We’ve been thinking about moving for a while, from our terraced house with no garden but in an excellent location, to somewhere with more space, a garden and a driveway, which we probably can’t afford locally.
We loved the first house we viewed, in November, but wanted to see a few more for comparison; I also had a few reservations as it was quite a long way out of the city and would have meant some lifestyle changes (although hopefully good ones). We have finally put our house on the market this week, which we didn’t want to do too soon as generally they sell within a week or two on our street. We had a second viewing of the first house, plus another one, lined up for Saturday, hoping to be in a position to offer shortly.
However the agent called just now to say they have accepted an offer from someone else - I wasn’t expecting to feel so gutted, but I really do. It’s been on the market since September so I thought we had plenty of time- I feel I’ve been really naive.
If we do get an offer on our house soon (it was circulated to agent’s list of buyers this week, not on open market yet and we have 5 viewings set up) what would the etiquette be for offering ourselves in the hope that it’s more than the first people offered? Is that just not the done thing?
I don’t know what to do, and if we do get offers on our house with nowhere to go to I will feel so pressured 