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Three hours after completion still in my house

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Twatarse · 24/11/2021 17:21

As the title.

Completed at 2pm.

No keys. Agents frantically calling vendors. They are still packing the van. Agent and solicitor tell them in no uncertain terms that they do not own the property anymore and are now breaking the law.

An hour and a half passes and they drop the keys off with the agent.

Phew, we think, they are all gone. So we pick up the keys and drive to the property - they are still there and the house is still full. I mean full - could still see paintings on the wall in the lounge, hallway and kitchen filled with boxes, appliances.

Get a sob story of how they have been at work all day (completion date hardly comes as a fucking surprise, maybe take the day off as we did?)

I tell them that they no longer own the properly, me and my husband do, and that actually, we could legally walk in and lock the doors, “you couldn’t” came the reply - I don’t know what planet some people live on.

Called the agent who was like, What?! Solicitor aghast too. Our solicitor have contacted thieves saying that yep, we’ll just lock them out if we chose to and charge them to remove their properly.

I didn’t go in and lock the doors, I’m not that much of a prick even though it’s now my property and they are trespassing. My 15 month old was knackered in the back of the car.

Back at home now, thankfully only 5 mins down the road and thank god in a rented house so no massive deal tonight although removals booked for 9am.

I’m so pissed off. We’ve had a really awful few months, I’ve got a close relative in hospital, Ive been fighting for a diagnosis for them, I’ve been ill myself.

Why are people such dicks?

OP posts:
DancingQueen85 · 24/11/2021 18:57

Why are you so pissed off if you have a rental property to stay in? They absolutely shouldn't have done this but it sounds like it isn't much of an inconvenience to you, so why stress about it

Killerqueen2244 · 24/11/2021 18:58

I really wish there was something that could be done about this, especially with such serious implications with the insurance.

Our sellers didn’t move out on the day- same excuse as PP’s. They had hired a woefully small van to do multiple trips and had so much stuff to take. I then had to spend the next day cleaning cause they had left it in an absolute shit tip.

Worst thing they left was a whopping great lathe in the garage. What goes through these peoples minds!?!?

drpet49 · 24/11/2021 19:00

@DancingQueen85 are you for real?

Sobeyondthehills · 24/11/2021 19:01

@Soldoutinyoursize

I would assume something had gone very wrong from them today. Go stay in a hotel for the night & tell them you'll be back at 10am.
Why should the OP suck up the costs for a hotel?

She is lucky she still has a place, but the only people that should be moving heaven and earth to get out of her house are the old owners and if its gone wrong for them, they should be paying to stay in a hotel

DancingQueen85 · 24/11/2021 19:02

@drpet49
Unless I have misunderstood the OP's situation they have somewhere to stay tonight. Not sure what the point of getting stressed out by it is. Wait for them to move out. They've behaved badly but not really much you can do about it

EileenGC · 24/11/2021 19:03

I would assume something had gone very wrong from them today.

It doesn’t sound like they had an emergency. It sounds like they didn’t start packing early enough.

I’ve moved an awful lot throughout my childhood and I currently do international moves every 2-3 years (self-organised, not through my employer, so I have to do it all in a myriad of languages I don’t even speak sometimes).

My parents had one golden rule for moving I’ve adopted: everything is packed up the night before. This means you start at least a week before you move. On the last evening, the only things not in a box should be:

  • mattresses
  • a change of clothes
  • cot / diapers / baby stuff
  • one toilet roll and a hand towel
  • one kitchen roll and a tea towel

Sandwiches ready for breakfast and one empty suitcase for PJs and all the above to go into, as you leave the property. It is not that difficult.

It’s disrespectful to keep people waiting because you couldn’t get your crap together and out of the house on time.

EileenGC · 24/11/2021 19:06

@DancingQueen85

Why are you so pissed off if you have a rental property to stay in? They absolutely shouldn't have done this but it sounds like it isn't much of an inconvenience to you, so why stress about it
So when you go on holiday, you’d have no problem with strangers occupying your property for a few days? For free? You’re staying somewhere else so surely this is not an issue for you?

