That’s what I am trying to do for the last 2-3 months, the market is slow, not many visits, I also have decreased the price of my flat. During this time, we were negotiating the sale of another house, and it was sold. It’s amazing how quickly they disappear.
That’s exactly the point. Coordinating the sale of my flat with the purchase of the house hasn’t been easy at all; opportunities just disappear, and all that’s left are houses right next to the noisy roads, too expensive, and so on.
Yes, but it’s clear that the owner of the place he wants to buy isn’t interested (so it seems) in moving out until another 18 months. I suspect there’s not many people eager to buy a place with an 18 month timeline.
Aside from that, if you NEED to sell your own place before reliably being able to commit to another place then the answer is clear anyway, and - in general - it’s wise to not ‘fall in love’ too much with a place.
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The agreement is that as soon as I sell the apartment, he has two months to move out. I agree with you, it’s a deadly combination of “falling in love” and FOMO 
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Aha, OK, that’s OK then. You can sell your place with e.g. a 4 months time before you move out. THis gives you 2 months overlap to move out/in.
If you can’t sell your place within 18 months then there is an issue… either a price issue or another issue. I can certainly sympathize with the situation as things rarely line up perfectly in life.
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Hahaha, no.
This would have to be a very attractive deal otherwise. And if I can’t get the bank to give a mortgage for that, I would be quite apparently stretched too thin. I don’t know your full circumstances, but this seems irrational.
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Red flag. If you are currently already disappointed with the turnout on visits of your appartment or offers on it, I would expect to have to cut some of the price during the negociations to meet an interested buyer at a price where they’d be willing to think they’re having a good deal and to close the deal. I would always want to have some leeway between the listed price and the price I’m actually willing to sell my asset for.
It’s possible you are trying to extract too much out of your current appartment. I’d come up with an alternative way of financing or change my plans.
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Then you know already what you, yourself, are thinking of this endeavour. Falling in love and FOMO give a good thrill. I would personally avoid betting the bank on it.
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Thank you all for your comments, you may also vote 
Decisions that can lead to regrets either way should not be outsourced. 
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Then Reddit and forums wouldn’t exist.
Yes, I was too optimistic about my apartment. The biggest problem is its location on a main street. With the windows closed, you can’t hear any noise, but some people want to live in a small city without hearing buses go by during the day. I will probably have to lower my price by 20-50k or just keep my apartment and forget about the house.
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