After a year on the market we have finally sold our flat but the house we wanted to buy just hasn't happened. The vendors were happy with the price but wouldn't accept it formally until they had an offer accepted on something they wanted to buy. We had over a week of back and forth before it became apparent that they were expecting us to wait however long until they found a property whether that was weeks or
months. Tbh I really didn't trust them after all that not to then pull out even if they did find somewhere.
Our buyer is putting pressure on for us to commit to a date of exchange.
We've been to see everything else on the market and of the two potential houses we liked, one had such small bedrooms that we couldn't even fit a bed and bedside cabinets in the master let alone a wardrobe. The other one backs onto a main road and the garden is north facing although the house is actually great (hubby really doesn't want to buy it due to the main road).
We can't extend our search any further due to childcare so I think we're stuck with going for a middle house and moving again ??
Renting isn't really an option as we are planning to port our existing mortgage as its on a ridiculous interest rate and will save us hundreds of pounds a month but we can only do that for three months after we sell ours.
I feel completely trapped. Nothing is likely to come on the market at this time of year and we've been looking for 8 months for a property while trying to sell our flat. Looking for a detached house is so hard here as they so rarely come up.
I think I'm going to try canvassing. Has anyone done this before and how would you word things on the leaflet to let people know you're serious?
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Finally sold our flat and nothing to buy
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Scattymum101 · 29/10/2015 08:17
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