Are you for real? The OP owns the house now, she can do whatever she likes with it but it’s her property. Those people need to leave because it’s not theirs anymore. If they had gotten organised in advance, they would also have somewhere to stay tonight.

SavoyCabbage · 24/11/2021 19:07

[quote DancingQueen85]@drpet49
Unless I have misunderstood the OP's situation they have somewhere to stay tonight. Not sure what the point of getting stressed out by it is. Wait for them to move out. They've behaved badly but not really much you can do about it [/quote]
You definitely have misunderstood the situation. It’s not about where to sleep. It’s about buildings insurance, contents insurance and squatting. This isn’t Trumpton. It’s real life,

BoredZelda · 24/11/2021 19:10

You aren’t moving in til tomorrow? I’m not sure why you spent all day worrying about it. Sure they hold have moved out but they actually haven’t inconvenienced you, have they?

mantlepiece · 24/11/2021 19:10

[quote DancingQueen85]@drpet49
Unless I have misunderstood the OP's situation they have somewhere to stay tonight. Not sure what the point of getting stressed out by it is. Wait for them to move out. They've behaved badly but not really much you can do about it [/quote]
For the posters wondering what goes through these types of people’s minds.

This poster seems to be one of these people.

They know you can’t do anything about it seems to be the bottom line!

Clymene · 24/11/2021 19:10

There was a thread about this a few months ago. I found it astonishing how many people felt it was okay to stay in a house they'd sold because it was slightly inconvenient to them to move out

BoredZelda · 24/11/2021 19:13

It’s about buildings insurance, contents insurance and squatting

Nonsense. The OP’s contents are still in her house. The property is covered for buildings insurance even though the OP isn’t physically in it. And sure, if they are squatting, it’s a civil matter and the OP can start proceedings to remove them.

stevalnamechanger · 24/11/2021 19:13

Reminds me for my next move I will be turning Up with a locksmith !

EileenGC · 24/11/2021 19:13

@BoredZelda

You aren’t moving in til tomorrow? I’m not sure why you spent all day worrying about it. Sure they hold have moved out but they actually haven’t inconvenienced you, have they?
Maybe because it’s her house and she doesn’t want other people in it.

Maybe because they were planning to start moving some stuff over already.

Maybe because she’s worried her insurance and mortgage are currently invalid.

Maybe because, again, it’s her house.

TrufflesAndToast · 24/11/2021 19:15

It’s easy to say from a distance ‘I would do xxxx’ and I know you have a lot on your plates but I don’t think you’re doing anyone any favours letting them get away with this. People behave outrageously until someone stops them. Are you not worried about the legal implications of someone occupying your house without permission?! It’s highly likely that your home insurance is invalid tonight….is that not a terrifying thought to you?! I know it would have been a very hard situation to deal with but I’m quite shocked that you have just left them to it. You really should have forced them out tonight regardless of what effect it has on them. If your house burns down tonight you will still be liable for the mortgage!! This is an exceptionally serious situation and one where being nice or taking the easy option (for tonight) could be a huge, huge mistake. I really hope your DH is going round there to make camp until they leave - you are insanely foolish to allow this.

Gilmorehill · 24/11/2021 19:16

We moved recently. The buyer’s movers turned up at 11 and camped out on our front garden. They kept looking in the house. Our movers finished shortly after. We sat in the car waiting outside our old house. At about 12.30, agent called saying the buyer called claiming the funds had cleared. We said we needed confirmation from our solicitor- reasonable enough? We kept calling our solicitor. This was about 1. Then the buyer showed up on his moped and kept riding up and down in front of the house staring at us in the car. It was very rude - we weren’t even in the house any more! Buyer started nagging agent who said we were in the right not to give keys. We heard at 2 everything had gone through. Dh said they were probably in a hurry to get unpacked Hmm. I later heard the house remained empty for over a week as they were staying at her dps. Why behave like that especially in those circumstances? I wanted to take back the bottle of champagne we’d left!

