[victoria24]

good luck redders.. I'm sure the French agents will look after you better than their uk counterparts!

[Red Devil]

... they certainly do work hard, I have to give 'em that. French agent has already agreed to reduce his commission from €15,000 to €10,000 should the final offer come to below €285,000. Couldn't see that happening with a UK agent :roll

Thanks all for the huge support, it's much appreciated :nice1

Simon

[Alan]

Good luck mate, damn Brits get everywhere :eek:

[dusk]

bah to the low offer RD - good luck with the next one :)

[Red Devil]

Thanks dusk, there's only one way it can go... up, up and up a load more :D

I've asked agent to apply his French charm and not scare them off... Madame, vous avez trouvé la propriété de vos rêves, voulez-vous voir les chambres encore :cool: :laugh

Simon

[Kerry and David]

Red Devil - I hope that they come back with a reasonable offer - good luck:nice1

I am sure that my luck will change now that the fairy has arrived safe and sound, just waiting for her to spread some good luck fairy dust around and I'm sure the phone will be ringing with potential buyers:laugh

K x

[Mrs TW]

Hope so Kerry. We had our first viewing and offer after she arrived to spend time with us!
Glad she arrived safely.
Victoria24 next I think

[victoria24]

yes please kerry, we desparately need a fairy!

[Rusty]

... they certainly do work hard, I have to give 'em that. French agent has already agreed to reduce his commission from €15,000 to €10,000 should the final offer come to below €285,000. Couldn't see that happening with a UK agent :roll

Thanks all for the huge support, it's much appreciated :nice1

Simon

This is the only time a Spurs fan is ever going to wish luck to Red Devils :D, but have some more good luck.

[Red Devil]

... you can't be a true Spurs fan then ;) :laugh

Seriously, thanks for the support Rusty... I'll have a word with Fergie this evening to see if he'll drop 3 points against you this coming season ;) :D

[Rusty]

... you can't be a true Spurs fan then ;) :laugh

Seriously, thanks for the support Rusty... I'll have a word with Fergie this evening to see if he'll drop 3 points against you this coming season ;) :D

Just ask him to stop chasing Berbatov.
I actually don't mind Man USA as I hate Arse and Rafa more - and I spent more time at Old Trafford than WHL due to company seats.

And back to houses... Good luck to everyone, this thread needs some good news.

[cathgates]

Thanks for all the good wishes and good luck to all waiting for viewings and offers.... but wait...... I shouldn't be sat at my pc....... I have some apples to polish:D

Cath XX

[cathgates]

Well, She's been and... I'm not quite sure?? She didn't dislike the house, She was here over half an hour and we only have a 3 bed house, She has a decent deposit, living at home and I would say She is in Her early 30's, She needs to make an appointment with Eric again, the mortgage advisor at the estate agents were I used to work, so hopefully Her reserved manner was because She was on Her own, and not quite sure how much a mortgage will cost since She last saw Eric, so, fingers crossed we will here something by the end of the weekend+++++++++

Cath X

[Red Devil]

Best of luck Cath... what did she think of the apples though ;) :D

[cathgates]

She did ask whether they were part of the sale so I told Her everythings negotiable at the right price!!!;)
Cath X X

[Kerry and David]

Fingers crossed Cath, I know where I have been going wrong now - no shiny green apples:D
K x

[catt]

everything crossed for you cath :nice1

[Rusty]

Cath, 30 mins sounds good. Sounds like she was visualising it as hers?
I've had viewers out in under 5 mins before!

[victoria24]

right gang... tighten your corsets in case you crack a rib through outrageous laughter...
we received a letter from one of our agents today outlining a deal they have struck with the local papers called "high impact advertising"
so the deal is: we pay to advertise our house at these rates and when we sell it they still take their commission!!!!
I am not writing this from mirth manor, its true!

[nickydwuk]

right gang... tighten your corsets in case you crack a rib through outrageous laughter...
we received a letter from one of our agents today outlining a deal they have struck with the local papers called "high impact advertising"
so the deal is: we pay to advertise our house at these rates and when we sell it they still take their commission!!!!
I am not writing this from mirth manor, its true!

:eek::eek: They must be having you on!!!!

[Belmont Babes]

:no:no:no Only in the UK!!!

[victoria24]

I jest ye not!

[Andy-Dee]

right gang... tighten your corsets in case you crack a rib through outrageous laughter...
we received a letter from one of our agents today outlining a deal they have struck with the local papers called "high impact advertising"
so the deal is: we pay to advertise our house at these rates and when we sell it they still take their commission!!!!
I am not writing this from mirth manor, its true!

They obviously think you were born yesterday :roll

[Mickstim]

That is outrageous Victoria!!

Good luck everyone. Red Devil - posivibes coming at you for a much better offer.

