{"id":11478,"date":"2016-04-27T13:00:05","date_gmt":"2016-04-27T06:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/i-haggled-over-a-desirable-maisonette-and-won-but-its-a-hollow-victory\/"},"modified":"2016-04-27T13:16:00","modified_gmt":"2016-04-27T06:16:00","slug":"i-haggled-over-a-desirable-maisonette-and-won-but-its-a-hollow-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/i-haggled-over-a-desirable-maisonette-and-won-but-its-a-hollow-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"I haggled over a desirable maisonette and won \u2026 but it's a hollow victory"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nPlaying hardball didn\u2019t work, but now I am told that even when the vendor has accepted the offer the estate agent can still send higher offers They say you have a feeling or you just know when you have found the place you want to call home. Stepping into a one-bed maisonette a few miles from Southampton\u2019s city centre, in one of its more desirable suburbs, I came the closest yet to that sensation. It had recently been refurbished and the \u00a3140,000 price was slightly less than my budget of \u00a3146,000. With green space nearby and good transport links it was desirable, more so because it was close to my work.I\u2019d made offers several times before \u2013 with one flat I was put off after stumbling on a Facebook residents\u2019 association page showing major damp and security issues. The same happened with a flat I was close to buying around Christmas, but Googling the address saved me. Another with time management fees of \u00a31,550 a year put me off a property. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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