[wind_magic]

Agree on listening to the surveyor and asking the surveyor for price advice. One time I was buying a piece of property and I had it appraised before I bought it and the appraiser told me it was only worth half what I was going to offer. I didn't really believe him, but paper in hand I made an offer slightly below what he thought it was worth, and in the end the price settled out at about what he thought it would. I was surprised. Turned out that property in the area really was a lot less pricey than I had been lead to believe. That said, I don't think it's a bad thing, really, to end up paying more than something is "worth" if it's worth it to you. But not a lot more.