feel sick flat in same block we just sold ours in went for much more

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Our was much nicer, wooden floors, ground floor instead of third floor [no lift] very smart. We dropped the price significantly and then again when our first buyer pulled out - on advice of agent we dropped the price another 20k. We feel we should never have done that, but we got a buyer at that price straight away. Top floor flat went on around same time as we dropped price, at 25k more, and they have now sold, apparently very close to the asking price. We have bought a house, it had also dropped in price, but it has still been very tight for us to do this, and i feel the agent advised too large a drop in price too quickly. Is there anything i can do? I feel sick at the thought of having lost 15 to 20k because the agent was desperate for a sale. Anywhere we can complain?

Was she just someone who phoned up and wanted to view and they told her it was under offer? If so, they wouldn't have had her details anyway.

chin up, chuck! ou have to focus on teh positive, you must have wanted to live in that house, and now you are

am not looking forward to trying to sell & buy again..

well she was very keen she told us that she'd
wanted to see it for ages. And i do think they should have taken her details to contact her if the sale fell through. As it did.

it is not a dream house Lulumama, just a house in the catchment area. with smaller rooms than our flat but allegedly a third cupboard bedroom and a garden and no maintenance charges. I am sounding petty now though. Would just have liked to have been able to do it up.

If the chain of Estate Agents is a member of the NAEA and you can prove the chain of events described above with the buyer who didn't get it when you went under offer before (ie. if that buyer would formally corroborate your story) then you could perhaps complain. If you think its worth it.

You won't see the money again and it'll just piss you off more, the extra money was for the fact that it was a top floor flat, that's very very common knowledge, you'll know for next time.

even smaller, shabbier with three flights of stairs? Very surprised. But not accepting graciously as you can see.

Maybe be pleased that you've got a sale at all, and aren't in negative equity - then how sick would you feel?

It's all about location, location, location. If I was a single woman or even in a couple the number one thing for me would be security, I can walk up stairs and my arse might get a bit smaller as a result and you can clean/paint a flat.
Plus if they hadn't seen yours they didn't know what they were missing did they ?
Our neighbours sold for £70k more than us because they had a garden, we had an extention which I felt made up for the garden but apparently not in the buyers eyes so what can you do ?

ah well we may be in negative equity soon..

thanks for replies, helps to talk about it.

i really couldn't take my shopping up three flights of stairs though!

But just think - firm arse and abs

I prefer top floor, for the most part I wouldnt even view ground floor flats as like my windows open at night. My friend had her 2nd floor flat on the market the same time as an identically laid out ground floor flat in same building facing same aspect (no lift there either) and the ground floor flat was on for much less. GFFs are darker and less secure.

P.s. in my building the GFFs always go for less than 1st floor +

and stickybeaker is right, your flat is only worth the offers that get put on it