A offer was made on my property, which was below asking price. I accepted, knowing the property needed some works doing, and planning permissions are in place for various building works. Since then, the buyer has had a mortgage approved, and now won’t exchange until I accept a further price reduction along with a full building survey. I accepted this reduction, very reluctantly, because the previous reduction was costed into the accepted offer. It now seems, the EA doesn’t want me to be present when the survey takes place, because it’s “awkward”, and could jeopardise the sale. They’ve also told me this survey will only take one hour in total, which doesn’t seem to ring true when I compare building survey lengths on google.
Is it appropriate for me to stay away? Should I make it clear no further reductions will be accepted? Is a survey even taking place? Thanks in advance.
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Louisa1962 · 14/01/2020 16:22
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