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To be sad when houses I like go under offer

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shit2020 · 13/12/2020 09:56

DH and I are thinking of moving soon. I’ve been looking at Rightmove to get a sense of the market and last week what looked like “the perfect house” came up within our budget. It ticked all our boxes and looked completely gorgeous inside and out. I got all excited but on closer inspection of Googlemaps and satellite, noticed that the garden backs onto an A road - and I know the road, it’s a busy one. We decided not to view it at that point as we have a cat and I’d be too worried about her going outside and getting run over. The noise and pollution were other factors that put me off.

However, I just checked back this morning and the house is already under offer, less than a week after coming onto the market!

I now feel like we’ve made a big mistake not getting in there quickly and making an offer, as it’s obviously a desirable property - even though logically I know that the road would be an issue for us.

Does anyone else get these silly thoughts or is it just me?

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Philandkirsty · 13/12/2020 10:16

We stopped looking until we were ready to seriously view for this reason!

Actually it all worked out ok as our first purchase fell through. A house I originally liked on Rightmove which had gone under offer came back on and we offered, which was accepted. I honestly think with houses if it’s meant to be, it will be. Something will always come up.

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shit2020 · 13/12/2020 10:26

The thing is, logically I wouldn’t even want to live in a house that backs onto an A road. But the house itself is so gorgeous!

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Burnthurst187 · 13/12/2020 10:29

Speaking from experience, a new house will come on and you'll forget all about the other one instantly

PowerslidePanda · 13/12/2020 10:50

If it went that quickly, there's no guarantee you would have got it anyway. I'm sold STC and going into rented (i.e. in a good position) and we've made serious offers on 3 houses now, as soon as they came to market - but still missed out on all of them. It's immensely competitive in some areas at the moment - people are prepared to pay way above the odds.

TW2013 · 13/12/2020 10:52

We decided not to view it at that point as we have a cat and I’d be too worried about her going outside and getting run over. The noise and pollution were other factors that put me off.

The house hasn't moved. This wasn't the house for you.

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shit2020 · 13/12/2020 10:55

Thanks @TW2013 - I think I just got swayed by how gorgeous the house itself is. If the A road wasn't there it would be perfect!

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BruceAndNosh · 13/12/2020 10:55

And the people who bought it might already live on a busy A road but not so nice a house. So to them it is a more positive move.
You already know that you would have an issue with the road.

BruceAndNosh · 13/12/2020 10:56

@shit2020

Thanks *@TW2013* - I think I just got swayed by how gorgeous the house itself is. If the A road wasn't there it would be perfect!

If the A road wasn't there, it wouldn't be in your budget!

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shit2020 · 13/12/2020 10:56

You already know that you would have an issue with the road.

I know, which is why my thoughts are completely illogical - sigh!

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shit2020 · 13/12/2020 10:58

If the A road wasn't there, it wouldn't be in your budget!

Possibly, although we could have afforded about 30k more than the asking price at a stretch. But I don't know how much an A road knocks off the value of a house - it could be more than 30k!

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mothergooseinnorthwest · 13/12/2020 11:01

It will always make you want it more when it becomes unavailable!

You can make a house look gorgeous yourself but can never change it’s location.

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shit2020 · 13/12/2020 11:02

It will always make you want it more when it becomes unavailable!

True - maybe that's what it is!

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LividLaughingLove · 13/12/2020 11:06

It wasn’t the house for you, but in all honesty the market is such at the moment that you have to POUNCE.

I offered full asking before the end of the viewing (no cool business head here ) on the house we’re buying and it still went to best and final offers. We’d phoned up to view within five minutes of it going online.

When the house is perfect for you there’s no time for messing in a hot market.

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shit2020 · 13/12/2020 11:08

Thanks @LividLaughingLove - you've got me panicked now but I think it's what I needed to hear! When will the market cool down? I'm stressing out just thinking about it!

Congratulations on getting the house btw!

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LividLaughingLove · 13/12/2020 11:15

Thanks, we’re waiting to exchange and I don’t think I’ll relax until I do. We’re months and thousands of pounds in and the process of buying and selling is so unnecessarily frustrating and tenuous!

The market has started slowing here from its height in August/September so maybe it’s the same near you. People know they won’t make the stamp duty cut off now so can be a bit slower, I guess.

