shooomer wrote:How much % over asking price do you need to bid on a single garage?
Depends very much on location.
If it is central enough to be used by New Town offices/businesses, then you're going to have to pay way over the odds.
I once bid on a double garage in Learmonth, and I missed it by £65K!!
It sold for £90k back in 2003. It had been offers over 18k.
I reckon if it is further out, then a single garage will go for about £15-£20k.
If you look at the possible rental returns that you'd get for a garage, then much over £15k makes the purchase illogical.
You'd never make a decent enough return to warrant the capital outlay.
(I have an excel spreadsheet I made up with various interest rate scenarios, to illustrate this if you are interested?)
Because of this I have been renting a lock-up, and console myself in the knowledge that buying would have been a bigger waste of money.
Hope this helps