TrufflesAndToast · 24/11/2021 19:17

Oh and even if the OP doesn’t actually NEED to be in the property tonight, people like this need teaching a lesson. Allowing people to behave so utterly awfully only encourages them. People need to feel the consequences when they act illegally.

MeridianB · 24/11/2021 19:17

This is a shocker.

There was a poster on here earlier in the year who was the dawdling vendor, surprised that the new owners turned up while she was having a leisurely goodbye lunch in the garden with her neighbours, despite not having packed.

Please make sure your solicitor bills theirs for compensation for the time, inconvenience and stress, plus legal costs of billing them.

Itsalmostanaccessory · 24/11/2021 19:19

You need to secure the property and get all the keys back like, now. Your insurance isnt valid right now.

SickAndTiredAgain · 24/11/2021 19:20

@00100001

Why on earth do people leave all/most the packing until the day of the move??? Confused

Surely 95% of it is done a week or so beforehand?? Like the last two days, we're living out of a suitcase. One with clean clothes, one for dirty... All toys, Clothes, kitchen stuff etc is packed...

Because our buyer and her solicitors were all incompetent, when we moved into our house, we found out on the Wednesday that we’d be exchanging and completing on the Friday. This date had been pencilled in, (by the buyer!) a few months earlier and then cancelled by her several weeks before and it had been looking like it would be another couple of months. When we got the short notice date, we agreed to it because I was 36 weeks pregnant and we just needed to move. But we both had work on the Thursday so pretty much didn’t sleep the Wednesday or Thursday night basically hurling things into boxes. And finding anyone with a van to move us at such short notice was a nightmare of course.

And we were still out on time! These people are seriously taking the piss. I’d be tempted to just move myself in anyway. Take a frozen pizza and start making dinner, sit on the floor eating it while staring at them.

DaisyNGO · 24/11/2021 19:20

@MeridianB

This is a shocker.

There was a poster on here earlier in the year who was the dawdling vendor, surprised that the new owners turned up while she was having a leisurely goodbye lunch in the garden with her neighbours, despite not having packed.

Please make sure your solicitor bills theirs for compensation for the time, inconvenience and stress, plus legal costs of billing them.

Oh wow Is that still online?

Hopefully it was a weird joke...

DaisyNGO · 24/11/2021 19:22

@BoredZelda

It’s about buildings insurance, contents insurance and squatting

Nonsense. The OP’s contents are still in her house. The property is covered for buildings insurance even though the OP isn’t physically in it. And sure, if they are squatting, it’s a civil matter and the OP can start proceedings to remove them.

Gosh, that sounds terribly relaxing.
Fredstheteds · 24/11/2021 19:23

We’ve had similar but couple who divorced and mum didn’t want to go. It was a bit unfortunate that we had arranged to show tenants around that afternoon.... still we got there and the tenants had the house too. Change the locks ASAP

DancingQueen85 · 24/11/2021 19:23

An exceptionally serious situation! I think you all need to get some perspective. They have taken too long to move out. They will be gone by the morning and the OP can move in. The chances of anything happening in this period to invalidate your insurance is pretty much zero. It will be fine. Don't waste any more time thinking about it.

Clymene · 24/11/2021 19:23

@BoredZelda

It’s about buildings insurance, contents insurance and squatting

Nonsense. The OP’s contents are still in her house. The property is covered for buildings insurance even though the OP isn’t physically in it. And sure, if they are squatting, it’s a civil matter and the OP can start proceedings to remove them.

It's none of the vendors business when or if the buyers move in. They can bulldoze it if they feel like.

But it's not the vendors house anymore so they need to fuck off.

Can you imagine this happening with anything else you sold?
'Oh I know you've bought my car but I don't think you're going to use it until Tuesday and as it's only Monday I'm just going to sit in it until then.'

Hmm