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How long to wait after offer

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Cicily · 29/03/2023 16:34

Feeling a bit annoyed, house on market for 6 months, put an offer in asking price as it’s a house that ticks all my boxes and have researched the market in the area and feel it’s a fair price.

Seller has left it hanging a week and now needs another few days to decide? No other offers in the table. Am I being used as leverage for other viewers here? Has anyone had a similar experience?

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Roselilly36 · 02/04/2023 08:52

@Cicily thats a shame, but something else will come up. Lots of people use the Easter hols to get their properties ready to go on the market. Register with all the local EA, tell them exactly what you are looking for, that you are ready to go, move quickly etc. you may even get a call to view before details are on RM. Good luck.

A34 · 02/04/2023 09:00

I'd withdraw the offer - these delays don't bode well for the negotiations and arrangements going forward.

BrowniesnotBlondies · 02/04/2023 09:19

I would make sure you have your offer in writing (email) to the Estate Agent - and in the email specifically ask "please would you confirm this offer has been forwarded to the vendors". There have been threads on here about EA not letting vendors know about offers.....

dexxter · 02/04/2023 09:59

We offered asking a couple of months ago and the vendor used us to push the price up. Our offer was £15k over the highest bid and it had been on the market 2 months. It worked and we lost out.

The buyers who won then tried to renegotiate and the vendor came back to us to offer us the house at the winning bid... you can guess what our response was

LadyLapsang · 02/04/2023 14:05

I would send the offer but read receipt email and Special Delivery, requesting an update in the next 10 days. If no reply, I would knock on the door to speak to the vendor. Doesn’t sound like the EA is passing the offer to the vendor.

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Cicily · 03/04/2023 03:11

Thanks all. I drove past on the weekend and it looked like they were doing viewings! I’ll be withdrawing my offer tomorrow as the house is not worth a bidding war for me.

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Cicily · 03/04/2023 03:32

@dexxter Crappy feeling for us isn’t it but they gambled and lost which I can’t help but chuckle at. I feel my offer has probably been used for viewings this week.

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Roselilly36 · 03/04/2023 07:23

@Cicily I don’t blame you at all, I would withdraw the offer too. Something similar happened to us, nearly two years on the property still hasn’t sold.

rainingsnoring · 03/04/2023 07:54

Good decision. If they are messing you around at this stage they will continue to mess you around and the sale will probably breakdown after you have wasted money on it.
Something else better will come up and the market is falling so probably for a better price too.

Greenfairydust · 03/04/2023 08:39

I had this with a house I put an offer on.

Viewed the house for the 2nd time and made an offer the same day.

The agent (the property had been taken offer by another agent after my first viewing which complicated matters) tried to get a reply out of them and they were not even returning his calls.

That went on for almost 3 weeks of no communications before they finally replied to the agent, rejected my offer and stated they would not accept less than X.

By then I had seen other houses and offered on something else which had been accepted. Their attitude and the delay in getting back to me had put me off considering the first house any further.

Funnily enough a week after they rejected my offer the sellers then called the agent to say they would accept my initial offer after all, but by then their greed/lack of respect (ignoring calls & expecting to keep me as a ''backup'' buyer) had lost them the purchase and I was proceeding with buying house number 2.

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Cicily · 03/04/2023 15:41

Well I was right, after all the odd radio silence had a call today to say there was now a higher offer, really after 6 months no interest and not one offer. 😒 They must have used my offer as leverage I guess. Leaves a shitty feeling that’s for sure.

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sunshinesupermum · 03/04/2023 16:13

I think you are well out of it OP. A better house, and sellers, will come along.

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Cicily · 03/04/2023 16:34

Yeah true. A few at work today were saying this time of year is good too.

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