House purchase vendor nightmare

[OnlyWantsOne]

Arghhhhhh

Made an offer on a house 13th October. Was accepted straight away.

Searches and contracts all done (to the tune of 1k)

Chain all looked good then 2 weeks before Christmas the vendor of the house we are buying pulls out of her onward purchase (for a really trivial reason - some thing she KNEW before she made an offer on it)

Now they have still not found a house to purchase.

Our buyers are getting really pissed off and our land Lords (we are renting a house, the one we live in - and selling one we own) have given us notice to leave.

What the actual fuck. House buying in this country is a shambles!!!!

You might not be letting it go. It makes more sense for her to move into a rental then you, plus if she does she will be a chain free cash buyer so win win.

Your vendor does very flakey Carry on looking now - you never know what you may find.

your vendor is showing all the signs of considering you 'little people' who can be pissed about. (we had one of these in our chain) I wouldn't rule out her pulling out altogether.Hope not - but you could wait 2 months and be no further forward.

get your house sale through and keep looking. There is ALWAYS another house.

Sell sell sell.
You cannot underestimate the value of a committed cash buyer. Your vendor sounds flaky, but it's still worth inconveniencing yourself so as not to lose your buyer.