Cath - everything crossed here down under.

Bxx

[Janey]

good luck cath
VIctoria only in Cornwall its all done direckly you should know that!

[Red Devil]

Many thanks all... really hoping to receive a better offer today, or else it's going to be a long old weekend :roll

Best of luck to everyone else, we're due another house sale :nice1

[Rusty]

Not started the renting thread yet, but our house-selling-related update.

We have 2 'viewers?' who are interested in renting already, one of which wants to move in 3 weeks! - they just got flooded at the end of our street.
I don't think we can move that quick which may be a stopper, but at least there is some potential movement after weeks of idle limboness trying to sell.

[sasvanb]

Woweeee! I am reeling....

Had a call from our agent about an hour ago, he had someone interested in viewing our house straight away. First viewing since being on the market...

He just called me back and they both REALLY liked it... :raebanana:raebanana

She's moving down to this area and had a job interview today, so the agent said he got the impression if she got offered the job they would be likely to put in an offer on the house! :raebanana

I am sooooo excited. Deary me, you would think we'd sold already. (Note to self: Must put level head back on!) Please please please keep all your fingers and toes crossed for us.... I will keep you all posted, though it may be Monday before we hear anything else. Eeeeek. Chewed fingers time... :laugh

Saskia

[victoria24]

good luck sasvanb!

[Mrs Pony]

That's great!! Good luck!!

[JandM]

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++for all!

[catt]

everything crossed for you sasvanb:nice1

we have two viewings over the weekend one has sold the other is a cash buyer..........again not holding my breath......:exit now that i have my waiver we would accept an offer well under the price we have set........fingers crossed for us please and can whoever has the fairy shake some of her dust over Bedfordshire please :)

[cathgates]

Good luck to all and thanks again for all the good luck wishes - called the estate agents today - the viewer wanted to know when the double glazing was installed and also the radiators - didn't know myself last night so told estate agents today. Good excuse for them to phone Her;) She's going to see the mortgage advisor at the estate agents next week, so I don't expect to hear anymore untill after that, but as I used to work thyere I'm sure I will get special treatment with the advisor pushing my house and also maybe the nod as to whether she can afford it or not - I'll find out tomorrow what day She's going. It's going to be a long few days, so a glass or two of wine to see me through me thinks;):yes
Wishing happy viewing all round this weekend.
Cath XX

[Andy-Dee]

All digits duly crossed for savanb and Catt - come on you buyerrrrrrr's

'fairy dust, fairy dust, fairy dust'

[Peter&Liz]

I have had a bit of a nightmare with my laptop this week, just finally getting it up and running. Alas it was fixable so no spanking new laptop for me, just have to make do and mend! :(

We have some good news, well actually really good news our buyer came back with an improved offer of £345k on Wednesday, and then £348k on Wednesday afternoon saying she couldn't go any higher. This was still 2K short of the £350 two other chain not in place buyers had offered.

We have accepted :yes, as she is a real buyer and there is no telling when the other two would be able to move.

Her buyer is looking for a quick exchange but willing to have a reasonable gap between exchange and completion, which suits us.

Neither of us is getting carried away, we realise that in England nothing becomes real until you exchange, and also we still have not heard back from the medical assessor.

Anyway time for a few of these :raebanana:raebanana, saving the three till we exchange!


Peter

[sasvanb]

YAY for you guys Peter and Liz

Bring out those mouldy nanas.... they're still dancing! :raebanana:raebanana

Just think positive Catt... as a good friend said to me the other day 'It WILL happen'... that goes for everyone else waiting. As always there are big positive vibes coming from everyone here, which is always a big boost.:D

Thanks so much for your lovely thoughts... :clap

I think it will be Monday before I post again...

Saskia

[catt]

Thanks for your kind words......everything is crossed here for everyone including myself. :cheers

[nickydwuk]

:nice1:raebanana:raebanana for Peter & Liz and lots of +++++++++++++++ for Catt & sasvanb. :nice1

[Belmont Babes]

Things are a happening folks, brill news Peter & Liz :clap:clap

All digits in the correct position for you Saskia and Catt and everyone else ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++

[Mickstim]

Wow - looks like things are moving again! Well done Pete & Liz and millions of 'down under' posivibes for you Catt, Cath & Saskia. Will be watching with everything crossed for you all (and the others still hanging around and playing the waiting game!!)

Bxx

[vixxann]

:raebanana for accepted offers

:nice1 good luck for anyone with viewers this weekend

and a big strong :cheers for everyone else waiting - sit back, have a drink and try and forget your worries for an evening. :D

[cathgates]

Congrats Peter & Liz :raebanana Hope it goes smoothly
Cath XX

[JayBee]

Fingers crossed for Sasvanb, Catt and a speedy exchange for Peter and Liz - nice to hear some positive news again.

