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funny auctioneers

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  • #52
    vintagecosmos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 851 ✭✭✭vintagecosmos


    Not to be too scenical, well ok I will be. A buddy of mine last year put in a low ball offer. I think around 400 for something that was prices at 485k or there abouts. Estate agent said no way he already had 2 offers at 450K. So that was the end of it for my bud.

    Then 3 weeks later EA calls and asks if the offer of 400 was firm...

    Im sure this is a rare occasion, but just pointing out, that stranger things have happened. So you never know....


  • #53
    silver2020
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,045 ✭✭✭silver2020


    vintagecosmos wrote: »
    Not to be too scenical, well ok I will be. A buddy of mine last year put in a low ball offer. I think around 400 for something that was prices at 485k or there abouts. Estate agent said no way he already had 2 offers at 450K. So that was the end of it for my bud.

    Then 3 weeks later EA calls and asks if the offer of 400 was firm...

    Im sure this is a rare occasion, but just pointing out, that stranger things have happened. So you never know....

    I'd be very sceptical of believing stories like these. Many people including friends and even family like to regale others on some bargain, or how they won something.

    Very rarely is it true and any decent agent would have reduced the price online first to see if there were takers.

    The only exception is a receiver sale and the receiver wanting a quick cash sale because there are issues with title. But they normally go to auction


    So I'd be very sceptical of what your buddy is saying - you can check how truthful he was by checking property price register


  • #54
    vintagecosmos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 851 ✭✭✭vintagecosmos


    silver2020 wrote: »
    I'd be very sceptical of believing stories like these. Many people including friends and even family like to regale others on some bargain, or how they won something.

    Very rarely is it true and any decent agent would have reduced the price online first to see if there were takers.

    The only exception is a receiver sale and the receiver wanting a quick cash sale because there are issues with title. But they normally go to auction


    So I'd be very sceptical of what your buddy is saying - you can check how truthful he was by checking property price register

    I can confirm its true. He said no in the end. House sold for less than asking after a while more.on the market. I know what you are saying though. Another buddy said they got a place for nothing as they were so savvy with negotiation. Turns out they didn't know about the PPR and just made a tit of themselves :)


  • #55
    Mad_maxx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,503 ✭✭✭✭Mad_maxx


    so my mother ended up the winning bid on the house

    365 k including contents

    the 370 k bidders needed another three weeks to provide mortgage approval , vendor asked if my mother would pay 365k and we said Yes if contents were included

    one of my sisters decided to chip in as well so a good conclusion as while other houses available , none so convenient in so many different ways for a person over seventy


  • #56
    Claw Hammer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,293 ✭✭✭Claw Hammer


    Mad_maxx wrote: »
    s

    the 370 k bidders needed another three weeks to provide mortgage approval ,

    How do you know that?


  • #57
    vintagecosmos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 851 ✭✭✭vintagecosmos


    Mad_maxx wrote: »
    so my mother ended up the winning bid on the house

    365 k including contents

    the 370 k bidders needed another three weeks to provide mortgage approval , vendor asked if my mother would pay 365k and we said Yes if contents were included

    one of my sisters decided to chip in as well so a good conclusion as while other houses available , none so convenient in so many different ways for a person over seventy

    Fair play. All the best ðŸ‘


  • #58
    Mad_maxx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,503 ✭✭✭✭Mad_maxx


    Claw Hammer wrote: »
    How do you know that?

    thats what EA said


  • #59
    Mad_maxx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,503 ✭✭✭✭Mad_maxx


    had a surveyor carry out an inspection on the house which my mother is trying to buy yesterday

    a few breaches which are relatively easy to put right but one which is not

    the floor to ceiling heights upstairs are only 2350 mm where as the minimum height to meet regulations is 2400 mm

    my mother is a cash buyer so not an issue , however , if a buyer were a mortgage purchaser , would a breach like this prevent mortgage approval by a lender ?

    its about future resale considerations


  • #60
    whatever76
    Registered Users Posts: 1,021 ✭✭✭whatever76


    Mad_maxx wrote: »
    had a surveyor carry out an inspection on the house which my mother is trying to buy yesterday

    a few breaches which are relatively easy to put right but one which is not

    the floor to ceiling heights upstairs are only 2350 mm where as the minimum height to meet regulations is 2400 mm

    my mother is a cash buyer so not an issue , however , if a buyer were a mortgage purchaser , would a breach like this prevent mortgage approval by a lender ?

    its about future resale considerations

    Yep - Id think about this one carefully. I backed away from a house last year with same issue of compliance - Engineer would not have signed off ; and as you say further down line if you ever wanted to sell again - same issue would pop again .


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  • #61
    Claw Hammer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,293 ✭✭✭Claw Hammer


    Mad_maxx wrote: »
    thats what EA said

    The "funny EA" who got you up from €325k to €365k?


  • #62
    Mad_maxx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,503 ✭✭✭✭Mad_maxx


    Claw Hammer wrote: »
    The "funny EA" who got you up from €325k to €365k?

    well it was hardly the funny claw hammer who makes hilarious cheap shots ?


  • #63
    ted1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,650 ✭✭✭✭ted1


    whatever76 wrote: »
    Yep - Id think about this one carefully. I backed away from a house last year with same issue of compliance - Engineer would not have signed off ; and as you say further down line if you ever wanted to sell again - same issue would pop again .

    You don’t need an engineer to sign off.


  • #64
    Claw Hammer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,293 ✭✭✭Claw Hammer


    Mad_maxx wrote: »
    well it was hardly the funny claw hammer who makes hilarious cheap shots ?

    That EA certainly knows his job. Gets you up 40K on a dodgy house and makes you think you've got a bargain at the same time.


  • #65
    Mad_maxx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,503 ✭✭✭✭Mad_maxx


    Claw Hammer wrote: »
    That EA certainly knows his job. Gets you up 40K on a dodgy house and makes you think you've got a bargain at the same time.

    who said it was a " he " ?


  • #66
    Claw Hammer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,293 ✭✭✭Claw Hammer


    Mad_maxx wrote: »
    who said it was a " he " ?
    INTERPRETATION ACT 2005
    Gender.

    (i) A word importing the masculine gender shall be read as also importing the feminine gender;


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  • #67
    vintagecosmos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 851 ✭✭✭vintagecosmos


    Mad_maxx wrote: »
    who said it was a " he " ?

    Dont feed the troll...:rolleyes:


  • #68
    Graham
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 17,642 Mod ✭✭✭✭Graham


    Mod Note

    Claw Hammer, improve the standard of your posts or stop posting.


  • #69
    Mad_maxx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,503 ✭✭✭✭Mad_maxx


    Graham wrote: »
    Mod Note

    Claw Hammer, improve the standard of your posts or stop posting.

    ah sure we are all friends here ? , i never take anything i read online to heart

    seriously though , the EA is a female


  • #70
    Mad_maxx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,503 ✭✭✭✭Mad_maxx


    vintagecosmos wrote: »
    Dont feed the troll...:rolleyes:

    no trolling here i assure you


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