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CF home buyers

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Teenangels · 28/07/2020 13:04

I am being unreasonable.

Bit of background put my house up for sale, just after lockdown ended.
I had 9 viewing on the first Saturday and 3 offers. All at different levels one at full price from someone with something to sell, one just under the asking price think 10k in a chain, the third offer was 10% off the asking price, chain free mortgage offer in place. The first time buyers also wanted a second viewing before they offered and wanted me to cancel all other bookings so they could get first chance of buying it, they were told to F off. They put in an offer.
We negotiated with the first time buyers and managed to get them to offer 5% of the asking price this was still 40K under the asking price. but we had found a house and for ease went with them but told them that this was a fixed price and there would be no further movement on price from either party.
This was beginning of June, they have had a mortgage offer and surveyor round, all fine house was valued at over their offer, I did not move on our price.
Fast forward to beginning of July another surveyors has come round and found some issues, like moss of the roof I kid you not!! That the electrics are not up to current 2019 regulations, the house was re wired in 2016, that they should check the drainage, and one of the struts in the roof is bending by 5 degrees (this is not a supporting part and there is no movement and if they wanted to replace it, it would cost no more than £50.

My buyer wrote a long email to the estate agent 3.5 weeks after they got the report to say that they wanted a structural engineer to come into the house, a builder and a plumber and electrician and we would have to vacate the house for the day so that they could check everything.
He wants the electrician to take off all the plugs and check the wiring in some of the walls (Channel them out) but not be responsible for any damage. I told them to f off, he wants to check that the electrics are working and safe ( we live in the house with 4 kids).
He is now saying that I have to let him have access.
I have given him access on Thursday to look at the roof, but not to do any electrical work.
I have said that if he plays anymore games the house will be back on the market, I think he wants me to reduce the price, there is no chance.

OP posts:
billy1966 · 30/07/2020 21:14

@Teenangels

Wonderfully played.

Lucky EA delivering your update🤣🤣

Twats!

Best of luck going foward👍

MulticolourMophead · 30/07/2020 22:06

@tara66

Although you hate them (as do we all) - they may still be your buyer if they come up with the money quickly enough. There's no point in actually refusing to sell to them is there? Is one actually allowed to refuse to sell to a particular person if all their ducks are in a row on the day?
Yes, you can refuse.

And given OP has new viewings already lined up, the chances are that she will sell quickly to someone who is less of a problem, and probably for more than she'd agreed with the FTBs.

TeaAndBiscuitsAndWine · 30/07/2020 23:17

I’m so hoping you get at least one higher offer from a good buyer on Saturday OP, and that EA then rubs the sexist FTB’s nose in it!

mofro · 30/07/2020 23:32

Well done OP! Rishi and his stamp duty cut have definitely made it a sellers market so I’m sure you’ll be inundated with some wonderful buyers. Wish you all the very best and here’s to no more CF buyers

FortniteBoysMum · 30/07/2020 23:43

Pull out of the deal. They knocked 40k off the price and the people in the chain would probably have moved quicker.

MulticolourMophead · 31/07/2020 01:26

@FortniteBoysMum

OP has pulled out. Try reading her posts.

Frov · 31/07/2020 04:06

'take his little man issues and fuck off, and when he gets there to fuck off again'
Grin
I think I love you OP. Thanks for making me laugh for the first time all week.

Pamalarrrr · 31/07/2020 04:51

@MulticolourMophead but that takes a modicum of effort. Far easier to think that after 14 pages we all need the ruddy obvious stated Hmm

Crumpets111 · 31/07/2020 06:09

All these arsy Mumsnetters bitching on here about posters not reading through the thread need to wind your necks in 🙄

ArnoJambonsBike · 31/07/2020 06:23

All those clowns who think its appropriate to comment on something that has moved on, just because a) they cant be arsed to read at least the OPs updates and b) they cant believe their twee little comments could possibly have been made by someone else in the previous x hundred posts should just fuck off.

