To cut a long story short, put in an offer on a house. They accepted offer but wanted extra £10k for fixtures & fittings. The list they came up with was ridiculous. I wrote down some thoughts and what I thought our options were with regards to negotiating the price. Option 1 being, we up our offer by £5k to include all F&F except curtains (they are horrid anyway) plus cash for whatever oil is in the tank on completion - this would have been our next offer had they turned our original offer down. Option 2 being that we up offer by £10k so we are paying same as they wanted anyway, but without the hassle of the separate transaction.
DH has been doing all the the negotiating with the estate agents. He phoned them today, and instead of putting our option 1 to them as our new and final offer, he basically outlined to them both of our offers and gave them the choice! So of course the vendors accept option 2!! What a frickin muppet!!! He doesn't understand why I am slightly narked, saying "you wrote down what the options were". Yes, but not for you to read out to the EA. They were supposed to be OUR options. If Option 1 failed, then pursue option 2!!! He is a notorious tight-arse, so I am really annoyed that he has handed them an extra £5k without any fight. There goes my curtain & furniture budget for when we move in! 