Just interested in what MNers would do about this.
In January we agreed to sell our house to our neighbour. We agreed a price. To fund that sale they have to sell another property which they have inherited (they want to buy our house for their MIL to live next door in, not for them to move into).
We were advised by an estate agent that we are not 'proceedable' until our neighbour is, so we've been keeping an eye on the housing market but not really viewing much. We have sadly now found our dream house, and have been told we can't put an offer in.
Since January, our neighbour has had two sales fall through. One early on and one most recently which got to contracts (obviously not exchanged) and then fell through. She now is decorating etc to try and get a new buyer.
We are not desperate to move, but we're also kind of living in limbo - not buying things for the house and not doing much DIY because we're due to move, and it strikes me that this going on for 9 months is quite a time.
However, there is no other house my neighbour could move into (there is no 'other' next door to me) and she has big personal reasons why she wants to. She's lovely, we want to sell to her - but how long do you wait?