Having looked at it again, devoid of furniture and thought more about the layout and what I want/need, I think I'm more inclined to leave it be and if I come back in 6 months and it's still there, then I might bother lowballing. Essentially, I'm not in love with it and I think it should be more like 20% less then their asking price, not 5% so I'm quite prepared to wait and find something else.
Sounds like it’s just the first round of negotiations, I wouldn’t give you my ‘real’ minimum in the first conversation. It they go 5% down without you even asking, there is a chance they would go to 15 %
Yeah, I assume as much, but like I said I'm less interested in it now. There's a couple of other places that have some advantages over this one and I'm in a position to wait, build up a bigger deposit and maybe look elsewhere.
Having looked at it again, devoid of furniture and thought more about the layout and what I want/need, I think I'm more inclined to leave it be and if I come back in 6 months and it's still there, then I might bother lowballing. Essentially, I'm not in love with it and I think it should be more like 20% less then their asking price, not 5% so I'm quite prepared to wait and find something else.