…to ask what to offer for this house?

[HouseBuyingNovice2022]

It’s so difficult to know what to do in the current market, so I’m grateful for any advice/tips I can get!

www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/127313855#/?channel=RES_BUY

Have fallen in love with this house (obviously haven’t told the sellers this). I want to offer but simply don’t know where to pitch it. It seems to have been reduced by £50k since originally going on the market (not sure why) though the owners say that they’ve rejected at least one offer they’ve had because it wasn’t at a number they could accept…so I’m guessing maybe they aren’t totally desperate (?).

Help! Minefield!

Is it near the flight path to East Midlands? It can get pretty noisy if so.

Op what is your strategy from here now the owner knows about this post?

Come clean, apologise for any unintentional upset and offer full asking with decent contents thrown in?

How would others ride this one out?

I wouldn’t offer at all.

@QuebecBagnet

Sorry I can't see your comment as there is a glitch with the app when other posts are quoted.

I don’t think I would like to see a thread on mumsnet about my house either to be fair.

its a nice house - I’d go 575k but that still seems expensive - I’m in Buckinghamshire which is expensive & imagine it would be a similar price here. Doesn’t look massive & I don’t like the mismatching tile choice in the bathroom 🤣 also the basin is tiny!

What a crock.
Why were you and your ‘friend’ up at 5am? Is Derby in a different time zone?
Why wouldn’t you want it on MN? It would be huge publicity for your house that you’re selling.
Stop trolling.

@HouseBuyingNovice2022 know that that post is a wind up.

The photos in the link are shocking. Close ups of crappy bits of the house. They’re hiding something.

The lounge is teeny tiny. Far too small for a family home. I wouldn’t be offering. I think OP has been dazzled by the fancy fittings.

Nothing to "ride out".

That poster has hairier hands than Bigfoot.

Just catching up on the overnight activity. Oh gosh, this went in an unexpected direction….

TBH everytime I see a post like this I'm surprised that the vendors don't comment , I would , I couldn't help myself
I really like it although access to the garden from downstairs would bother me

Well if that is the actual owner they should be holding out for asking seeing as OP and another supposed buyer is prepared to pay it!

Wages in Australia are much higher than here

Imagine being cross that multiple people are discussing making offers on your difficult to sell as it’s built into a hill house on an anonymous forum…

Does it back on to a hill? It looks like the ground floor only has windows to the front and the first floor is at ground level at the rear? I would make sure rhe survey does a thorough check for damp.

Also the parking situation would concern me.

😆

i don’t believe it is the vendor who posted, just some bored troll. If it is the vendor then surely they would just ask for the thread to be taken down.
Also, the list of thing you wanted included in the sale, aren’t they classed as fixtures and fittings?

e.g. the cast iron rads, certain light fittings, possibly blinds, possibly certain appliances (yep, the range is lovely isn’t it?!), the fancy light switches, etc, stuff like that).

radiators and light switches shouldbe part of fixtures and fittings and if they are planning to remove, then the house would be worth a less.
So do not include them in any negotiations. Only include things like the range cooker.

Lots of people commented ont he upsatirs laundry room
The reason utility rooms are downstairs in UK is because we used to hang lots of wasing outside. If you fancey upstairs laundry room doesn't have space to hang everything tot dry, then in the current climate, as we try and stop using expensive and unecological tumble dryers, you may prefer something closer to the back door.

Whatever you offer, please be honest about your finances.
We received an offer on a(probate) flat in June. We were told the buyer had sold their house and were ready to go. It turns out that it wasn't sold, it was sstc which is different.

We are now having to deal with the emotional impact of checking on the empty home of a loved one regularly, increasing the emotional turmoil each time. Lives are on hold as a result.

I love the house and I also love being about to have a look around.

This is so silly. If I, as a vendor, had the opportunity to see what my potential buyer was willing to offer and subsequently actually pay/counter offer...I would be gleeful at finding this thread and would be keeping a very close and very quiet watch of it!

It has a pretty poor energy efficiency rating of E (48%) although that was done last time it was on the market in 2013 so isn't up to date. I'd want to know how much of the suggested improvements the current owners have made since they bought it.

find-energy-certificate.service.gov.uk/energy-certificate/9968-9960-6252-5497-5964

So true! And if it really did bother me I wouldn't further draw attention to it by posting on the thread either.

Are you the owner?
It is an unsympathetic and quiet shoddy restoration?