How long to leave asking price offer on the table

[Mayjay18]

Hello! Just looking for some advice.
last Thursday we offered asking price on a house that we had fallen in love with. Seemed a reasonable price, if not slightly high, but we loved it so thought it would secure the deal.
We’ve sold our house to a cash buyer and are ready to go. Estate agents rang the vendor and they said they wanted to wait for the other viewings. Fair enough. One viewer cancelled and the other didn’t want to offer. I’m not sure if they had other viewings booked in, but the estate agent rang me on Tuesday and said the vendors wanted the night to think about our offer and they would ring on Wednesday. I rang the estate agent last night and they said they’d rang the seller 3 times, left a voicemail and text and have heard nothing. I rang again today and same thing. How long do we leave this offer on the table?! I loooove this house, but this is stressing me out big time! It’s been a week now since we offered asking price and we’re getting nowhere. We don’t live in an area where houses are selling above their valuation.

Any news yet op?

no news yet :( I was trying not to ring them as I don’t want to seem too desperate…even though I am haha!!!

Call them at 3pm to
remind them
that your deadline for a decision was this evening.

We are here with you, holding your virtual hand.

Tried to ring them twice…the EA I’ve been dealing with will call me back when she’s free. Although, she did say that on Saturday and I never heard from her!
i’m just a nervous wreck!!!!

Gosh op.

my worry for you is even if they did accept your offer the EA or buyer seem unable to function effectively

You need to wait for them to come back to you and stop calling now.

The ball is in their court now.

As I said in a previous post, they don't sound as if they are likely to be very reliable sellers if they can't even make a decision at this stage nor communicate with their agents.
It may therefore be for the best if this doesn't work out at an early stage.

i’ve just got off the phone to them…..THEY ACCEPTED OUR OFFER!!!!!!!! I can’t believe it, I could cry! The first time buyer didn’t want to offer. Hopefully everything runs smoothly from here….

thank you everyone for talking to me this week, all of your advice has been so helpful and has been getting me through this week.

Wooohooooo!! Congratulations op lively news 🎉🎉

Great news- congratulations!

Yay!

Ahhhhh thank you!!!! I actually can’t believe it, feel like a weights been lifted. You really do need nerves of steel to buy houses 🤣

wish me luck for the rest of the process….I think I’m going to need it haha! It will be a miracle if I don’t have a nervous breakdown

Awww congrats OP, I had a feeling you'd get it but was trying not to give you false hope!

Hope all goes smoothly and you're very happy in your new home 🏡

Congratulations and good luck with the process.

Congratulations I hope the sale goes smoothly for you

Hurrah!!

Happy wiggle

I am really happy for them. Can you ask for it to be removed from the market - watched too much location location location

I would definitely expect them to take it off the market.

Congratulations, OP!

WOOHOO! Congratulations!

Congratulations! Glad you are getting the home you wanted.

Brilliant!

Great news, really pleased for you. Make sure the EA, cease marketing, and make the property SSTC on RM. And if it is a probate sale, make sure probate has been granted or at least applied for, as you won’t be able to exchange without it. Good luck, moving is so stressful, but worth it once it’s done.

@Roselilly36 i rang the EA yesterday and they’ve taken it off the market now after our ID checks etc YAY!! I also asked about it being probate, and it definitely isn’t…they’ve been renting it out to a family friend for 15 years! So hopefully it moves quite quickly, fingers crossed

How are you getting @Mayjay18 I’m currently in the exact same position you were except as a cash buyer. Starting to look at other properties now 😒

Oops I see you got it!!! How did you stay sane. 😂