Owning your own home

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Howard in reply to @Dramatic_Hammer
Honestly the boat is too far out the harbour for that. He's made an offer, the survey has come back, there's some costs associated with the property and for that there are some rough quotes, but the vendor has said 'nah' when a further discount has been asked for.

Options right now:
- tell them what your final offer for the property is, which should more than initial offer minus 'putting right' costs, but not so much more that you feel like a mug, and not so much less than initial offer that you will make the vendor feel like they've been mugged.
- press eject button
- go quiet, hope they come crawling back
- pony up

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Dramatic_Hammer in reply to @Howard

Yes and no, I reckon there's still space to push for a calm compromise without going nuclear 'final offer' on them. Anyone coming in with £18k of 'necessary' work when it's a lived in house is going to cause a scene initially.

On another note, I finally reported the slight smell of gas outside our house and now we have been cut off whilst they install a new feed. Even more inconveniently, a water main in the area has burst so we have no water either!

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