Should I bother viewing this house?

[Ansjovis]

I appreciate this is a little hard to tell at the best of times but I am really undecided here so I'm hoping I can provide enough information to receive some input.

The house went on the market 3 weeks ago, "offers in region of xxx" - my maximum budget is 4.2% under xxx, there's no room to stretch this any further. The property market doesn't seem so quick here, there are lots of properties that have been on for a couple of months and so we're not seeing loads go within days of being added.

There's an argument for saying you don't know if you don't try but I don't want to risk having a black mark against myself at the agent. Having said that, 4.2% under would probably be seen as an offer in region of, right? Am I overthinking?

Yes go and view it! It might be the only offer they receive so take it. Offers in excess of/offers in region of are a preference but not necessarily what they will get.

Don't worry about offending the agent.

Of course you can view it

Why not go and see it? I think it's reasonable to offer up to 10% under asking price generally-all that can happen is they reject your offer, you won't get black listed by the estate agent or anything like that. Fingers crossed it's the one for you :)

Thanks everyone. Viewing has been booked!

We recently offered almost 10% under (rejected) and the agent still calls us all the time with properties to view. I had the same concern about being blacklisted with an agent as I know if they don't think you're a serious buyer some agents won't find you a viewing slot... and they're the main agent where we are looking. However, for the one we offered on, I made it clear before viewing that it was a bit out of budget and asked if they were firm on price or willing to negotiate offers. The agent encouraged me to view it so I felt like it was fine to make a low offer. If it's not a crazy market, they sometimes just want to get people through the door anyway.

Think up to 10% is perfectly reasonable and don't think an agent will blsck mark you unless it's a lot of piss takes again and again