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Viewed a couple of places in E17 over the weekend. Asking prices seem to have increased by about 5% since pre-COVID and while I don't know if sellers are actually getting that for them, it doesn't seem to be putting off potential buyers. One property was a "2 bed" flat, with a second bedroom not big enough to fit a bed. 450k OIEO and apparently a viewing every 10 minutes between 9.30 and 2.
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Signed up for a Komoot Premium trial, and completely forgot about it because I don't think I ever used any of the features (it doesn't add much). Just been charged £60 for a year's subscription, and despite sending a very nicely worded email (IMO), they're essentially saying 'tough'. Anyone know of any loopholes or regulations I could use to get out of it? I want my £60 back...
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Yeah we have been looking around there as well. E11 pretty much on par with E17 though, if not more expensive - especially the closer you get to Leytonstone station and Bushwood. We've seen a couple of places closer to Forest Gate that we quite like, but our issue is that houses there are cheaper than they would be in E17, but not quite cheap enough for us, unless they're teeny and then we'd rather just have a flat. And there aren't as many flats there as in E17.
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Yeah I can only assume that one buyer just said 'fuck it' and went all in. Surely in that scenario, you run the risk of the mortgage lender disputing the value and not lending enough? Is there any way of finding out how much a property actually sold for?
As I say, it was quite nice and had a big garden. But the 2nd bedroom was internal, like a cheap cabin on a cruise ship. So I hope whoever bought it also budgeted for vitamin D supplements.
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The one we made the offer on pre-Covid was listed on the Thursday for 400k OIEO, we viewed on Saturday (with a constant stream of other people) and offered 400k, it sold on Monday morning for 450k+. It was nice, but not that nice...
Asking the question because we're now in a position to start looking again, with an offer our current place. But I don't want to waste time viewing properties that are listed within budget, but will realistically end up selling for more than we can afford. If that makes sense.
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When a property in E17 is listed as "£x OIEO", can that be translated as "The property is valued at x+10% but we want to lure in as many viewings as possible to create an inflated sense of demand"?
Any advice on what level to go in at with a first offer in that scenario? Before the shit hit the fan and we shelved everything for a bit, we put an offer in of 400k on a flat listed at 400k OIEO. It apparently sold for 'more than' 450k.
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Bought these from the ridiculous TriUK sale but unfortunately, they're a bit too big for me. Will cost me to return them, so thought I'd see if anyone is interested in taking them off me for what I paid: £65. They're brand new, in the box. Have had one foot slid into them for a total of about 10 seconds.
Cheapest I can find online is £150 so they're a bargain if they fit you. Collection from Stratford E15. Don't want to post as then I might as well just return them.
Photo to show colour, which they call "Mud/Caramel". I would call it "green".

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Yep, bingo.
That's interesting to hear though. We had been expecting to have to go in above asking ("OIEO") but sounds like that's maybe not the case. One of the agents even told us that based on a budget of 450, we should be looking for places listed around 430 OIEO.