Puffthemagicdragongoestobed · 13/12/2020 11:27

You made the right decision not to view because of the A road. That's one of the things you cannot change.
Imagine had you viewed and had an offer accepted you probably would get the jitters now because of the A road! You did the right thing. Keep looking, the right place will come up eventually.

MrsJamin · 13/12/2020 11:46

We saw a house that we thought was perfect but the viewing was really depressing as we were the only viewers who hadn't sold and the agents diary was full with bookings from proceedable buyers. We looked round it thinking "this is what we could have had" as the price was good, location good, and it was a sensible layout, beautifully manicured garden, a bit gutting really. But we are buying another house where it has a bigger plot and an even better location, even though it is a proper doer upper. You might need to stop looking until you're very nearly proceedable. However when we had accepted an offer, we'd seen a bunch of possible properties already so only needed to see a few more before we knew what we wanted, so had an offer accepted and the chain complete within a week of accepting an offer on ours. Good luck! You'll find somewhere better I'm sure.

CoronaIsWatching · 13/12/2020 11:49

Well a cat can get run over on any road, in fact it's more likely on a quiet road than a busy one

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shit2020 · 13/12/2020 12:29

Imagine had you viewed and had an offer accepted you probably would get the jitters now because of the A road! You did the right thing. Keep looking, the right place will come up eventually.

Haha you’re so right!

Well a cat can get run over on any road, in fact it's more likely on a quiet road than a busy one

Where we are now is back to back terraces and the cat would struggle to even get to the road. So a stream of traffic at the end of the garden would be a big step up from that.

In fact even just typing the above and thinking about the reality of the situation I feel better already - I definitely made the right decision not to view. Thanks everyone

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timetochangeyourlife · 13/12/2020 13:21

We're about to complete (or at least the Scottish equivalent) on Wednesday. We are in the fortunate enough position to afford something pretty special and had previously put offers in on three others, the third one in particular was very unique and when our bid was unsuccessful we were really upset as felt we'd never find anything quite like it again.
But guess what we did. A house that for some reason during my numerous searches on Rightmove I'd previously dismissed probably due to the appalling photos. In fact the sale on the third house fell through and we were offered the chance to buy it but we definitely prefer the one we're currently buying it too is pretty unique.
OP I know its really hard but my advise is try and resist the temptation to spend too much time looking on Rightmove dreaming of which house to buy until you really are in a position to buy. In appears in some areas nice houses are not staying around for long, and in Scotland for example many seem to be selling for significantly higher than the asking price. Spend the time before you're ready to look at properties sorting out your finances/mortgage. Get your house ready to sell (if you have one) and ideally get it under offer before trying to put in an offer on somewhere you like; we wouldn't have considered any offer from someone who had a house to sell and hadn't received a firm offer regardless of how good it was. Therefore when you are in a position to make an offer you are an attractive buyer to the vendor. If you're in an area where houses are moving quickly and the vendor is receiving multiple offers this will hopefully help secure the "perfect home" for you.

PointyMcguire · 13/12/2020 14:23

I agree with @LividLaughingLove it really is best to hold off on looking until you’re proceedable and can pounce as soon as the right house comes up, especially when the market is still quite hot in places.

We’re completing on our dream house tomorrow. It was listed on the Tuesday evening we rang first thing Wednesday and were still the second viewing with 3 booked after us and another 7 booked for the following days. We offered full asking price within 20mins of leaving our viewing and it’s only thanks to how lovely our vendors are that we didn’t get gazumped. It would have been heartbreaking had we viewed it but not been in the position to make an offer as it really is everything we were looking for.

huuuuunnnndderrricks · 13/12/2020 14:25

If it wasn't on a busy road or would probably be out of your budget !

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shit2020 · 13/12/2020 17:07

I agree I shouldn’t be looking at Rightmove - but I wanted to get a sense of the market and what we can afford in our chosen location. Now I’ve done that though I probably don’t need to look again... until our house is under offer!

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shit2020 · 13/12/2020 17:11

There’s not much to look at anyway now on Rightmove - as usual the market seems to have gone dead in the run-up to Christmas!

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Bathroom12345 · 13/12/2020 17:19

If you havet got your own house on the market then even if you saw the house and made an offer it wouldn’t have been accepted. There will be other houses.

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