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Counter argument.
If the survey doesnt throw up anything major, I don't think you should renegotiate based on standard home maintenance needs. If you want perfect, buy a new build and enjoy running through snagging.
Question, do people negotiate on new builds or just accept the asking price?
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New builds in Berlin you're probably in a position to negotiate right now. If I had the money for one of the projects I kinda like I'd definitely try 10% off.
Stuff that would have been sold before building started 2/3 years ago is now unsold when almost completed. Prices for new stuff here are still insane while old stuff has calmed down and you even see price reductions on things online. -
I know Redrow didn't accept offers but were usually willing to chuck in bunch of stuff like carpets/turf and might be willing to pay your LTT.
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Question, do people negotiate on new builds or just accept the asking price?
People negotiate. I bought a new build in 2001 and the person who bought the mirror image next door got a much better deal. They also sold for more later. Apparently I'm ahit at that kind of thing and they are good at it
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I don't think it's always that straight forward though.
Sure people might know their property, and that there's nothing major. But as a new buyer how do you know what's 'just routine', and also what's the cumulative total? If all buyers knew there was say £15k cumulatively of routine maintenance upfront would they have made the offers they did?
Let's take this case as an eg. Sounds like the purchaser was trying it on for routine maintenance, right?
But whatshischops has basically said that there is actually a damp problem. And the solution is what?
... ripping the floor up, smashing out a load of concrete, stripping the wall back to the tanking, redo the floor, redo the tanking, replaster the wall, repaint?
What's the hive's finger in the air quote for that work?
So actually the survey probably flagged damp that isn't routine maintenance.
Happy to be corrected if I'm missing something.
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Agree about the survey, the way I look at it is that anything that is obvious then you can’t ask for a discount!? if it needs carpeting/flooring/new boiler/windows etc then it takes one look to know this. You knew what you were offering on.
If the survey reveals a dodgy chimney removal/sagging purlins etc then that’s an entirely different matter.Not had any chancers myself but they would have that explained to them if they tried it on.
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I'm going to be contrary and say that they're probably asking what is reasonable, it's just everyone else has become ridiculously numb to the process.
Imagine spending whatever it is you spend on a home that basically ties up all your money costs a fuck load to sell on, and only looking at it once!
It's fucking batshit.
But yet somehow it's an unreasonable request.