Lost out to a lower offer but cash buyer.
I can see this being an expensive long winded process where by we can't compete with such methods.
So few houses that we like.
Makes me wonder if its better to emigrate
Sorry to hear that.
I do know that feeling though, we spent about 18 months looking at dozens of houses and very few ticked our boxes.
We did have a stroke of luck with our current house that we weren't the highest offer, but because we were FTB and without a chain, the vendors were happy to accept our offer.