[Janey]

best wishes and everything crossed Sasvanb, Catt and well done Peter and Liz send the good vibes this way Victoria and I need something.

[catt]

Well what a waste of effort this weekend.........Saturdays viewer cancelled but will be coming they just dont know when.

Todays, Sundays, viewer one of the new multi ageny estate agents made a total cock up on. Was due to visit at 1.15pm no sign by 2pm so i called the office. The guy who i had been told would be meeting the viewer answered the phone and was taken aback when i said "oh your there you are supposed to have been here at 1.15pm." It was his first day back after 2 weeks holiday and his colleague hadnt told him about the viewing and hadnt confirmed to the viewer. It makes you wonder what they earn their money for..........:roll

So apologetic and i was told that he would call the viewer who is keen to see the house and he would arrange it for during the week. Oh well will wait and see thats all we can do.

[Red Devil]

Great news Peter & Liz, best of luck with completion :nice1

[Janey]

ok guys open home last Saturday, one person turned up:(

house on for £320 reduced from £375 offer on Saturday over £275k

viewer has offered £250:exit I said no he is not prepared to budge but is in rented thoughts?

[victoria24]

janey, if you can make your plans work then perhaps its a way out?
depends on how much equity you have as equity isnt real money, its the difference between what you paid and what you get that is the reality!

if you are considering it, you could always ask your agents to tout about at 275 fixed price 1 week only while you ponder..

good luck whatever you decide to do from the johnses

[thewoodies]

While being stressed in Lego land this weekend - I actually forgot to be stressed about seling the house!!!!:clap

Estate agent rings has potential buyer could she view - yes of course!!!!

Today estate agent rings with "I have an offer for you" :raebanana!!!!!

Its £55k under your new asking price WHAT!!!!!

worse than last offer !!!!!!

thats £70K less than orignal asking price !!!!:no WHAT!!!!!

Estate agents answer to low offers ,by serial low offer buyers trying their luck is - ------------

"perhaps we should all be putting our prices up to allow for low offers!!!!!!"

WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!AAAAAARGHH!!!!! :wah

[Red Devil]

Quick update with regards our situation... we had an offer last week of €230,000, which we turned down (our asking price €295,000). Then, whilst driving over to Lincolnshire on Friday evening I received a call from our French agent saying the same couple have put in another offer of €240,000, which again we've turned down.
Agent did advise that he anticipates them putting in numerous offers as they're 'extremely interested' in our property and keen to make a purchase.

If we can get as close to €270,000 as possible we'll be happy... we'll see what this week brings :roll

Good luck all :nice1

Simon

[sasvanb]

Oh oh oh... the ups and downs heh??? :confused:

Well, my agent rang back this morning to say the folks that came to view on Friday want to come back for a second viewing :clap

Hopefully either this afternoon or tomorrow. And this is depite the girl not being offered the job she was interviewed for on Friday (she's moving to the area)... So I'm staying positive. They must really like it. Apparantly their 'Dad' is being drafted in for this next viewing. Let's all hope he comes with an approving eye, as opposed to a critical one!

Will keep you posted... :nice1

P.S. To all you guys with offers... if anyone came to me with anything halfway reasonable right now I'd be jumping all over em! ('reasonable' being the key word though)....

[Janey]

I think the trouble is not having the visa in the bag either I feel a little nervous at accepting a low offer no job no visa, ca not get job until house sold um! then ther is the other issue of what if NZIS refuse oh this is so hard!

[victoria24]

to be honest.. with your skills, the visa should be a doddle...

[Janey]

other than I have less points than you! so a very slim chance to be selected without a job

[victoria24]

don't forget the cheeky 60 extra with a job offer and let's be honest, if you didn't think you'd get a job, you wouldn't go anyway!
have a nice bottle of vino and sleep on it...

[Janey]

may be I will have two!

[victoria24]

good call :-)

[Peter&Liz]

I think the trouble is not having the visa in the bag either I feel a little nervous at accepting a low offer no job no visa, ca not get job until house sold um! then ther is the other issue of what if NZIS refuse oh this is so hard!

We are in a similar position our ITA is not approved yet and we are not going to be looking for work until after the house has sold.

This has made us less likely to accept any offer as if NZIS turn round and say no then we will need to buy in the UK. I think we have looked on it as a positive in that had everything in place we may well have felt pressurised to accept any offer and may have come to regret it.

We had one offer £65k below the asking price and turned it down straight away making it clear to the estate agent that we didn’t think she would come back with an offer we would accept. She didn’t in the end she managed to buy her old house for less than she sold it for, off the people she sold it to a year ago after they had spent thousands doing it up.

