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Well what a crazy week it's been. Monday got the survey back and found out the house we were loving was in fact a disaster, Tuesday we spent reevaluating where we could move to within budget and was looking at some really dodgy areas. Viewed one place in creepy Crawley of all places. I don't mind some areas but this house was in a rough area. Kitchen was amazing, brand new in fact but the rest of the place needed a lot doing and for £310k was no way worth it for location. Sadly this seems to be the case, we can't find anything in our budget with 3 decent size rooms and nice enough to live in until we do it up.
Then late Tuesday we saw something back in our original search area of Eastbourne and it had 4 bedrooms, bi-fold doors in an extended ground floor and loft conversion. For £275,000 we wandered what the catch was... Viewed it yesterday evening and made an offer of £270,000 didn't hear anything all morning today and then got a call, offer rejected, went up 2,500 and they accepted.
So the extension is immaculate and the 1st floor with 3 bedrooms is all good, the loft conversion is mostly done but has some cosmetic changes required. The entrance hallway needs work and the first flight of stairs needs a carpet. The actual kitchen before the extension needs work too. New tiles, cabinets and the island needs the same treatment.
But for less than asking price and well within budget we're shocked we managed to find another property within 3 days.
Then late Tuesday we saw something back in our original search area of Eastbourne and it had 4 bedrooms, bi-fold doors in an extended ground floor and loft conversion. For £275,000 we wandered what the catch was... Viewed it yesterday evening and made an offer of £270,000 didn't hear anything all morning today and then got a call, offer rejected, went up 2,500 and they accepted.
So the extension is immaculate and the 1st floor with 3 bedrooms is all good, the loft conversion is mostly done but has some cosmetic changes required. The entrance hallway needs work and the first flight of stairs needs a carpet. The actual kitchen before the extension needs work too. New tiles, cabinets and the island needs the same treatment.
But for less than asking price and well within budget we're shocked we managed to find another property within 3 days.