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This smells like bullshit to me
Hah, yeah. It kinda is. Little to none of the value is based purely on the zone of the place is it? It's about location, convenience, quality, opportunity etc. Just formally reject it. Or reply with we can't accept, but happy to hear sensible offers... Wouldn't even mention their reasoning.
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We made a counter offer of 2.4% off, they came back with one 4.5% off. It's close enough that we can do what we want to do but it doesn't leave anywhere to go if they decide to get arsey about something or the survey throws up an issue. Also wondering whether we should take it and run before Brexit kicks in. Spoken to plenty of people offering well under and holding off on stuff to see what happens...
Dramatic_Hammer
We've had a tentative offer a fair bit lower than asking, justified by 'mortgage company says your house is in zone 3, not zone 2'.
This smells like bullshit to me - it's 5 mins walk from hackney wick station (zone 2) and west of the Lea navigation/QEOP. Added to that I can't even find a proper Zone map for geography, only unofficial estimated overlays. Is this likely to be a private map used by the mortgage provider? Worth trying to get the buyer to debate it with them?