Cherubium Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 I've been looking for a new build house in North London for a while now. I had this faboulous conversation with an Estate Agent today at a new development in Barnet: Me: ‘So you sold plot one for 1.35million a few weeks ago, why do you want 1.75 million for this identical house?’ Ea:‘It’s not identical, it’s the show home. It comes as a package with all the furniture and wallpaper.’ Me: ‘Isn’t £400,000 a lot of money for two sofas, three beds, some rugs and curtains?’ Ea: ‘It’s the overall ambience. You can just move in and it’s all done. Me: ‘If the decorator charged 20 grand for the wallpapering, that still leaves £380,000 for the furniture.’ Ea: ‘It’s all top quality designer furniture.’ Me: ‘I recognize the bed in the master bedroom from the Ikea catalogue...’ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juvenal Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 I've been looking for a new build house in North London for a while now. I had this faboulous conversation with an Estate Agent today at a new development in Barnet: Me: ‘So you sold plot one for 1.35million a few weeks ago, why do you want 1.75 million for this identical house?’ Ea:‘It’s not identical, it’s the show home. It comes as a package with all the furniture and wallpaper.’ Me: ‘Isn’t £400,000 a lot of money for two sofas, three beds, some rugs and curtains?’ Ea: ‘It’s the overall ambience. You can just move in and it’s all done. Me: ‘If the decorator charged 20 grand for the wallpapering, that still leaves £380,000 for the furniture.’ Ea: ‘It’s all top quality designer furniture.’ Me: ‘I recognize the bed in the master bedroom from the Ikea catalogue...’ These lying EA f***ers have absolutely no shame.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harbour Lad Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 Classic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liveland Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 Sounds so familiar, some of these eas think we are just daft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikhail Liebenstein Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 This post prompted me to look at Barnet on RightMove. Actually it looks pretty cool for a part of London. You can go mental and spend £8m if you have that sort of money, but actually £1m will get you a very good house. So not a bad place, a bit of an eye opener for a Surrey boy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Allegro Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 Hang on though. Show homes all have specially made scaled down furniture to make the place look bigger, so it must cost a pretty penny! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeplyblue Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 (edited) Hang on though. Show homes all have specially made scaled down furniture to make the place look bigger, so it must cost a pretty penny! Nah, they just make you wear these special glasses with fish-eye lenses when you go round! db Edited January 15, 2010 by deeplyblue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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