We're close to agreeing a price with a vendor. We're cash buyers and therefore in a strong position in the current market, I feel.
The vendor had indicated they'd probably accept our most recent offer but have now said they want it to be higher to include carpets, curtains and light fittings. Yes, it would mildly inconvenience us if they rip all that out but we would be replacing it all anyway. The carpets are hideous - some are those thin nylon-looking carpet tiles you get in cheap offices. The best of the carpets are ancient swirly flower things. The curtains are beyond belief - old, thin, and so chintzy they'd might even have been rejected for the old Ikea chuck out your chintz ad! We would be doing up the house before moving in, so really their only use to us is keeping out prying eyes of potential burglars etc. I've been told by various locals that the curtains and carpets are actually over 15 years old as were bought by a previous owner to the current vendor.
What would people normally pay to have this stuff left? It's a 4-bed house if that helps.
And does anyone have any idea what I should expect to pay to carpet, and decorate a 4-bed, 3 recep?