Owning your own home

It's tempting in those circumstances to tell the agent to fuck off and die in a ditch isn't it?

House buying is such disgusting price-gouging fuckery, but I imagine if I'm ever in a position to sell I'd want the top price, so...

Estate agents being cunt, shock horror. Tell them to fuck off.

Stow Bros?

Ha we had a watered down version of this, on a flat that had been up for sale on and off for 4 years. On actual viewing they used all the lines 'hurry up please, more people coming soon', we have had other interest and won't enterain anything below asking', the owner has asked us not to show you this room for privacy reasons (turns out it was empty they just didn't want us to see it).
Actual prev tenant was in the flat at the time and just rolled their eyes.
Went away for a tea, came back 45 mins later and tapped the door, existing tenant happy to welcome us in and show us around properly. Apparently they'd been in for 2 years and there had been not a single viewing in that time lol.
Made offer 5k below asking and was accepted quickly. That was this year too. Place was habitable, we've made it much worse while we properly rewire, reheat, rewater, plaster, vent chim's correctly, replace window units, tonnes of small jobs like making the front door do basic tasks such as open, close and lock. Actual structure is good, we knew it would be 6 months work and currently going really well.
Bargains/correctly priced housing DOES exist, you just have to wade through 19 tonnes of shit to get to it. And be lucky, and shift your expectations and just be lucky again.