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A 'waiting for viewings and offers' support group?

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TheWanderingUterus · 17/11/2016 13:24

Not quite ready for the 'in a chain' support group (please please don't let it be too long!), but we have just put our house up for sale and are waiting for viewings. Mostly cleaning and primping and procrastinating, with occasional adrenaline bursts when the phone rings.

Anyone else in the same position wanting to share the angst?

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Notanotherpawpatrol · 21/02/2017 21:47

Black you usually pay the solicitor for searches before they do them and you'll also need to pay the bank for the mortgage fees and survey, but you pay the remaining balance to the solicitor on exchange & completion :)

Notanotherpawpatrol · 21/02/2017 21:50

Welcome whereareyou :) I've just switched estate agents as ours were rubbish. We've taken the house off the market for the notice period, so I have no real advice. However it's only been 4 real days, and really only 2 working days! Are you in an area where half term was last week or is it this week? These are all factors when it comes to people looking to buy.

drspouse · 21/02/2017 22:33

Some mortgages take the fee up front and some allow you to roll it into the monthly payments. Ours offered either one so you may be able to switch?

whereareyousleep · 21/02/2017 23:25

Estate agents seem good so far but early days. Half term here is this week is it normally worse during it?

Notanotherpawpatrol · 22/02/2017 06:47

Whereyousleep, most people would t want to view a house with the kids in tow! It would make it quieter :) I'd give it another week and then have up the agents, ask what they've been doing to sell the house!

littlemissM92 · 22/02/2017 13:05

Well we have offered on it..
Argh suspense is killing me

Beckyb1 · 22/02/2017 13:52

Good luck littlemiss have my fingers xd for you!!

ChampagneTastes · 22/02/2017 14:03

Good luck LittleMiss.

Our offer has been accepted! Our buyers know that it may take a while and are okay with that. The vendor's EA is applying very gentle pressure on them to get on with finding something suitable. It's just possible that this is really going to happen.

Good luck everyone, I suppose I have to potter off to the chain thread now!

Beckyb1 · 22/02/2017 14:17

Congrats champagnereally pleased for you!

littlemissM92 · 22/02/2017 17:18

Congrats ! They declined it gave our final and best but EA said it wasn't enough and they have a couple that are putting there's on the market specifically to buy this so don't think it's gunna happen unfortunately x

loveka · 22/02/2017 17:38

We were excited as a couple who came on Saturday loved it and wanted to put in an offer.

When the offer came in it was for 430k. House is on for 475k. They said they were worried about a housing crash...

This has worried me a bit. The offer we had before was full asking. We had another for 5k over asking asking at the same time but stupidly chose the woman who dropped out on the day of exchange.

There is another full asking on the table, but that one isn't proceedable yet.

I feel so frustrated at the moment. I am really scared we will lose our dream house, but we can't afford it unless we get the right price for our house!

Notanotherpawpatrol · 22/02/2017 18:13

Ignore couple, you've had full price offers before and have an offer on the table. Turn them down and wait it out.

Lilmisskittykat · 22/02/2017 18:25

I agree with paw patrol. You've had asking offers and they will come again

I think They are just chancing it and I don't see why you should be scared into funding their fear of a crash which may or may not even happen

Notanotherpawpatrol · 22/02/2017 18:28

They also may have been informed that the previous people pulled out very late on (estate agent probably said the sellers are very motivated, they are ready to go because....) So are chancing at you biting their arm off just to get moving.

loveka · 22/02/2017 18:59

Thanks for the support! It's really helpful.

Yes, they are chancers I reckon. A shame, as they really did seem to love it and I feel I want people who will look after it, especially the garden.

The estate agent told them their offer was an insult!

Lilmisskittykat · 22/02/2017 19:12

I think people watch too much Kirsty and Phil on the tv.

If they loved it they will be back. Like paw said and I hadn't thought the estate agent might have slipped up and mentioned it falling through and they are just trying to see what your bottom line is.

Maybe you can counter offer? Or just let them stew x

jazzmin · 22/02/2017 19:39

That is really low, loveka. With so many offers it will certainly sell for higher. Mine is on for 475 too, I often ponder what my bottom line would be. Trickier when you love somewhere, I'm resisting looking at any until I have a buyer. Apart from hourly checks on rightmove, of course.

jazzmin · 22/02/2017 19:40

And whereareyou, mine went on sat, had a viewing Sunday but only as they had an alert for my area. They didn't like it. Heard nothing since, thought I'd have some booked in for the weekend week 1 but nothing here either.

misty252 · 22/02/2017 19:52

Ours has been on over 3 weeks now and not a single viewing Hmm

Lilmisskittykat · 22/02/2017 21:58

Im beginning to wonder if it's just quiet all around I had four viewing this month and same last month no offers.

Previous to that I've had about three since July but they all made offers.

Seems to be strange times... was super quiet according to estate agent post brexit so I think this whole triggering article 50 thing can't be helping things with buyer confidence?

Even I'm having wobbles and thinking I should just keep my affordable house instead of stretching myself for something bigger when it's uncertain times..

whereareyousleep · 22/02/2017 22:50

Hmm maybe it is slow then our estate agent did say thou that things were picking up lots over last 2 weeks as they hadn't had the normal January rush it's seems to have started now instead. Still no viewings booked.

HalleLouja · 23/02/2017 09:36

We have two viewings lined up. One tomorrow and one on Sunday. Plus the person who saw us last weekend still has us on her "list". Seems to be picking up a bit. Only takes one person to want to buy the darn house.

drspouse · 23/02/2017 10:02

No more viewings, it's been on a week now. Sigh.

Also our cleaner has been fired (by the cleaning company) and they are struggling to find a new one, they have promised someone next week. Now of course we can clean ourselves (and it's looking pretty good I have to say, despite the two DCs), but we don't have the time for a deep(-ish) clean like she does, ours is more surface/top up.

Mind you, ours is not a house that gets sparkling (110 year old houses just don't) so at least there's that.

Notanotherpawpatrol · 23/02/2017 11:05

New agent has been out, taken new photos. goI live on the 1st of march with a 16 week contract. Fx were doing the right thing! Feels a long time to be tied in.

KondosSecretJunkRoom · 23/02/2017 11:13

Just had a really positive viewing, fingers and toes are crossed.

My contract with the estate agents is 16 weeks pawpatrol, I think it's fairly standard in my neck of the woods (North East).