We had seriously been thinking that if we don’t sell and NZ let us in then rent the house out for a few years and wait for the market to recover rather than accepting a large drop in the price. Renting is far from ideal, we have done it before when moving from Scotland to England and we couldn’t sell our flat. It’s a hassle and tenants don’t tend to look after a property the same way you would. But if you are in the position where the house would pay for itself or even a small profit it might be worth considering.

Peter

[nickydwuk]

ok guys open home last Saturday, one person turned up:(

house on for £320 reduced from £375 offer on Saturday over £275k

viewer has offered £250:exit I said no he is not prepared to budge but is in rented thoughts?

This is just a thought - If you accepted the offer - and it is a BIG if!!! you would still have a few months before the contracts are exchanged (especially with the way the UK handle house sales). During this time you can keep it on the market with your multiple agents and at least you would have a bargaining chip with other interested parties. If when it comes to the point of exchange and your visa's aren't through or you just think it is not enough you can pull out. I know it doesn't seem fair on the buyer doing that but you have been on the market for sooooo long that it would be worth taking the gamble just to be able to realise your dreams. We kept ours on the market until surveys had been done but until we exchange either party can pull out which is why I am really pushing for exchange even though we aren't ready to complete yet. But you can do it the other way round. :yes

[Janey]

good thought Nicky, the buyer seems a bit of an ******** I could see him in a months time suggesting the market has fell further and he needs to drop his price again he is in no hurry as he knew exatly when our house went on and has been following it why didn't he view before? still sleeping on it we had another viewing yesterday although they have not sold so we are holding the price where it is until they come back and say no then we will drop the price but certainly not to this guys price that would mean a £125k reductioon on first asking price there are not many 3 bed detached let alone 4 beds for that price on the market
but hey as he said he is in a strong place and I could not seeing him rushing to exchange either

[victoria24]

dont forget nowadays your legal costs on a sale are quite low due to the hips packs. we've had sellers pull out on us a couple of times in the past as is their right in our legal system :-)

[nickydwuk]

I thought the HIP's were supposed to speed the process up by getting all the searches done in advance. Our buyers solicitor still insisted on doing all the searches himself - this slows the process down further!!!!

[Rusty]

I thought the HIP's were supposed to speed the process up by getting all the searches done in advance. Our buyers solicitor still insisted on doing all the searches himself - this slows the process down further!!!!

When we 1st signed with an agent he admitted that over 90% of all HIPs are never seen or asked for and most solicitors do their own searches anyway.

[sasvanb]

YEEEEEEEEEEEEE HAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

We have just accepted a really good offer on the house!!!!!

:raebanana:raebanana:raebanana

I am soooooo excited..... YIP YIP YIPEEEEEEE!

They want to complete quickly.... no chain.... :clap

NZ HERE WE COME!!!

Saskia

P.S The fairy has been very generous with her sparkly dust... I have thanked her most graciously and have asked her to make her way swiftly down south...

[nickydwuk]

Congratulations - :raebanana:raebanana:raebanana

[Peter&Liz]

Congratulations Saskia :raebanana:raebanana:raebanana

Fingers crossed everything goes smoothly:cheers

Peter

[Red Devil]

Fantastic news Saskia, hope everything goes smoothly :yes

Please can you send the magic fairy down Cheshire way... we're hoping to have our place in France sold by the end of the month, pleeeeeeease :roll

Enjoy a glass or 5 tonight :cheers

[thewoodies]

:nice1 congratulations:raebanana:raebanana:raebanana

[sasvanb]

Please can you send the magic fairy down Cheshire way... we're hoping to have our place in France sold by the end of the month, pleeeeeeease

Enjoy a glass or 5 tonight :cheers

She's winging her way as we speak... She knows about everyone waiting...
:yes

Thanks for the nanas! I like them a lot... :D

[victoria24]

happy days!!!

btw, it's the buyer that pays for additional searches!

[Red Devil]

She's winging her way as we speak... She knows about everyone waiting...
:yes

Thanks for the nanas! I like them a lot... :D

Thanks Saskia... have some more nanas :raebanana :raebanana

[victoria24]

i want an offer!!!!!! any offer will do!! NO! i want some viewers!!! any old vagrant with cash will help my sanity!!
im off now to stick pencils up my nose and put some pants on my head a la edmund blackadder... beep beep papa...

[catt]

:clap:raebanana:clap:raebanana sasvanb

[JayBee]

:clap:raebanana Sasvanb

that's great news

[Janey]

well done sasvanb!
we have also accepted the offer we looked upon it we could be stuck another 12 months for what and then accept a lower offer definatley a cash buyer surveyor coming tomorrow and house still on market until exchange. Exchange mid Aug complete end of August not trying to get too excited by the time we look to buy exchange rate etc and prices might still be falling in NZ we could be in a better postion hopefully.
better start looking for jobs!