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I feel like they led us to think it was something the vendors would be more receptive too.
Yeah this is the standard way of doing things but ultimately the EA works for the seller and if the seller is saying they won’t negotiate the EA will report this back to you.
Take control. Tell them what your revised offer is for the house based on what you now know. Make it clear that anything beyond that is extremely difficult to consider.
This tells them two things:
- you understand the process
- your new offer is very, very near to the figure you will accept - so there is small wiggle room, enough so that there’s a possibility of you both feeling like you got what you wanted.
They have your telephone number.
- you understand the process
Howard
The damp specialists are a reputable company we've used before in this house, when the estate agent offered a damp report by them at no cost it seemed sensible.
Their works only adds up to about £3,000 including an estimate for a roofer they'd subcontract, and the damp removal just involves investigating where the DPC hasn't worked/has broken down on one section of wall, and fixing a gutter causing damp elsewhere, so that's not our main concern really.
The thing that annoys me is that they have said they recognise the house needs rewiring - which we didn't know before we made the offer - but they don't see why this has made us concerned.
Another thing that annoys me is that the estate agent made it clear before we made an offer that offers were subject to survey, and then when we sent them the report they said they would speak to the vendors about a reduction before we even mentioned one. I feel like they led us to think it was something the vendors would be more receptive too. Maybe we were just asking for too much off.