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Original poster

...in hoping he gets knob rot and it falls off?

261 replies

harriethoyle · 09/07/2019 19:32

Supposed to exchange in a chain today. Buyer has demanded 10k reduction for an invented problem (not on the survey!). I either fold and lose 10k or stand on principle and possibly lose the sale. AIBU in watching Wimbledon with a stiff gin and wishing untold vexation on his head?!

OP posts:
bungaloid · 09/07/2019 19:52

Just say the price is now 10k higher.

covetingthepreciousthings · 09/07/2019 19:52

What's the invented problem though?

fancynancyclancy · 09/07/2019 19:54

What is the made up problem?

TinselAndKnickers · 09/07/2019 19:54

Definitely tell him to forget it. What a cheeky bastard! What's the 'problem'?

RandomMess · 09/07/2019 19:57

Oh yes what is the invented issue?

Have you got any hollow curtain poles you can leave behind...

Archie1411 · 09/07/2019 19:58

Tempting to suggest put your asking price UP by £10K😈

Original poster
harriethoyle · 09/07/2019 19:59

It's quite specific so I won't detail but I can tell you it didn't come up on the survey or my survey when I bought this house a few years ago.

OP posts:
bridgetreilly · 09/07/2019 20:00

Hold firm. If it's not in the survey he's absolutely trying it on.

RandomMess · 09/07/2019 20:01

Feel free to PM me Wink

ZenNudist · 09/07/2019 20:02

Rooting for you. Tell him to do one.

Badmgr · 09/07/2019 20:05

Do not give in to this. Options are as per prev poster to tell him you’ll fix the made up problem, or that your asking price has just gone up by £10k but you’ll now agree to his £10k reductionWink

livinglavidavillanelle · 09/07/2019 20:06

He can absolutely do one. Where do these CF's get off thinking it's okay to pull a fast one like that? Awful behaviour. Tell him to FTF Off.

NotYourHolidayDick · 09/07/2019 20:06

Sprinkle cress seeds all over every carpet and water lightly.

And as I read on here once, 'I hope his rabbit dies and he can't sell the hutch'.

FamilyOfAliens · 09/07/2019 20:07

May all his itches be unreachable.

Love this!

ScrommidgeClaryAndSpunt · 09/07/2019 20:07

Tell him that you're withdrawing from the transaction if he's going to fuck about. Only way to deal with these cunts is to bulldoze them.

ShakespearesFister · 09/07/2019 20:08

YANBU. I am sending many powerful knob-withering thoughts in his direction.

HermioneWeasley · 09/07/2019 20:09

Tell him to fuck off, cheeky fucker

MissConductUS · 09/07/2019 20:09

There is nothing worse than a cheeky buyer.

I'd tell him that without documented proof of the defect there's no change in the price.

Bluetrews25 · 09/07/2019 20:10

Ooops. Blush
Voted YABU by accident.
YANBU! Sorry to mess the stats up.
Don't cave. He will have spent lots on survey etc.
Hope it still goes through at your price.

Notasyoungasiwas · 09/07/2019 20:10

I'm with the majority here! Tell him to fuck right off! My daughter is having a nightmare buying a house atm - the sun must be bringing the twats out! Angry

RB68 · 09/07/2019 20:11

nahhh Fuck him off I hate bullies

cakewench · 09/07/2019 20:13

YANBU, and I'm going to need an update on this when possible! I absolutely loathe this aspect of selling a house in this country

happybunny007 · 09/07/2019 20:14

What was the selling price?

WellErrr · 09/07/2019 20:16

May all his itches be unreachable.

Love this.

But aye, tell him to get tae fook!

Crafting1Queen · 09/07/2019 20:19

@Bluetrews25, you can change your vote (I only found this out yesterday after I had done the same as you and clicked on the wrong one, clicked the option I should have picked in the first place more in hope than anything else & voila! changed my vote :).

@harriethoyle, tell your buyer to jog on, the wee chancer! I hope the road comes up to meet him one day. Good Luck!

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