Emeeno1 · 31/07/2020 06:24

We had this scenario but they were not first time buyers.

In the end our estate agent was so fed up with them pushing for reduction after reduction in the lead up to exchange they reduced their fees by £2000 so that we ended up not losing out so much.

JingsMahBucket · 31/07/2020 06:41

@Crumpets111

All these arsy Mumsnetters bitching on here about posters not reading through the thread need to wind your necks in 🙄
Do better. It’s not hard to read the OP’s now. Take the 1 second of effort and the 1 calorie of energy to tap on “See all” posts and update yourself. You just look dumb otherwise.
Motoko · 31/07/2020 07:53

Those posters who can't be arsed (they're sooo busy, dontcha know) to even read the OPs posts, are also missing out on the best bits.

BigBadVoodooHat · 31/07/2020 07:59

Is one actually allowed to refuse to sell to a particular person

How, and by which authority/organisation, would you be compelled to sell to someone you didn’t want to sell to? Confused

SunnyUpNorth · 31/07/2020 08:06

Also hoping you get lots of offers after tomorrow’s viewings.

We are in the process of putting our flat on the market, I’ll be wary of offers from FTBs. Although I remember getting the survey on this flat when we bought it and being terrified (its in a Victorian conversion) and the surveyor gently pointing out that in old houses there will always be a huge list of things on the survey but that there were no major issues.

Good luck tomorrow.

Original poster
Teenangels · 31/07/2020 11:20

Just a little update, which I hope will cheer you up no end.

They have emailed the estate agent, they can not understand why I am not willing to sell the house to them.
They have shown a builder the photos from the survey the roof issue will cost £50.
They are happy to go through with the sale if I take down the shed, make good the area around the shed as they do not want the cost of taking it down.
You could not make it up.

OP posts:
Russiandolleyes · 31/07/2020 11:22

Gosh, so they still couldn't bring themselves to say they want to go ahead, without making you do something first! Some serious ego problems there. Good luck with the sale (to someone else)!

Alsohuman · 31/07/2020 11:23

They really don’t get it, do they? What part of fuck off did they fail to understand?

WaxOnFeckOff · 31/07/2020 11:26

That's made my morning OP, thanks for the update and good luck with the viewings tomorrow.

CoffeeWithMyOxygen · 31/07/2020 11:28

They’re the gift that keeps on giving aren’t they! They’ve already managed to screw up their own purchase with unreasonable demands and sexism but it’s ok - you can still have the genuine pleasure of selling to them if you fulfil this other, new unreasonable demand they’ve concocted. Lucky you!

Apolloanddaphne · 31/07/2020 11:30

They are the gift that keeps on giving! Cf in the extreme.

WaxOnFeckOff · 31/07/2020 11:30

How, and by which authority/organisation, would you be compelled to sell to someone you didn’t want to sell to? 

I guess technically someone could use an act such as disability or race discrimination or some such but I think you couldn't still be compelled to sell to them, just compensate for any discrimination?

Longwhiskers14 · 31/07/2020 11:30

JinglingHellsBells Bloody hell, they have absolutely no self-awareness, do they?! They're acting like they're doing you a massive favour by buying your house. I hope you've told them again to fuck off and when they're doing fucking off to fuck off again!

VanGoghsDog · 31/07/2020 11:32

@WaxOnFeckOff

How, and by which authority/organisation, would you be compelled to sell to someone you didn’t want to sell to? 

I guess technically someone could use an act such as disability or race discrimination or some such but I think you couldn't still be compelled to sell to them, just compensate for any discrimination?

It's not against any law for an individual to discriminate.
Only "hate crimes" and inciting hatred are crimes.

There would be no basis for compensation.

fflelp · 31/07/2020 11:36

They are happy to go through with the sale if I take down the shed, make good the area around the shed as they do not want the cost of taking it down

Well in that case they can look for another property where there isn't a shed to be taken down can't they?
Cheeky fuckers. They can fuck right off.