To go back to this house?

[trapped2019]

We're trying to move house.

I hate where I live.

We've sold ours and found somewhere that we thought was perfect.

Got survey done, arranged removals, almost got to exchange etc. Then we went back for another viewing to measure up.

The vendor was starting to remove fixtures and fittings, things were broken and dirty.

We pulled out.

Since then, we have found nothing else. Nothing.

The vendor of that house put it back on the market and sold it last week.

Would it be even worth our time going back to them?

We could complete in a week and I know the vendor has already bought his new place so is paying two mortgages. He could move much more quickly with us than with his new buyers. Would that count?

I can't sleep for worrying about this. I'm in tears at thought of being trapped in our current home.

Help!

Have only skimmed through the thread.

I understand “renting is dead money” but you are paying for a service. Short term. Needed badly as there are people on drugs outside your house!

Same as a cleaner or a taxi or a decorator. You could do it yourself but sometimes it’s more convenient to pay for the service.

Rent and look for a great place. The house I g market is rubbish anyway, you could make a loss just by buying if you wanted to sell in the first year or two. You’ll be a “first time buyer” if you rent, you’ll be able to move in at leisure, and you’ll be able to sort any nibbles on your new place before living there. Win win win, you just have to pay some rent for six months.

Surely if he was pulling a fast one when you knocked on the door to "measure up" he would tell you it wasn't a convenient time.

Did you go in or look through the windows?

Why would he let you in knowing there was dog shit everywhere?

MonicaGB

How true.

HAMGina

The voice of reason and commonsense, of which there is very little from the OP.

trapped2019
I am sorry that vendor was shady, and tried to pull one over on you. Good thing that you went over when you did.

WTF are you talking about? The OP pulled out of the sale because of issues which could have easily been resolved. Try RTFT.

OP you sound flakey. How can you say Given how badly we've been shafted here! When it was you who pulled out!

Removal of kitchen (if that is indeed what was occurring) and 'collapsing' floor obviously not good but resolved by speaking to solicitors who would ensure sellers would have to make good. Dog shit - get in a team of cleaners, problem solved.

If I was the owner of the house there isn't a chance in hell I would sell to you even if current buyers pulled out. Speaking of whom, I wonder why they have no problems with bits of kitchen missing (if they actually are), collapsed floor and dog shit?

If this constitutes a really desperate situation for you op, then you can count yourself as one of life's unscathed fortunates.

"Surely if he was pulling a fast one when you knocked on the door to "measure up" he would tell you it wasn't a convenient time.

Did you go in or look through the windows?

Why would he let you in knowing there was dog shit everywhere?"

@louise5754 ha ha!

Yes, I'm a crazy stalker hanging round outside the house....

Of course it was a pre-arranged viewing. I was gobsmacked to be honest. I couldn't believe that he would allow me to see it in that state. I certainly would never have done that.

In case anybody is interested, we're not going back to dog shit house. We're just going to keep looking. If our buyers walk, we'll sell it again.

Thank you for those who have been in a similar situation and reassured me that I did the right thing.

For the troll hunters

I still think you’re better off eating while you look. Keep your buyers. We got more than six months rent knocked off our purchase because we could move instantly.

Renting not eating!

How will you be blowing six figure savings on renting?? Are you planning on renting Buckingham Palace? You are coming across as childish and inplusive. Move out of your area, rent, you would possibly be a few thousand down and then buy a house you like.

Not renting. I've lived in rented shit holes and I've been a (good) LL in years gone by, the rental system is even more bonkers than the housing market proper, just no.

Fair enough.

We rented a five bed gorgeous house (not a “shit hole” lol! Nice rentals do exist!) for six months when our purchase fell through. It was the best decision we ever made. £2,000 a month rent plus bills, we got £20,000 off the house price because we weren’t in a chain.

Worked for us.

OP, I hope you're getting a new surveyor if the last one missed the collapsing kitchen floor issue?

Troll hunters? God get over yourself. And if you chose not to rent (a choice many of us would love to have btw) then don't shout about how fucked and stuck you are. There's nothing stuck about your situation, I'd love to have your problems. Some people on here need a proper reality check

back at you.

Not troll hunters just posters who find your actions bizarre.

Do prospective neighbours a favour - don't move, stay where you are.

Ah, OP, you really are the gift that keeps on giving.

I don't think anyone thinks you are a troll , just an unreliable narrator, with a deeply unhealthy, blinkered attitude coupled with self-sabotaging response strategies.

I honestly can't tell if you are going through a period of poor mental health or this is just what you are like.

Regardless, I would still love to know - what did you think would happen when you pulled out of the sale so close to exchange?

 @SilverySurfer

What about my current neighbours? Don't you care about them? They're nice people. How callous of you!

Glad to be of service 

Is that an actual psychology degree you've got there, or a pile of bollocks you swallowed from a shitty self help book?

@HAMGina

@trapped2019 something similar happened to us, it was the perfect area great schools near my DM, needed a lot of work like new flooring decorating skirting etc but the kitchen was decent (not to my taste but worked) and they wanted 5 grand cash or would of taken it with them !!! Then I found out they bought it second hand as it was... CF, we decided against it but we are still looking 6 months later... sometime just wish I had let them take the kitchen 😂

And giving and giving and giving...

So I'll guess I'll never know what you thought would happen when you pulled out of the sale?

Not a problem.

Good luck to you.

The neighbours aren’t nice where the op lives though, she says they are “smack heads” which google tells me means “heroin addict”. They fight outside the house. Sounds appalling.

Are you sure you’ll get another buyer op?

Our immediate neighbours are lovely. Most of the people on this estate are normal people. Like most deprived areas, it's just a significant and very visible minority that ruin it. Sad really.

OP did you find out the reason for the sale of the house you pulled out of? Just wondered if repossession or divorce were involved? Did one party present it beautifully and the other has deliberately derailed the sale? It is just so odd to allow you to see it that way it sounds like sabotage. In which case it probably isn't worth the stress.
"What's meant for you won't go past you" and this wasn't it

Just move on, I sounds like the house would have been a nightmare, change solicitors and keep looking. Your area can’t be that shit if people are buying your house. So much drama

OP I've lived in an area like you describe yours, and I wanted out too. It took us a while to get the money together for a deposit, but we worked it out in the end. Forget about that house, you will find another that is even better. Every time I've wanted a house and been thwarted, another has come along and I've thought "Thank goodness I didn't buy that other one". And also look for different solicitors etc, if you feel that last team weren't up to scratch. Consider it a fresh start.

And also, please reconsider the renting idea that pp have suggested. It is a really sensible procedure for the excellent reasons they have given. House buying and selling is stressful even when it goes well, because you have no control of what other people do and choose to behave. Renting might seem like dead money but in your circumstances, it's more of an investment and will help smooth your way. How can you not see it as a good thing? It would be hellishly harder if you didn't have the income available to do it, and be moving chain-free.

Surely the OP must see by now that all of the obstacles are of their own making......
Never heard of anyone with six figure savings that 'can't' rent for a few months
Possibly the most batshit thread I have ever read, frigging hilarious though

We're just going to keep looking. If our buyers walk, we'll sell it again.
Hopefully you'll be back with a new thread in 6 months 'Finally found the perfect house but can't sell ours!'
We had buyers but we dropped the sale at the last minute. There was no way we were spending dead money on renting. Now that I've found a house the bastard buyers we dropped 6 months ago won't answer my calls. We've had zero viewings due to Brexit and the increase in smack heads around the estate. How dare they treat me like this?