some might know am moving house reason being the school i want to send the bairn... its been on the cards since he was born we have done our homework and followed the market closely anyway mine got valued yesterday wor lass said he was there for 20 minutes looking around and making notes he then came downstairs and told her that the house was stunning how good our taste was blah-blah but it was difficult to price as they didnt come up very often so he would have to price it inline with the next street now bearing in mind mines a very big 5 bed 2 bathroom terrace the next street are 3 bed semi's so he priced it 20k less then we expected am glad i wasnt there tbh second man came today and was blowing away and it seemed genuine..... said it was the best property he had seen in the last 4-5 years and actually priced it at 10 grand more then we thought we would get so 30k difference when i showed him the previous quote and he burst out laughing i know i still need to sell it yet but feeling a lot happier then i did yesterday
mothers just sold a 2bed bungalow last month was on the market for 14 months not bad knick good location 3 valuations all were very different, £299,950 274,950 269,950 due to them having nothing to compare to as it was the only bungalow in the road so they said unique !! OK It went on the market at 1st for 274,950 she was open to offers also as just wanted a sale half way down the line threw it on at 249,950 then sold last month for £225,000 in this current climate do you get a true valuation especially if there is nothing to compare it to the advice to give from what i`ve seen with a few people is make sure you get the price right at the begining.... harder said than done though .... good luck with it all sean hope it goes well for you in this shitty market could you not hold out a little longer or has the market settled by you ?
I ve had the same sort of experience, but mine was a £50.000 difference for a flat I used to own. These days though Sean, you ll be lucky to sell it at any price, because the banks are nt lending like they used, and you ll need to find a decent buyer, which are far and few between these days(ie ones with a decent deposit). Round my way now, houses that would have easily sold 5 years ago, arent selling for £30-40,000 less tha nthey were selling for then..
av got plenty of time the bairns only 19 months old.... from its competition on the net and bearing in mind we are looking to buy aswell its priced correct, with me to drop the extra 10 in negotiations am only moving 5 minutes away so i know the market well. i will already be compromising on bedrooms and size so and refuse to add say 20k to buy a worse house.... if i dont get that then its the catholic route for the bairn
Zitat von maclufcI ve had the same sort of experience, but mine was a £50.000 difference for a flat I used to own. These days though Sean, you ll be lucky to sell it at any price, because the banks are nt lending like they used, and you ll need to find a decent buyer, which are far and few between these days(ie ones with a decent deposit). Round my way now, houses that would have easily sold 5 years ago, arent selling for £30-40,000 less tha nthey were selling for then..
agreed mac the one 5 doors up was valued at 285 4 years back thats without the loft conversion so mines dropped a good 40k but the house i will be buyings dropped the same.... it should shift as its really a one off but time will tell or its church for me
You've got time on your side then mate, so hopefully you won't have to drop the price down too much (if at all).
Best of luck to you, and the little tyke when he finally starts school. Is it part time at 3 years old? Afternoons or mornings, or just full time at 5 year old?
Put it on the market at what you feel comfortable at, i`m sure you feel its worth more due to the time and effort you`ve put in and its been a good family home for now and still is even if you dont sell it for what you want.... then if its getting tricky go down the catholic schooling route then and see what the markets doing, dont think many people say whats wrong with that why hasn`t it sold anymore cos they all know the markets shit
Zitat von redmond[quote="maclufc"] agreed mac the one 5 doors up was valued at 285 4 years back thats without the loft conversion so mines dropped a good 40k but the house i will be buyings dropped the same.... it should shift as its really a one off but time will tell or its church for me
low house prices are good, especially if you are trading up, as although the percentage is the same the actual monetary drop is higher, different if you re trading down though
Zitat von redmond[quote="maclufc"] agreed mac the one 5 doors up was valued at 285 4 years back thats without the loft conversion so mines dropped a good 40k but the house i will be buyings dropped the same.... it should shift as its really a one off but time will tell or its church for me
low house prices are good, especially if you are trading up, as although the percentage is the same the actual monetary drop is higher, different if you re trading down though
will be spending the same mac maybe adding 10k to keep it below the SD it just costs more where am moving to......the same house there would be early 3,s agreed carl
am looking at 6 grand in fees - stamp duty its a lot of money for working class home owners IMO stamp duty should only be paid if you sold the house in a short time scale say 2 years but the cunts are making to much
Zitat von redmondsome might know am moving house reason being the school i want to send the bairn... its been on the cards since he was born we have done our homework and followed the market closely anyway mine got valued yesterday wor lass said he was there for 20 minutes looking around and making notes he then came downstairs and told her that the house was stunning how good our taste was blah-blah but it was difficult to price as they didnt come up very often so he would have to price it inline with the next street now bearing in mind mines a very big 5 bed 2 bathroom terrace the next street are 3 bed semi's so he priced it 20k less then we expected am glad i wasnt there tbh second man came today and was blowing away and it seemed genuine..... said it was the best property he had seen in the last 4-5 years and actually priced it at 10 grand more then we thought we would get so 30k difference when i showed him the previous quote and he burst out laughing i know i still need to sell it yet but feeling a lot happier then i did yesterday
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prices are all over the place down this way (Bournemouth). Looking to buy a 1/2 bed flat to rent out, they say it's a buyer's market at the moment. I know it's easy for me to say but could you not rent your house out? Change your current mortgage to a but to let using the equity as deposit and buy a new place on interest only until the market levels then at least you've got options with two properties.
Zitat von redmondsome might know am moving house reason being the school i want to send the bairn... its been on the cards since he was born we have done our homework and followed the market closely anyway mine got valued yesterday wor lass said he was there for 20 minutes looking around and making notes he then came downstairs and told her that the house was stunning how good our taste was blah-blah but it was difficult to price as they didnt come up very often so he would have to price it inline with the next street now bearing in mind mines a very big 5 bed 2 bathroom terrace the next street are 3 bed semi's so he priced it 20k less then we expected am glad i wasnt there tbh second man came today and was blowing away and it seemed genuine..... said it was the best property he had seen in the last 4-5 years and actually priced it at 10 grand more then we thought we would get so 30k difference when i showed him the previous quote and he burst out laughing i know i still need to sell it yet but feeling a lot happier then i did yesterday
er anyone want to by a house
prices are all over the place down this way (Bournemouth). Looking to buy a 1/2 bed flat to rent out, they say it's a buyer's market at the moment. I know it's easy for me to say but could you not rent your house out? Change your current mortgage to a but to let using the equity as deposit and buy a new place on interest only until the market levels then at least you've got options with two properties.
av already got a rental property my head would burst renting a 5 bedroom one out
Never worked out the estate agents pricing , i sold my last house and there was 20 grand difference in the valuations , Put it on for what i thought it was worth and sold it in under 2 days , But when i was looking to buy there where stacks of people who where unrealistic because they had been told by the agent it was worth more than it was , hard work to sell a whellie bin atm unles its priced cheap imo, loads of beggars in a buyers market.
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now bearing in mind mines a very big 5 bed 2 bathroom terrace the next street are 3 bed semi's 
so he priced it 20k less then we expected am glad i wasnt there tbh 
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