Tom J
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Why won't the phone just ring 
Made the offer 12.10, hopefully they wont keep me waiting until tomorrrow!
The house is on for £74,995, its all done out inside but the garden needs quite a bit of work to tidy it up and build a hardstanding at the top as it is quite steep so tiered. So i've offered 69k due to this and seems to be the ceiling price for the area
[Edited on 18-10-2007 by Tom J]
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Ally
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Well done Tom!
Dont be impatient, i had to wait 4 days for mine 
Is this in bridgend? We will be moving up there next year 
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Tom J
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no bridgend is a bit expensive so its up the cymmer valley, from port talbot but its only ten minutes over the top from nantymoel
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Tom J
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Offer rejected 
70k or 71K?
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C2RL R
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not suprised mate tbh. you have gone in 6k under asking price because of the state of the garden.
people generally knock off between 2-3k so i reckon they'll accept 72.5k but you may aswell go fo 70k as you dont know how desperate they are.
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Ally
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71k
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Aaron
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I had to wait just less then 2 weeks for mine, and thats only because i was leaving Europe at that point. Could have been longer 
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Tom J
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well i've offered 71K and the agents just rang and the vendor is thinking about it overnight. its been on 4 weeks and houses sell slow up these parts, this is the first offer they've had so im not going to jump in too high for the sake of it 
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RichR
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quote:
Originally posted by C2RL R
not suprised mate tbh. you have gone in 6k under asking price because of the state of the garden.
people generally knock off between 2-3k so i reckon they'll accept 72.5k but you may aswell go fo 70k as you dont know how desperate they are.
I think I got mine £15k-£20k under the asking price  If you don't ask you don't get 
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Tom J
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Back Wall:
Top of garden where i want to build hardstanding, hoping next doors would hold it in on one side
View towards the back wall:
View towards house from back wall:
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C2RL R
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quote:
Originally posted by LiVe LeE
I think I got mine £15k-£20k under the asking price If you don't ask you don't get
very true. what i meant was in the price bracket the house in question is in.
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Tom J
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a retaining wall would be holding back about 2.5 metres high and 6.5meters long, do people think it'll need two concrete blocks (Laid Down) width to hold that weight back?
[Edited on 17-10-2007 by Tom J]
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mav
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English way of doing things is mad.....In Scotland it's £XXX or over none of this offering under what it's up for.
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stubbsy05
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Originally posted by mav
English way of doing things is mad.....In Scotland it's £XXX or over none of this offering under what it's up for.
I'd rather haggle than pay over a certain price though! You could easily end up spending more thatn the vendors ever wanted!
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Tom J
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well they declined £71,000 saying they wanted "a little bit more" so i offered £71,001
nah i offered £71,500 and it was accepted
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Ally
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Yay! Congrats! Do they have an estimated completion date?
Usually takes about 6 weeks ... you might be in by xmas 
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Cosmo
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Originally posted by mav
English way of doing things is mad.....In Scotland it's £XXX or over none of this offering under what it's up for.
except you can pay a massive amount over what its worth up there!!
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Tom J
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quote:
Originally posted by Ally
Yay! Congrats! Do they have an estimated completion date?
Usually takes about 6 weeks ... you might be in by xmas
not yet no, speaking to my mortgage broker tonight who is getting two quotes for good solicitors he knows to see which one to go with. So hopefully get an Agreement in Principle and two forms of ID/Address to the estate agents by tomorrow
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whitter45
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quote:
Originally posted by Tom J
quote:
Originally posted by Ally
Yay! Congrats! Do they have an estimated completion date?
Usually takes about 6 weeks ... you might be in by xmas
not yet no, speaking to my mortgage broker tonight who is getting two quotes for good solicitors he knows to see which one to go with. So hopefully get an Agreement in Principle and two forms of ID/Address to the estate agents by tomorrow
6 weeks is pushing it especially with the run up to christmas
Personally I would get christmas out the way first and start in January afreash
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Aaron
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Welcome to the most stressful time of you life
*holds out hand to shake*
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AK
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Mav - folk offer under asking price in scotland....
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mav
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aye but very rarely get it...The norm is offers over or fixed price.
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Tom J
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quote:
Originally posted by Aj.
Welcome to the most stressful time of you life
*holds out hand to shake*
tell me about it, been hard enough pleasing both sets of rents 
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