Strategy for selling a house - what is the best way to proceed?

We’ve been through that too. Bought land 500 km away, planned a new build, sold the house and are currently living in an interim solution. We sold our house 6 months before the fixed moving date and had to be at the new place by a certain date. With children, a direct move is obviously better, no question. We are also struggling with the restrictions of an apartment, but at least we are on site and can be there within a few minutes if a problem arises. I don’t want the construction manager of the general contractor or anyone else to make decisions for me when things need to happen quickly. With the first house, there were so many things we noticed that they didn’t care about and would have just done as they thought, e.g. placing pots for light fittings wrongly because they measured incorrectly, which we noticed before the concrete ceiling was poured. That’s why we are accepting everything with the apartment now, grit our teeth, and look forward even more to when it’s finally ready.

I felt the same as you; as soon as the decision to move was made, I only thought and planned ahead. Still, the farewell was painful in the end.

For our buyers, the bank also sent an appraiser. The reason was that the financed amount had exceeded a certain threshold and they wanted to secure the equivalent value. It took maybe 1.5-2 weeks until the result was available and he received the financing documents. Only then could we go to the notary.

Our buyers also had an appraiser sent by the bank. The reason was that the financed amount exceeded a certain level and they wanted to secure the corresponding value. It took about 1.5-2 weeks until the result was available and he received the financing documents. Only then could we go to the notary.

Did he then create his own valuation report for securing the corresponding value, including everything that is usually done in an appraisal?

Or how does that work?

Did he then create his own appraisal for collateral valuation, including everything that is usually done in an appraisal?

Or how does that work?

We did not get to see that, the bank is his client, they want to know what they are lending for and whether the price is realistic. He wrote something for the bank, but it cannot have been very thorough or comprehensive. He was only briefly in the house, took 2 photos from the outside, and left again. The whole thing did not take 10 minutes.

We were not shown that the bank is his client, they wanted to know what the loan was for and whether the price was realistic. He wrote something for the bank, but it couldn't have been very thorough or extensive. He was only briefly in the house, took 2 photos from outside, and left again. The whole thing didn't take more than 10 minutes.

Ah ok, I thought he would basically "take the whole house apart" :)

Thank you very much for the information.

Ah ok, I thought he would basically "take the whole house apart" :) Thank you very much for the info.

You're welcome! We also thought he would look everywhere and want to know everything. We had even scheduled the appointment so that we would both be there. But that's really ridiculous...

Ah ok, I thought they would basically "tear apart" the whole house then :)

Thank you very much for the info.

We had something like that after the construction for our own lending bank.
I was a bit apprehensive about it too. In the end, a very nice lady came with a camera, who said she had to take a photo of every room (we didn’t have to put anything away specially – it was shortly after we moved in), then she came into the kitchen and said, "THAT. IS. AMAZING." – that made us swell with a bit of pride – and after 5 minutes of chit-chat about the exploding construction prices, she was gone again. After that, I never heard anything about it again, I assume it was fine that way.