House Buying Question

[Beigg]

Our realtor said the largest adjustment a seller has accepted that he has seen has been $5,000.
Would you ask for $7-8,000 off and settle with getting $3-5,000 off?

Opinions?

Couldn't hurt to propose the concessions/considerations. If declined; Based on the current agreed deal the house seems to be undervalued to comparable neighborhood homes. This is also assuming the appraised value is talking the same language.

[Chris Hansen]

Hard to say. 7-8k off a 100k house is a lot. 7-8k off a 450k house isn't asking much.

[wrath]

If the issues weren't expensive then they would have fixed them already. All of those things are lazy/neglect/poor people problems. The harder you look the more you'll find.

[WhiteHawk]

Don't be afraid to walk away. Dry rot around window would scare the hell out of me!

-Geoff

[Jaggirl02]

If the issues weren't expensive then they would have fixed them already. All of those things are lazy/neglect/poor people problems. The harder you look the more you'll find.

This inspector is also a builder, he knows his stuff. He gave us a range on what each issue may cost. I don't think it's possible to find anything else than what this guy found. He was there for 4 hours and looked at EVERYTHING.

Lazy or just unaware, yes. Poor, no.

[Jaggirl02]

We weren't willing to walk away from this house unless there was something MAJORLY wrong. The location is perfect and we love the house/yard.
We adjusted our offer price by $7500 with an explanation of why, we should be hearing back this morning.

[ultradriver10000]

We weren't willing to walk away from this house unless there was something MAJORLY wrong. The location is perfect and we love the house/yard.
We adjusted our offer price by $7500 with an explanation of why, we should be hearing back this morning.

Good Luck!!

[AutoRoc]

Strong move! Get that house Jaggirl02!

[WhiteHawk]

Good luck! Don't you work for a builder now too? That definitely helps. I can't even find contractors to come over and give me quotes lately, and the ones I do, are double or triple what I would expect.

-Geoff

[Jaggirl02]

Good luck! Don't you work for a builder now too? That definitely helps. I can't even find contractors to come over and give me quotes lately, and the ones I do, are double or triple what I would expect.

-Geoff

I do.
Let me know if you'd like us to come give you an estimate for something.