I have long coveted the neighbours place, a rather dilapidated villa on a very nice piece of land. Have been itching for two years to rip out their kitchen, rearrange their bathroom, finish off their downstairs area and build a stable block in the front paddock.
This afternoon they came over to tell us they were renting it out and going elsewhere as it was too far from town for them. I made them an instant offer to buy it. Husband went slightly pale but I was spot on with the price as a Real Estate Agent had just told them that it should be marketted at 20 thousand more than I offered, so realistically I offered them the best price they are likely to get (and full price if you consider that they won't have to pay commission if they sell now to us).
The male of the partnership would have taken it, the wife won't - she wants to keep it - but over a glass of wine she told me that I would love the view from their bedroom window in the morning and what room would make a good office.
Think positive that they will accept my rather precipitous offer once they have had a think about it.
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That thought of renting had crossed my mind but that house needs some serious finishing and a fair bit of maintenance and I doubt I could live in it too long without getting frustrated about not being able to do things to it. And they happen to have mentioned that they want an exorbitant amount of rent cos they are a little overmortgaged...
And this is the first house where we haven't had much to do and we really have sort of run out of improvements to make without spending more money than it is worth so we're getting a bit bored now. The neighbours we can potentially add about 150K of value by spending 50K (and a bit of labour). I actually just want the land - it is the best block round here by miles - good shape, nearly all hayable, some flat some rolling, some good shelterbelts, potentially really easy to get a central race system in place, has just been neglected for a fair few years.
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