Fatal mistake!
Found the house we could walk into and it had 'the' feeling for all of us. It's in our budget, but our house isn't on the market yet. How long does it take to get onto the agent's books and website? We'd have to do a big tidy before photos so I'm guessing after half term?
Our house was our first purchase so I'm struggling to get my head around selling a house and buying one at the same time... how does anyone do it on the same day? We stayed in our rental for a while before moving into current house to do work on it.
Can I ring the agent and make an offer on Tuesday if I explain honestly our situation (we think we can port our mortgage)? I don't think this house will stay on the market long although its definitely not for everyone (it's very old and irregular - but in astonishingly good nick - if you like straight and flat floors and walls you'd hate it). I know I can't predict how long our house would take to sell but who can? Its a funny time at the moment with election, Brexit, but where we are has tripled in value over the seven years we've owned it - so someone might want it
Also does anyone write their own particulars? We did loads of stuff to this house and it has a lot of history (I even have photos of the couple that built the house c1830) - but is this of interest or distraction?
There is a slightly complicating factor in that we'd be keeping part of the garden with poss of getting planning permission (it's an area where there are lots of 'infill' houses and it would be an architect-designed house) - but a few agents have told me this doesn't decrease the value of the house.....
( I'm going to post separately on the implications of this bit)
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When to offer - house about to go to market but already found dream house
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Myeyesmyears · 29/05/2017 10:45
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