7 Mar 07 Under Offer
Matt viewed the flat today and we made an offer on the spot, for full asking price! The agent called the vendor immediately and she was very pleased, but further viewings had been scheduled after ours that were too soon to cancel.
We got a call later in the afternoon that two more offers had been made, but Mr Agent liked us and recommended to the vendor that she accept our offer… which she did! All scheduled viewings have now been cancelled and the flat is essentially off the market.
It has seriously paid off to scour new property listings every 24 hours (for the past three months), as this one was listed only yesterday around noon. Big time score for us!
The listing:
Set within this quiet gated mews development is this extremley well presented two bedroom, two bathroom apartment located in a very desirable location. Arranged on the first floor and with views over the parkland and Hawksmoor church, interest will be high. The living area is wonderfully bright with four double glazed multi pane sash windows overlooking the park land area, The kitchen is open plan to the living room and is modern and fully equipped, there are two bedrooms the master being en-suite and main bathroom. The property profits from laminated wood flooring to the main reception and hallway and is in excellent decorative order. The property comes with a secure parking space and is walking distance to Brick Lane only 5 minutes away.
A whole lot of stuff happens next of course, but mostly it involves handing cash to various people. Our agent recommended a solicitor that we might go with.
But we found a great deal! And in the general area we wanted, too. We should be moved in by mid-May if all goes according to plan.
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Congratulations to the both of you, it looks like a really nice place, love the windows!!
Hopefully you can get in to take a few pictures of the other rooms, so we can view the other areas.
Now the fun starts, Good Luck! Enjoy the experience!
Lots of Love, Mom
Comment by Carolyn Jones — March 7, 2007 #
Congratulations Tiffany and Matt! What a wonderfully bright room. Now the fun really begins….we wish you the best.
Take care
Lynda & Henry
Comment by Lynda & Henry — March 8, 2007 #
hooray! HUGE congrats to you both!
that floor looks perfect for me to crash on. ;))
Comment by `jen — March 10, 2007 #
Congratulations to you both!! …Your patience paid off…Looks like a great location….Love Dad
Comment by Dad — March 12, 2007 #
Welcome to “The Club” Guys!
So happy to see that things are working out and that you’ll soon be settled. Too long since we last spoke - its my turn to call…I’ll try later on this week!
The place looks beautiful - can’t wait to see it in person someday…:)
B. (only Matt can call me that!)
Comment by Chadwick & Camille — March 13, 2007 #
Thanks everybody! We’re looking forward to the real fun part - moving in. Hopefully we can do that by the end of April, since the flat is currently vacant. Paperwork can take up to eight weeks though.
There will be no need to crash on the floor! We’ll have the extra bedroom and, well, an Aerobed for the time being :)
Comment by Tiffany — March 13, 2007 #
Very, very nice… Beats the graveyard! There was a news expose on London flats that we saw. It featured a flat that you could touch one wall of the living room and with the other arm, touch the adjacent wall. The plumbing was rusty. It looked an absolute disaster. This place was going for the equiv of $400,000 CNDm and this was an apartment in London. Wow. Looks like a wonderful find. I’ll try to return your call on the weekend!
Seanna
Comment by Seanna — March 15, 2007 #
Hey this IS the flat overlooking the cemetery!! Bodies are not actually buried there anymore, which would be a bit undesirable :) I wouldn’t want to be cooking dinner and look out on a fresh dig! Headstones indicate most burials took place in the 1700s.
And we know about that teeny flat in Chelsea. Single car garages sell for more than that, on occasion people have paid as high as £600,000 (1.4million CDN)…. !!
Comment by Tiffany — March 18, 2007 #
The old graveyards that I’ve seen in London are so pretty. Sorry for such a late post.
Congrats you two!
missin ya
Comment by Erin — April 6, 2007 #