Maybe karma does exist...dodgy house seller never got to enjoy his money.

[summerskyblue]

Let me preface this by saying that I am gloating about this. I am just trying to process how I feel about it.

Today I learned that the man who I bought my 'house of horrors' from as a naive first time buyer from has recently died pretty much around the same dates that we were completing/exchanging last year.

He really was awful to deal with when throughout the process, a compulsive liar who left rubbish/furniture everywhere in the house, loft and shed when I moved in (which he refused to clear or pay to have picked up) and who failed to declare issues (boiler had broken down after exchange for, leaky toilet that ended up damaging the ceilings below and many more) that ended up costing me money and stress and led me to literally have a breakdown and caused me so much heartache. My next door neighbour did not like him either as he was always snooping and making her uncomfortable with his comments when she was in her garden.

He was not even that old and in the end never got to enjoy his new house much or the money he got from me.

I know it is not ''charitable' but I can't help but think that karma might be a thing after all...

I wouldn't want to gloat at someone's death personally.

You should be ashamed of this post OP. Gloating at somebody’s death is disgusting and says an awful lot about you..

Jesus Christ

Because you didn’t like the house you bought?

I agree with you OP. Karma.

@summerskyblue I hope you have missed a “not” out

I think OP meant to say ‘not’ gloating.

I think you're within your rights to not wish him well, he ripped you off.Why would she be shedding a tear for this man? Just because he's dead,she should be ashamed for feeling angry with him?
Yeah karma probably did catch up with him.
Evil b

OP wasn’t forced to buy the house. Could’ve easily just walked away from the sale if she was so unhappy about the vendor and the condition of the home.

It’s hardly gloating nor is it karma, that’s when bad shit happens in a future life rather than getting your come uppance in this one.

OP I think I’d use his death as the closing of a chapter maybe you can let go of the resentment over the stress / expense he caused you.

Karma is not your personal tool of revenge, it’s a commonly misunderstood concept

Nah, I get it.
When bad things happen to bad people its quiet justifying(?) I can't think of a word to describe the feeling.

How do you know she could have just walked away?Perhaps she was already knee deep in with the purchase.

Did you intend to include the word not in your first sentence?

I’m currently knee deep in my own purchase and am actually due to complete on Monday. I could 100% still turn around and say that I am no longer going ahead with the sale - in fact I had this very conversation with my solicitor earlier this week as the vendor has delayed things so much by not having the correct paperwork in order plus a previously undisclosed damp issue. Again, if OP was so unhappy then she shouldn’t have bought the house. It’s really that simple.

Perhaps you willfind something terrible in the shed and bags of rubbish after uou move in.That is what the Op said.So not so simple, glad you know the Op so well.

Bad things are one thing actual death is another! So no I disagree someone dying is not justifying or satisfying or whatever word you choose because they didn’t declare things wrong with a house

Freudian slip?

Maybe his behaviour was due to a terminal illness.

I wonder whether anybody will say of you 'Good. I'm glad that she never got to enjoy money/retirement/a fixed house /her husband/children/grandchildren/ cat/whatever. Did you know she was happy that the man she bought that house from died shortly having to deal with? That's karma, you know'?

This^

Sorry op but I think that's a horrible post.

Ever heard the phrase "hurt people hurt people"? You've no way of knowing if this guy was excessively lonely, traumatised, mentally unwell, ill etc. Often people who act badly do it out of their own pain. Not in every case, but in a lot of cases. So no I can't agree with you on this at all.

Which is exactly why I’ve organised a final viewing for tomorrow, before we exchange on Monday. Maybe OP can use this as a lesson to be more prepared and proactive in her next house sale 👍

That the beauty of humanity and us being sentient beings

We can all have our own individual thoughts
Hes dead so he doesn't care.

I personally think its fine.

Anybody with a reading comprehension level above about 7 years old would know she meant “not gloating” and has missed the important “not” out in her typing, surely?
Its obvious from the next sentence.

I agree with this, she doesn't have to feel ashamed of being angry about being treated badly and feeling a bit of shadenfreude when things haven't gone so well for this character.
It's if she feels resentful for years to come then possibly a problem.

Nasty thoughts and post. Odd to be superstitious about the date of his death.

Take responsibility for the decisions you took as the buyer and an adult.

If you believe in karma, it seems a pretty silly idea to write a post like this, that can easily be seen as either gloating, or just really fucking mean. Let's hope it doesn't come back to bite you too.