Making an offer for an exciting new holiday rental property

We went to view a property at 16 Nether Craigwell, Edinburgh in mid January 2007. It was on the market at an "offers over" price, but quickly went to a "fixed price" as the owners neared the date when they had to move out. We felt we knew how much we wanted to pay, but having made our offer the owners were not prepared to accept it. It took a few weeks of going back and forth, and many long discussions between Sandy and I and our proposed lenders, but eventually on Thursday 22 February 2007 we made a conditional offer which was accepted.

Now all we've got to do is sell Sandcastle-in-the-City! It's a great apartment and we've owned it since August 2001. We've kept it really well maintained and have done lots to it to keep it functional and attractive to our guests. So we're sure that we'll find a buyer quickly and we'll be all set to start our business afresh in our new property. We're very excited about it.