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Calling all estate agents please

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MoosMa · 23/04/2007 14:36

There's a house for sale near me which I would like to live in but it seems way over priced to me. Can you cast your professional eye over it and give me your opinions?

Go here and click on property search, it's in North Curry, Taunton and is up for £325,000

It has asbestos ceilings throughout, and a field full of gypsies on the other side of the back hedge!

Our house is very similar (including ceilings) and has just as good views but is the unextended version so only 3 bedrooms and was valued at £200,000 max. Is theirs really worth 100 more?

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LostMe · 23/04/2007 19:12

I'm not an estate agent but used this website recently to find out what houses had been sold for recently in a particular area. It might help. Good luck.

nethouseprices.com

cleaninglady · 23/04/2007 20:32

and ourproperty.com is good for house sold prices as well

cleaninglady · 23/04/2007 20:40

just had a look - so both 3 bedrooms but theirs slightly bigger due to extension if i have got it right? does seem completely ott difference in value tbh? its nicely presented though but of course yours will be as well i would imagine but taking into account the location you mentioned it does seem a big difference??

cleaninglady · 23/04/2007 20:42

im not an estate agent by the way but have done a lot of property development

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MoosMa · 24/04/2007 08:03

It is 3 bedrooms but one has an ensuite dressing room which we would use as an office.

I looked it up on nethouseprices.com and they bought it for £168,000 in 2002 so they reckon it's neary doubled in 5 years!

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hippipotami · 24/04/2007 08:07

What about the big driveway and garage. Does yours have that too?

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MoosMa · 24/04/2007 12:23

It's got a garage and enough space to get 4 cars off the road if you box each other in (you can turn one round behind the house too).

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RanToTheHills · 24/04/2007 12:28

get a couple morevaluations from local EAs they're the experts on prices in yr area. when it comes down to it, if youwant to ask more for yours, you canjust as you could make a much lower offer on the other one and see what they say? depends completely on local demand.

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MoosMa · 24/04/2007 18:58

I'm going to ring their EA tomorrow and arrange a viewing, do you know if it's possible to do them without the seller knowing who you are?

There would be a bit of controversy if we bought it as they hate my parents, so we really need to know if we want it before we 'out' ourselves...

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RanToTheHills · 27/04/2007 15:04

um,impossible AFAIK. You'd normally exchnage names etc early on via EA/solicitor.

UnquietDad · 27/04/2007 15:08

In case any estate agents genuinely turn up here, I've always wanted to ask - some of those "bids". They aren't genuine, right? I mean, come on, this is an anonymous site. People get their friends to put "bids" in to up the price and make the genuine sellers bid higher. Don't they?

Because I know I would.

Go on, go on, go on. Admit it.

RanToTheHills · 27/04/2007 15:10

ooh,love toknow that too! We got pushed into a sealed bid situaiton by a bastard agent, don't even know howmany (if any) others invloved! Whyis this legal?!

UnquietDad · 27/04/2007 16:12

awful, isn't it? They know they have you over a barrel, especially if it is in a "reputable" area.

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