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Original poster

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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GhostsInSnow · 15/10/2013 18:53

To hell with it, you don't happen to know anyone in the construction industry with access to a bit of TNT do you?

Blow it apart and leave her blueprints, tell her it's the worlds biggest 3D Jigsaw puzzle Grin

Fleta · 15/10/2013 18:56

The sad thing is that whereas the majority of people on here are joking I've known - and acted - in a case where this happened.

My client was the buyer, they dropped the price at the last minute and seller agreed as they wanted a quick sale. Seller proceeded to strip the property bare and vandalise it. Sadly for them my client had been around the property with an architect the week before and got extensive photographs, quite clearly proving with dates what had been vandalised and when. I got my client a settlement that was for more than the seller had lost in the first place. What an idiot!

NicolaSeven · 15/10/2013 18:57

You sound like your mind is made up, but when this happened to us (heavily pregnant, 1 bed flat - the agent had obviously planned it the whole time) we dug our heels in.

A year later, the flat had gone up by 30% due to improvements we'd made and a strong market. I refrained from emailing the buyers, but how I enjoyed telling that shitbag agent he couldn't represent us this time round.

Fleta · 15/10/2013 18:58

housesellerihope - that could go two ways, either scare people off or encourage people who want a pet ghost Grin

extracrunchy · 15/10/2013 19:03

Hide prawns in secret places all over the house. She'll love the smell, come the end of October.

GhostsInSnow · 15/10/2013 19:05

Anyone ever find out if cress in the carpets actually works?

GatoradeMeBitch · 15/10/2013 19:14

Fleta That's why the OP needs to check her contracts and not touch anything that would be included. If carpets aren't included she is within her rights to remove them. If empty bins aren't stipulated she can leave them stuffed full, etc.

PAsSweetOrangeLurve · 15/10/2013 19:19

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Doubletroublemummy2 · 15/10/2013 19:20

Take everthing that is not in writting. Light fittings, plug sockets, carpets, radiators, batth, toilet. If it's not in the agreement, take it!

deepfriedsage · 15/10/2013 19:29

Some posts were obvious jokes and funny. I am sure op won't go through with anything worse than not cleeaning. I am sure op has a hubby happy to skid the toilets between now and completion.

BMW6 · 15/10/2013 19:30

I just wouldn't clean up anything at all from now. In fact would be as messy as possible, without causing actual damage to any fixtures/fittings that have been included in the sale price.

If carpets are to be left as are included in the sale, be subtle......

Most of all, look forward tomyour lovely new home. Karma will bite the ass in the end.....

PAsSweetOrangeLurve · 15/10/2013 19:45

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Ilanthe · 15/10/2013 19:47

We paid full asking price for our house and were incredibly patient while they messed us about but still the vendors left it as described by some people on this thread.

Filthy, loads of broken stuff left behind but otherwise stripped bare. Even the bog roll holder had gone.

Fuckers.

Ragusa · 15/10/2013 19:49

Wow, there are some really uptight people on here :)

PeppiNephrine · 15/10/2013 19:52

no, not uptight. People actually do the things that are mentioned here. And not all of them on the thread were joking.

JohnSnowsTie · 15/10/2013 19:59

Sorry not read the thread and sure something like this will have been suggested - but I know someone this happened to.

By way of revenge they stuffed prawns in all the curtain poles.The new owners eventually had to get Rentokil in to locate the awful stench

Loopylala7 · 15/10/2013 20:01

Accidentally spill some milk on the carpets, and forget to mop it up.

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pennyapples · 15/10/2013 20:03

Okay! People getting cross! Think we should leave it there folks - I conclude I am, and yet am not, BU...

Karma, my daughter's messy approach to learning about finger food, and my husband's arse, will do the job. I'm not risking getting sued by the fucker but an afternoon's fantasising has done me the power of good.

I thank you for being there for me in my hour of misery.

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PAsSweetOrangeLurve · 15/10/2013 20:11

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Fleta · 15/10/2013 20:25

gatorade - I said that up the thread Smile I'm a property lawyer by trade - things like this make me nervous!

edam · 15/10/2013 20:29

Feel for you, it's really rotten when people pull these stunts. Love the idea of revenge via the medium of finger food and dh farts. Grin

Talkinpeace · 15/10/2013 20:29

Fleta
better not tell you about the wrecking party I went to - we took out - and burned - the stairs, then realised some people had left their coats in a bedroom Shock

MillyONaire · 15/10/2013 20:40

Agreed that you want the buyer to know that her oh-so-clever-move to save a few (thousand) quid has been bottom of the barrel. Leave the place unclean and strip as per previous posts but please also leave a note to say your intention had been to leave it sparkling and ready to move into but her terribly bed form left you no option but to be just as pig-ignorant in return!

MillyONaire · 15/10/2013 20:41

Bad form!! not bed form (whatever that is but I'm not sure you and your buyer will ever have any bed form)

scrumpkin · 15/10/2013 20:46

Concrete down the drains. Cow bag!