u/bongjour8008

An update from this post a couple of days ago.

I offered $410, agent asked for $420, I said $415 is my best offer and it was accepted. I could have offered lower considering how long the place has been on the market for, but I am pretty happy with the price to be honest and proud of myself. I think $415 for a two bedder in Brunswick is pretty good.

Contracts were signed Thursday, B&P booked for yesterday, confirmed with myself and the agent. I showed up to be there for 20min as I wanted to see the place again, inspector was there and we were having a good chit chat and thought, where the hell is the agent? He called her, she answered, he asked how far away she was. She proceeded to swear, saying “fuck I’m such a fucking idiot I forgot fuck I’m an idiot I didn’t realise it was confirmed”… both the inspector and I were utterly bamboozled at how unprofessional she was. It was unhinged. She kept trying to ask the inspector to stay there so she could be there in 45min. He was very firm that he has another job after and I want to be at the inspection and had to leave soon. She continued to swear etc etc and we ended up agreeing to Monday instead.

After the phone call ended the inspector said he has never encountered such an unprofessional real estate agent and that she was completely bullshitting because automated confirmation text AND emails are sent out. He could not believe what had happened and I was extremely angry and frustrated as I’d planned my day around the inspection and just wanted to know for sure whether there were any major defects that would require me to pull out of the sale. Inspector thinks she may have been trying to drag it out beyond the cooling off period or she didn’t want me there lol.

Naturally I panicked about this because I do not trust this woman to show up on Monday, but my broker reassured me that because my offer was conditional (subject to finance and B&P) I can still pull out even if the cooling off period lapses (can anyone confirm this?).

Anyway, once again it has confirmed that the reason this place has been on the market for so long is the utterly incompetent moronic agent. Even the inspector said he’s inspected several apartments in the building before and that they are well built and he doesn’t anticipate any major issues. I have researched thoroughly for a month and I cannot find anything that is off-putting aside from the agent and her behaviour and false advertising of the property. It is hard to not let it get to me when buying my first home is already a stressful experience. I wish she were not making it worse!!!! Does this warrant a complaint to the REIV once everything is settled?

I’m a FHB and I’ve just put a (lowball) offer on a 2br partner in writing to the agent yesterday afternoon. Been on the market since August, advertised with photos of a totally different unit, agent is really really pushy and weird (didn’t want me to inspect a second time)(I’ve done my due diligence and inspected a second time as well as inspecting the underground area without the agent, speaking to people on the OC, etc). Advertised as $450k, I’ve offered $410k to begin with as it’s been on the market with no interest for ages, needs a re-paint and flooring I’ve done as well as shower re done, splashback re done and kitchen tiles eventually as some are cracked. I’ve also factored in possible future strata levies. The agent has been trying to push me into buying it initially and appeared to plant a pretend interested buyer during my initial inspection of the place (I think this because she mentioned how she’d already sent the contract to this woman on 4 occasions during a 15min inspection lol). But I know there’s minimal interest as when I went to get the contract reviewed by my conveyancer, my conveyancer noticed the OC certificate was old (September) and the agent had to contact the vendor’s legal rep to obtain an updated contract. So that means no one’s asked for the contract this new year so I doubt there are any serious buyers. Anyway, I’m happy to negotiate up to $430k max, and I’ve put in my offer that I’d prefer email contact so I can fully consider everything (but mainly because the agent is extremely pressurey and intense and it stresses me tf out). What should I expect throughout this process? Leaving me hanging for a few days to try induce fear and panic so I offer higher or call her? Help