To think this seller is a CF?

[Bahahahha]

Went to view a property it was a 5 bed detached in Cheshire in North West , good plot one near by sold recently for 380k but this one had better garden and plot. It had an asking price of 400k

So we put in an offer 380 k rejected then all the way until 395 k until the seller messaged and said they had done the garden a bit a better and wanted 10k above asking so 410k.

I've never heard of this before apart from London the south east why didn't they put asking price 410 or 420 !!!!!

Tell them to do one. It’s one thing to market a house at a certain price and have people offer over because they want it badly, know it will be worth more to them specifically etc etc but to price your house at one price then declare that actually you want more than that is just a dick move. They sound like they’d be absolute knobs the entire way.

Yup, increasing the price at the last minute of a negotiation when you get what you want is shit behaviour. They are likely the sort to take the light bulbs and the curtain poles and consider ripping up the carpet to take that too.

I’d be wary if they do accept. If they don’t the runs away and don’t look back.

I'm going to guess that the asking prices is actually just below 400k (399,999 or 399,995) - that way it falls into a lower search bracket on the website, [Caveat - I don't know the Purple Bricks website, this is a guess] I have seen this tactic before, deliberately advertising a house so that it falls into a lower pricing bracket and comes up on more searches, then the vendor saying that they actually want 10-20k more.

I'd walk. If they are being manipulative at this stage, it will only get worse as the transaction progresses.

Any updates @Bahahahha?