Offer to purchase question

RanzB said:
Or maybe not. Second agent just listed the property.
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If you are really interested
Put in a OTP with a strict time limit for acceptance and signature by the seller
Put in your own concerns to be addressed by the seller

They cant have 2 signed and accepted OTP's
That may force the issue
 
derp90 said:
They're 2.4m. Maybe I'm just used to ones higher than normal?
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That is the standard height from what I recall
You wont get many new places with anything higher unless you really move into the premium bracket

The Height of Rooms
Very few people are taller than 1,8 m (most are shorter), and so room heights generally are set at between 2,1 m and 2,4 m. This doesn't, however, prevent designers making ceilings higher than this, even though it does increase building costs.
 
derp90 said:
They're 2.4m. Maybe I'm just used to ones higher than normal?
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Yeah, mine is 2.8m.
I can *feel* the difference when I visit people with 2.4 ceilings. Especially if they have hanging fixtures, etc.

However I'm sure you can learn to live with it perhaps? By using recessed lighting, higher curtain rails, etc. to kind of give it that higher ceiling feel.
 
TheBadMadMan said:
Yeah, mine is 2.8m.
I can *feel* the difference when I visit people with 2.4 ceilings. Especially if they have hanging fixtures, etc.

However I'm sure you can learn to live with it perhaps? By using recessed lighting, higher curtain rails, etc. to kind of give it that higher ceiling feel.
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Yeah, I've figured out I will always have to compromise on something. Any hanging light would hit my head probably.
 
derp90 said:
I like a house, but it needs a bit of work, and I want to offer quite a bit lower than asking. Is it okay to discuss my offer with an agent before going through the paperwork of the offer, to see if the seller is likely to accept?

I don't want to waste my time offering if they will just reject it.
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I agree with the sentiment that agents will try to push the price higher as they are paid commission (and thus earn more when the price is higher).

Agents I would say are on the seller's side.
 
TheBadMadMan said:
Yeah, mine is 2.8m.
I can *feel* the difference when I visit people with 2.4 ceilings. Especially if they have hanging fixtures, etc.

However I'm sure you can learn to live with it perhaps? By using recessed lighting, higher curtain rails, etc. to kind of give it that higher ceiling feel.
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My house that I sold a month ago had the 2.8m ceilings. Buyers loved it and it was always the firs thing they commented on. It was also what made my decision to buy it easier. It looks and feels great.
 
ebendl said:
I agree with the sentiment that agents will try to push the price higher as they are paid commission (and thus earn more when the price is higher).

Agents I would say are on the seller's side.
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This is a sellers market, so agents have lost a lot of their bargaining power when it comes to commission.

I think most are on between 5% and 7% now.

I listed my house privately, but the agents descended like locusts.

So I let them also market my house, but I fixed their commission at R80k on my property that I sold for R2.5bar

I also refused to sign a Sole Mandate.

I had 5 agents that ALL accepted those terms.

Eventually I sold my house Privately anyway so paid zero commission...best feeling ever.
 
MightyQuin said:
My house that I sold a month ago had the 2.8m ceilings. Buyers loved it and it was always the firs thing they commented on. It was also what made my decision to buy it easier. It looks and feels great.
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I think it might also be something taller people immediately notice; a crushing presence above your head.
 
MightyQuin said:
This is a sellers market, so agents have lost a lot of their bargaining power when it comes to commission.

I think most are on between 5% and 7% now.

I listed my house privately, but the agents descended like locusts.

So I let them also market my house, but I fixed their commission at R80k on my property that I sold for R2.5bar

I also refused to sign a Sole Mandate.

I had 5 agents that ALL accepted those terms.

Eventually I sold my house Privately anyway so paid zero commission...best feeling ever.
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How many viewings did you have with the agents.
 
beefymoocow said:
How many viewings did you have with the agents.
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Shitloads. The agents in my area have been hounding me for 3 years to sell my house.

The one had 12 viewings and the other 9. The rest 4,5,6 or there about. It was driving me crazy, all these people walking through my house and talking kak. Of course with a multitude of BS offers, which I just laughed at.

Sold my house within 3 weeks from listing. Full price.
 
How do I get an account off my name after I sold my place? It was registered on the new owner's name in December, but I'm still getting accounts sent to me from City of Tshwane. The call centre doesn't bloody answer and no one replies to the email addresses they supply.
 
TofuMofu said:
How do I get an account off my name after I sold my place? It was registered on the new owner's name in December, but I'm still getting accounts sent to me from City of Tshwane. The call centre doesn't bloody answer and no one replies to the email addresses they supply.
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Go into the council’s office with the transfer document as proof you are not the current owner
 
zerocool2009 said:
Go into the council’s office with the transfer document as proof you are not the current owner
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I live in Cape Town...

I eventually got through to someone on the customer care line, who told me to go to their offices or wait for the new owner to register it on his name. He clearly has no rush. Does this affect me in any way if HIS account runs up? I've sent an email with proof of transfer to [email protected] as requested, but more than that I cannot do.
 
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