To want to put an obscenely low offer in for my dream house

[piraterach]

I know I ABU but a girl can dream.

My absolute dream house is in right move, it's been there since November. I absolutely in no way and never will be able to afford it (£800K ).

My poor little house is worth around £150K.

Any chance an incredibly cheeky offer would go through because some millionaire likes that I had the balls to do it???

You have no idea of some people’s circumstances and small actions can have very wide reaching consequences.

This might sound harsh, but I don’t have a lot of sympathy for vendors here. They often seem to get very emotionally involved. That’s not helpful.

It’s just a business transaction. If they’re having real trouble selling it’s probably because they’ve priced it wrong.

It’s a tough business selling a large asset. The vendor doesn’t have a particular right to no shocks or surprises. Potential buyers have the right to try and get the best deal they can.

I didn't think Sheffield had 850k houses

Seriously OP, you need better dreams.
I'm sure that there are nicer houses in Sheffield.

(if not, I feel sorry for Sheffield)

I don't mind if other people don't like it, we can't all like the same things and I won't have any competition when they massively drop the price .

If I had unlimited funds my "dream" house wouldn't look the same but factoring in it being close to family, in an area I know and love and various other personal things I like it.

For all those upset about this post it was meant in a light hearted manner and not meant to offend anyone. I understand people may have upsetting circumstances as to why they have to move but we were focusing on a bit of a wish/hopeless optimism not reality

Not what I was expecting. That is one ugly uninspiring house and garden.

I was expecting a much nicer house than this.

(Sorry), there are so many things about it I don't like and I would not even pay £150k for it.

Take out what little mismatched furniture there is and it's as bland as fuck.

No OP you don't want that hideous house. Way, way too much cleaning for a start.

If it helps at all OP, we put in a cheeky offer for our house and got it for about 50k less than it was probably worth (about 20% off). Seller agreed because she’d liked us and wanted it to go to a family. Cheeky offers are worth it, just not that cheeky.

Now I've looked at the rest of the photos, I can see why it's not selling. Only halfway decent thing about it is the view from the back of the house.

@piraterach

PMSL dream on.

My first though was how much is the heating going to cost? And the second how much time will it take to clean?

Oh wow I’m shocked; we know the owners of this house 🤣 do not offer 150 op.
Where do you live at the moment are you already in S12?
Ridgeway primary is a nice little school but catchment for Eckington comp which I’ve not heard good things about. You may want to re consider. S17, S10, S18 & S11 have much better secondaries.
Sheffield has many houses for well over 850k and a lot more for well under it. Like most major cities I would imagine?

I think it's a bit soulless but you could easily make it a great family home.
The photos appear to have been taken with a very weird lense as the rooms all look curved
Put your offer in but be realistic about your chances. Almost 0% I'd guess!

There are indeed nicer houses in Sheffield, in much nicer parts of it too, see here for reference. OP's property is massively overpriced for that bit of Sheffield.

looks bare and unlived in...not my ideal home but can see why some people would like it

Sorry @piraterach but that is one fugly house. I wouldn't give them £80K for that, let alone £800K!

I thought you were going to give us a link to something like THIS.

www.onthemarket.com/details/6902635/

Not that one you have put the link to...

Also, why is it that much in Sheffield? Is this a typo???

This is in a much nicer arwa and 25k cheaper!

It feels sad. But also clinical. Like a robot died there.

Oh wow I’m shocked; we know the owners of this house

Do they work for Dfs?

It doesn't work. My husband tried the same thing recently and then moaned about how down he was when we lost our 'perfect house' to someone who bid more sensibly.

WTF is that easel?!

This might sound harsh, but I don’t have a lot of sympathy for vendors here. They often seem to get very emotionally involved. That’s not helpful. It’s just a business transaction.

Well of course they are emotionally involved For most people their house is their biggest asset. Maybe their only asset. It is their investment for the future. It really doesn't take a lot of thought to imagine circumstances that might make the sale of a house an extremely difficult and stressful and, yes, emotional time. People are selling due to divorce, death of a spouse, a member of the household being diagnosed with terminal illness, redundancy, and a million other reasons. It's not a choice to be emotionally involved. Most people can't afford not to be.

I do love some of the other houses linked but was also thinking for least disruption to daily life

Ie kids still near grandparents and still able to commute to work.

Gorgeous oxford mansion in its own grounds with peacocks on the lawn = major lifestyle change and upheaval lol

Do they work for Dfs?

😂😂😂