DEAR ANDREW, I HAVE RECENTLY OPENED A WEBISTE IN SCOTLAND WWW.FIXED-PRICE-HOMES.CO.UK FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SELL OR BUY PROPERTY FOR A FIXED PRICE. THIS ACTION WAS TAKEN BECAUSE BOTH MY DAUGHTERS MISSED OUT ON THEIR PREFEERED PROPERTIES BECAUSE OF THE DREADED OFFERS OVER SYSTEM. I WONDERED WHAT YOU THOUGHT OF THE IDEA? AND DO YOU THINK YOU COULD PROMOTE IT ON YOUR SHOW. YOU MAY THINK IT IS A CHEEK, BUT I HAVE SUNK ALL MY SAVINGS TIME AND EFFORT INTO THE SITE AND REALLY WANT IT TO WORK, NOT TO MAKE A FORTUNE FAR FROM IT, TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO SELL AND BUY HOMES WITHOUT ALL THE HEARTACHE. MY CHILDREN TOLD ME I SHOULD HAVE CONTACTED TRINNY AND SUSANNA INSTEAD AS I AM A GRANNY AND NEED ALL THE HELP I CAN GET. HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU

Then why are house prices cheaper in Scotland?

If you understand the system, why can you not 'play the game' like everyone else is doing?

Isn't it just the old 'Dutch Auction' system?



lee

I actually had a conversation with a local EA last week (I'm in Scotland BTW).. and my question was this:-

"Why do we have the "offers over" situation.....supposing I KNOW what I NEED to purchase my next house... why can't I just put my house on at a fixed price????" ....I was told "oh no, you don't want to do that because that smacks of "desperation" and/or "there's something wrong with the house" So basically, the EAs encourage the "offers over" situation, but my gut feeling would be that, like in alot of cases in Scotland, you've probably bought before you've sold, so you know what you "need" to achieve to get your next house. The "offers over" is just a way of fuelling the house prices IMHO!! Oooooh not like me to pontificate, but it's something I feel quite strongly about!!

... and I must add that you CAN put it on at a fixed price (after all, it's your house that you're selling), there's no law against it, it's just that the EAs wouldn't advise it!!!