@yo-its-me saidCurrently going through this and it has destroyed me to be honest. We lost a buyer at the end of last year and are about to lose our current buyer because of something picked up by the buyer's solicitor. (A previous owner had altered the property without consent from the freeholder and was something we didn't picked up when we purchased the property). Financially it will be a huge blow, but due to my Achilles heel (insomnia) it has broken me.
It's so much more straight forward in Scotland.
We've just had our offer accepted on a house. For the third time we start the long journey of fees, anxiety and stress wondering if the sale will end with contracts signed or not.
Anyone else had this with the housing in England?
Hope in your case it is third time lucky. Most sales do go through so the law of averages is on your side.
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@badradger saidI smell BS.
only once paid the asking price not including our first which was a new buildthe bungalow we are in now i got 15K under still think i could have got more off.that was 5 years back, my son had issuse with the two he bought near northampton one last year the chain snapped twice.
@ghost-of-a-duke saidSounds brutal Ghost. Sorry to hear that.
Currently going through this and it has destroyed me to be honest. We lost a buyer at the end of last year and are about to lose our current buyer because of something picked up by the buyer's solicitor. (A previous owner had altered the property without consent from the freeholder and was something we didn't picked up when we purchased the property). Financially it ...[text shortened]... n your case it is third time lucky. Most sales do go through so the law of averages is on your side.
@ghost-of-a-duke saidI feel very sorry for your present situation. I'm sure it will work out, things always do given enough time. Good luck.
Currently going through this and it has destroyed me to be honest. We lost a buyer at the end of last year and are about to lose our current buyer because of something picked up by the buyer's solicitor. (A previous owner had altered the property without consent from the freeholder and was something we didn't picked up when we purchased the property). Financially it ...[text shortened]... n your case it is third time lucky. Most sales do go through so the law of averages is on your side.
@yo-its-me saidI consciously opted out of all this kind of thing 30+ years ago and, instead, travelled the world before ~ eventually ~ building my own house on a piece of land with cash. There are no doubt many other 'anxieties in England' that I have sidestepped.
It's so much more straight forward in Scotland.
We've just had our offer accepted on a house. For the third time we start the long journey of fees, anxiety and stress wondering if the sale will end with contracts signed or not.
Anyone else had this with the housing in England?
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@yo-its-me saidGot to confess that I was one of those awful people. I dropped out of 2 purchases when I was looking for my first house as I didn't really know what I wanted. The estate agent told me he wouldn’t let me see any more of his houses. I ended up buying a house because my sister said it was nice but it was still the wrong place for me.
It's so much more straight forward in Scotland.
We've just had our offer accepted on a house. For the third time we start the long journey of fees, anxiety and stress wondering if the sale will end with contracts signed or not.
Anyone else had this with the housing in England?
I’m always browsing online at country cottages for sale. Find it really relaxing.
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My auntie died at the beginning of covid. I was the executor of her will. I thought her house would go up for £150k and I would have accepted £110k. It needed in my opinion £100k spending on it. The estate agent valued it at £240k. In your dreams I thought. But it went up at that price and I got an offer within a week for £235k (no chain) which I instructed them to accept.
Things were very strange during covid.