Buying our first house

Mardybum said:
That's reassuring..... Hopefully she will come back with an acceptance of £130,000. A 3 bed exactly the same on the other end of the street (without south facing garden but a bigger garden backing onto woodland) was on for £130,000 and sold for £127,000 a few months ago....... I just don't get her logic. We think its because she had a solid European pipi oak kitchen and a villeroy & boch bathroom installed 5 years ago so she is wanting more because of this to try and recoup some of the money she's spent. But I said were not buying it because of the fitting, it's bricks and mortar at the end if the day with a bit if land. Yes the house was decorated nicely, but we would change most of it anyway as we prefer a bit of colour rather than plain whites/creams etc.
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Without wanting to scare you.... the place we're now living in was up for £200K, we offered just under £190K but eventually agreed on £193.5K (which I was more than happy with tbh) but the couple we were buying from were separated and when we were trying to exchange, Mr was getting all snotty with their agent saying they'd undersold the house and was threatening not to exchange....... as well as threatening not to exchange unless he got full custody of the kids and more money from his ex :cuckoo:

Thankfully it got resolved but my advice would be find out the reasons for the sale and even if it's an "amicable separation" give it some serious consideration!
 
Mardybum said:
Anyone else ever come across the "offers in excess of" situation when buying a house?
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Very common in Scotland, where it's usually expressed as "Offers Over". Prospective buyers submit their offers to the seller's solicitor by the closing date, and a binding contract comes into force when the seller accepts.
 
Might be able to offer some help as well if you dont mind posting the link to the property from rightmove?

Can have a very quick/general glance at the pics and point out bits that you may or may not have noticed?
 
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