today dominated with moving house. have engaged services of an estate agent. A friend of mine suggested that we asked them to do a deal on commission – we are not good at haggling, but in a half hearted doomed to failure way chris tried. it worked! well, some anyway, from 1.5 to 1.35, but if we sell at 215 asking, that saves us about 300 – SO WELL DONE THAT MAN!!!
Also trying to arrange viewings at the other end. you would have thought that people whos house has been on the market would be desperate for viewings, but no! 1 off market, one having a 10 day break to tidy house [ we said as travelling over 100 miles, and staying for 2 days to view, we really don't care if it is untidy, as can see through that, but to no avail], so prob wont be buying that one.
also, which house to buy?? one is on v limit of affordability, but nice amount of land. 2 are also on limit, but on market so long, will try to haggle down to more acceptable place! 3 nicely within budget. All have some real positive feature, and some negatives. All of them are nice, and can see us happy in all of them. ho hum. I leave all my decisiveness at work.
box room gradually being tamed. loads of chris stuff in boxes for him to sort. he’s painting kitchen ceiling at moment, as photos of house being taken on wed.
nursery day for SB. BB fed, slept and smiled!
Comission still sounds a bit high to me- we put our house on the market in Jan (2001) ang got a special offer of 0.75%, although, as we didnt get it in writing and didnt check the small print when it came thru, (so many other things to think about, this can easily be overlooked, so be warned), we ended up paying 1%, the difference of the price of a dishwasher, I seem to remember! Well, maybe these things change and are regional, but its worth checking the small print, anyway, if youve got a special deal verbally. Anyway, are you a glutton for punishment moving with a small baby? Actually, I had a 4 month old then…why do we do it to ourselves?
commission seems fairly standard here of 1.5%, only one agent offered lower, but much less prominent, and we need to sell quickly.
yeah, new baby, new house, new job – had to get job while looked like mountain, and do 8 weeks of new job in cambridgeshire with chris and sb in leeds before mat leave – truly stressful! job restarts may, so no choice! true madness
You’re leaving W yorks:( I’m sure it’ll all work out OK- good luck
must admit, v sad to leave w yorks, have become an adopted yorkshire woman. also, no hills in cambs!! Job at Jimmies would have had me jumping out of windows though, so had to look elsewhere, and cambs job really nice
There are hills. Some are over 30 metres high……
Now we have started properly, just want to get a new house and move.