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"He Rejected My Offer. Months Later, He Came Back £5k Lower" | Property Filter

22 Apr 2026 · 1 min

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In this first‑person anecdote, the speaker describes how they pursued a short‑lease flat that initially seemed uninterested. They added the property to their pipeline, set reminders, and sent regular text check‑ins over several months despite little response. Eventually the owner replied, asking if the speaker’s original cash offer of £140,000 still stood. The speaker agreed to a quick completion within a couple of weeks, and the owner accepted a reduced price of £135,000—£5,000 less than the speaker’s initial low cash offer. The story highlights the value of persistent follow‑up, the leverage of offering a fast closing, and the willingness to negotiate price based on transaction speed.

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I sent a letter to a short lease flat, added it to the pipeline, set reminders to follow up every couple of weeks. Would just send him a text every few weeks just to check in, see how he's doing, even though I could see online that it hadn't sold. After a couple of months, he actually replied to me. Because a lot of the time through when I was texting him, he wouldn't reply, but I was like, I'm still going to text him. And then he replied saying, oh, does your original cash offer still stand? If he wants to buy it, he can have it at £135,000, whereas my original offer was £140,000. We actually agreed a price 5K lower than my original low cash offer, because he said if you can do it in a couple of weeks, I'll accept lower.