she won't listen and 5 years down the line she'll moan she overpaid for it
Edited by thebraketester on Thursday 12th January 20:15
Had a similar thing happen to us over 10 years ago, we had an offer accepted.. everything going through, booked and paid for the surveys and searches etc. We went on holiday and came back to find the vendor wanted another £10k, didn't respond just found another property, f
k em. They spent the next 6 months finding another buyer.
As said, if they mess you around it won't get better, fkem, buy someone else's place that wants to sell.
k em. They spent the next 6 months finding another buyer. As said, if they mess you around it won't get better, f
kem, buy someone else's place that wants to sell.We were buying a house 4 years ago, 5 weeks into the process the sellers wanted another £4.5k after they discovered that they had a redemption penalty to pay (in effect they wanted us to pay it). So we decided to look around again the next day and found another bigger and modernised house had just come onto the market a couple of days before 1 street away, looked at it, loved it, made an offer which was accepted - so all in all really grateful to the greedy sellers as we love where we eventually bought.
Great conclusion was that I know who eventually bought the first house, two months later and for only £500 more than we were paying. Considering that the couple were splitting up that meant £250 each for 8 weeks more of rows.
Great conclusion was that I know who eventually bought the first house, two months later and for only £500 more than we were paying. Considering that the couple were splitting up that meant £250 each for 8 weeks more of rows.
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