Anyone on the market?

[holland]

Hi,

Well, this is our third week on the market, and no viewers as yet. We have spent a year renovating the house, for our first estate agent to post it on the internet with the wrong internal photos!! Oh yes, and they put our property up for sale in their shop, without telling us for £5000 more than the asking price!?! Suffice to say we are now with agent 2...fingers crossed.

We are hoping to travel to NZ in November, so we are not panicking at the moment, as people keep saying 'we've loads of time'...I seem to be the only one that thinks its only 20 weeks away!!

Anyone else up for sale pending NZ? Also, are we being realistic thinking we should get sold/packed up for November? What timescales have other people worked to??

J and G x

[bartons]

Hi J and G,

we've put our house on the market last week, so far no major mistakes from the agent (no viewings either).
I think planning for November is pretty generous. If you start sorting things out now you'll have loads of time. Our timescale is more like "We book the flights for the day after completion", so if we get an offer tomorrow and it all proceeds smoothly and quickly, we might be talking four to six weeks here... (And that's without having received the ITA yet - aren't we optimists?!)
We've done loads of sorting out stuff/packing/making lists/getting container quotes etc. already, so even with a timescale of four weeks we'd be happy. In fact the earlier the better - the waiting is the worst bit!
Good luck with the sale!

Mareike

[holland]

Gosh,

You sound very organised!! We are waiting until the weather is better...we figure its going to be difficult enough as it is so we';d rather arrive when the weather is a bit cheerier and hopefully the exchange rate may have altered somewhat!!

I must say we have just returned from a holiday...and its made it more clear to me that Im ready to go, ive only been back at work a week and the pressure is ridiculous...straight back intothe rat race!!

Where abouts in NZ are you interested in? What are you going to do for jobs?

You can PM if you'd prefer

J x

[StevieD]

Good luck back in the UK housing market guys, fingers crossed for you..

[vixxann]

we've been on the market for a month with NO lookers and I'm pulling my hair out.

We want to get to NZ around September time.

[Belmont Babes]

We have been on market for 3 weeks. 4 viewings but no offers. Our move is very dependant on a sale and we are looking at the Autumn (UK) to make the move. I hope we all get the sales we need soon

[John Z]

Just make sure that your part of the (selling)job is covered well. Then it is pointless to worry, then it is only a matter of time. And don't forget to live meanwhile.

John Z

[Maggiepie]

Well, our house is on the market since September, 2006. Now with agent #2 for about 2 weeks, 3 showings, no offer. Our house is in Vancouver Washington (near Portland Oregon). We have an eco-friendly house with panoramic view of the Cascade Mountain range ( Hood, St Helen etc.). Doesn't matter, market is S...L...O...W....

Good luck to all.

[bartons]

Hi J,

no, we're not organized, we're far too over-organized: our police certificates will run out in 3 weeks, and we still haven't got the ITA yet (although at least it's "decision successful" by now).
We got a job offer in the Bay of Islands but have more or less decided on Dunedin (bit far for commuting unfortunately...). OH is a carpenter so it shouldn't be too difficult to find a job down there - and I'll hopefully work from home (Broadband permitting...).
What about you?

Oh, and our first viewing is tomorrow - I'm embarrassed how stressful I find this house selling business.
Mareike

[Andy-Dee]

We have 2 viewings this weekend - so wish us luck!