How much would you offer on this property?

[SoupDragon]

This has been on the market since Christmas, originally marketed at £700,000. It's just gone on with a new agent at a higher price, which surprised me.

I am idly house hunting whilst getting my own ready to sell and this is my Current Favourite House. I am just curious what more knowledgeable people would offer for it as I haven't bought a property by myself since 1993!

I would offer £620 if I were in a position to proceed, ie nothing to sell or no/fixed short chain. That offer on the basis that you will probably have to spend at least 50 on it.

Atwood is a major name in the area (have been googling)

there are schools etc with that name

\link{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Atte_Wood\Peter Atte Wood born 1325}

DH finds the grammar entirely appropriate for Croydon.

Ooh it's lovely. The price seems quite good to me but I don't know the area. I would go in with an offer at £600K though. If it's been up for sale that long it seems fair to me. Some vendors can be very stubborn though.

Yes, Bibbit

Yes, Bibbity, I want to buy it mortgage free or with no more than £100k which I would pay off with the proceeds if my own home. Any further questions?

I just wanted rough ideas about what constitutes a sensible offer, given I've not bought by myself for so long. the best place for a number of responses on a dull Saturday is, I thought, MN.

Thanks everyone else.

I'm sure there is central heating... There were radiators in the last set of photos. I would imagine a new boiler is needed though.

The house name is, as said, a local name and not a cheesy pun.

"Thanks everyone else" wtf? How unbelievably rude.

Bibbitty, all you've done is questioned what I'm doing.

Looks like they want £700k and were getting lower offers hence the new estate agents and higher price. It is lovely though, I can just imagine opening the door in the morning and letting DS run feral till dinner time (foraging in the garden for his lunch of course!). I would go and see it if I were you, you may spot things that need doing that would totally put you off or you may fall in love with it but you won't know if you don't go!

i am siding with the £620 because £600 might be seen as offensively low, whereas £620 suggests strong interest with a view to haggling.

although the actual listing says price range 710-740

though of course you could go and see it and sound out the EA.

you know you really want to.

Was trying to understand your position (which is exactly what the EA and the vendor will do) but no longer bothered. However, if you have a dependent sale then of course you are not quite as "attractive" as a buyer because you are in a chain with other dependent sales below you (all of which could go wrong at any point). So a sensible vendor should consider an offer from a chain-free purchaser above any from a purchaser in a chain, even if that offer is slightly less £££.

What does not bode well is that the asking price has gone up since Christmas. The vendor doesn't seem particularly keen to sell.

DH finds the grammar entirely appropriate for Croydon.

As I read that, I hear Margot Leadbetter saying it .

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you need to look at it. have a good look and sniff around.

repeat after me

then decide how much you should offer.

Phone up the first agent and find out what offers were made. See if you can find out anything about the level of interest.