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To think there should be a fine for vendors pulling out of a property buy/sell process last minute?

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BrokenCookies · 29/10/2024 08:19

Just had this happen. Pregnant, strung along for months, collapsed a sizable chain because a couple of immature children think it's acceptable to pull out the day of exchange. I'm broken hearted, wasted all my money and savings and I have never felt so much hatred for two strangers. From speaking to the agent they have no genuine reason, just playing a bit of a game with us all I guess. How is this legal? It is the cruelest thing anyone has ever done to my family and I don't want to start it all again but now I have to with way less money. We had spent months getting our house ready for them as their first home, deep cleaning, painting, repairing.. turns out they never deserved any of it. It's really knocked me and I have no faith in anything now or people but I have to just get on with it :(

Yanbu - there should be a fine to stop this from being possible after a certain point.
Yabu - it's okay for people to do this.

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sakura06 · 29/10/2024 08:24

It happened to us too but then we found a much better place for us as a family and are really happy there, so fingers crossed it works out that way for you as well.

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BrokenCookies · 29/10/2024 08:23

Rocksaltrita · 29/10/2024 08:21

Also had the same. Should be illegal. In France there’s a 10% deposit/penalty system if you pull out. Should be the same here.

This would be so much better, only serious buyers would then come forwards.

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BrokenCookies · 29/10/2024 08:23

TheLightSideOfTheMoon · 29/10/2024 08:21

Children aren’t allowed to sell houses.

What do you mean?

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BrokenCookies · 29/10/2024 08:22

FiloPasty · 29/10/2024 08:20

We’ve had the same op and you have my sympathy, we did end up with something better in the end so fingers crossed for you x

Thank you so much for replying. This they'd is the only way I can really vent because of the way all the communications are done I was just left with knowing they had pulled out ( although the agent was disgusted with them too ) and that's that. It almost seems cowardly. We had someone else pull out before whose mother had fallen ill and never in a million years did I blame them but this is different. Why let it get to this point? I'm glad you found something better. How did you get back on the horse so to speak? I can't stop crying :(

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Rocksaltrita · 29/10/2024 08:21

Also had the same. Should be illegal. In France there’s a 10% deposit/penalty system if you pull out. Should be the same here.

TheLightSideOfTheMoon · 29/10/2024 08:21

Children aren’t allowed to sell houses.

FiloPasty · 29/10/2024 08:20

We’ve had the same op and you have my sympathy, we did end up with something better in the end so fingers crossed for you x

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