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To want to take vengeance on the horrible cow who is buying our house

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pennyapples · 15/10/2013 13:20

she has waited until two days before we are due to exchange to decide she isnt prepared to pay what she had offered, she's reducing the price and we have had to go with it because we are so far committed.

The estate agent shared her reaction, she was basically laughing at us. Clear she planned all along this last move.

Feel gutted and a bit shocked that somebody can have no morals whatsoever. I know it's business but honestly what a cow.

Should let it go of course but just consumed by anger at present and keen to trash the place before she moves in. Bad idea though right?

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Bowlersarm · 15/10/2013 13:21

How much has she reduced her offer by?

Would you be able to call her bluff and re market if she doesn't go ahead at the agreed price?

bigbrick · 15/10/2013 13:22

Don't accept this - it's the price you set or no sale

Nancy66 · 15/10/2013 13:22

I fucking HATE it when people do that. Are you sure you have to go along with her? Can't you call her bluff and refuse to reduce the price?

neolara · 15/10/2013 13:23

Call her bluff.

HulaHooperStormTrooper · 15/10/2013 13:23

Call her bluff, she will go through with it. She is just chancing her arm.

How much are we talking?

gamerchick · 15/10/2013 13:23

Call her bluff.. If you're so far commited then so is she.

monkeyfacegrace · 15/10/2013 13:24

Call her bluff! Bloody do it, dont just accept it. Business or no business, id not be walked over like that.

Say no, let her sweat for a few days.

lizzzyyliveson · 15/10/2013 13:24

There is a thread on here somewhere where the buyers reduced the price because they 'didn't like' the carpet and reduced the price so the seller helpfully ripped up the carpet and put it in a skip so they had to move in to bare boards. Is that the sort of vengeance you meant?

homeagain · 15/10/2013 13:24

This happened to my friend. She refused to lower the price and the sale went through anyway.

neolara · 15/10/2013 13:24

In fact, get the estate agent to put your house back on the market immediately. Today if poss. And make sure they let her know. Then wait and see what she does.

wannaBe · 15/10/2013 13:24

call her bluff. i's unlikely she will pull out two days before exchange. she's taking a chance and atm she's winning. tell her to do one.

TheGlovesAreOrf · 15/10/2013 13:25

Have you agreed? Dont agree yet.

BurberryQ · 15/10/2013 13:25

tell her the price is not negotiable - you might have to sweat for a day or two but i am quite sure she will back down.

SoupDragon · 15/10/2013 13:26

Replace all the lightbulbs with blown ones. Where are you? I have a box full waiting to go to recycling!

Dontletthemgetyoudown · 15/10/2013 13:26

Don't agree to it. She obviously thinks she has you over a barrel. You can exact revenge by not agreeing to drop the price.

litdog · 15/10/2013 13:27

I would call her bluff - she has spent a lot on the surveys and legal fees.

Another idea is to put a raw fish under some floorboards or behind the panel on the side of the bath. It will slowly begin to stink.

But I would definitely call her bluff and put the house back on the market at once. She is counting on you NOT doing that.

DontPanicMrMannering · 15/10/2013 13:27

Say no! She'll still go ahead. I couldn't give her this even if it cost me? way too prideful.

Or remove and sell every white good every carpet every plant every light fitting and curtain rail. Every single socket cover, coving, skirting board and door and toilet fitting not specifically named in the contract.

ChaosTrulyReigns · 15/10/2013 13:27

There is something deeply wrong with the Englidh house-buying system thst allows thid sort of ransom yo happen.

honeybeeridiculous · 15/10/2013 13:27

this happened to a friend, call her bluff, apparently it's very common now Angry Don't let her get away with it, my friend rejected the reduction in price and said they would put flat up for sale again, The buyer suddenly offered full amount! Hmm

ifyourehoppyandyouknowit · 15/10/2013 13:28

If you've already agreed I would be hiding some trout in the loft insulation. Take everything that wasn't in the contract - light bulbs, the lot.

goldierocks · 15/10/2013 13:28

Definitely call her bluff..... "Oh what a shame. House costs (add asking price) - you have until 5pm tomorrow to confirm you will pay this amount or it will go back on the market the following morning".

She has NO IDEA that you don't intend to do it!

nipersvest · 15/10/2013 13:29

stand your ground, she's trying it on, this is happening a lot these days with hose sales. are you leaving behind any curtain poles?, ones that are hollow?, take the end off and stuff it with frozen prawns, over time they will defrost and stink.

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pennyapples · 15/10/2013 13:29

Nah we've agreed it, she held all the cards, threatened to pull out in two hours if we didn't agree. She's buy to let so wouldn't have cared, for us it's our first family house where there's nothing else on the Market - we've been searching for a year, can't face going back to scratch. We wanted the house too much.

She reduced by a few thousand, less than 10, but still, it's significant to us. No justification for it. Just a complete cow. Hating her right now.

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MillyONaire · 15/10/2013 13:29

This happened to us back in 2001; I was so upset as we had had the house professionally cleaned (as we bought it from people who had left it a pig sty and wanted our buyers to have a nicer first day) and had champagne and chocolates ready for them. I think we ended up throwing in the previously unincluded white goods rather than reducing the price. It left a very bad taste though and I did not wish them well in their new house and was tempted to leave prawns under the floorboards

WhatWouldFreddieDo · 15/10/2013 13:29

Where are you? Has it taken ages to get an offer? If you're in SE or similar hot spot FGS call her bluff.

Otherwise prawns in the curtain rails, obv. Wink

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