CF home buyers

[Teenangels]

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.

@Mumlookingforadvise

You can still sell to them, with the condition that exchange happens imminently. This is a stressful process which makes people do ridiculous things. You will have to go through the same process with another buyer.

Why on earth would OP still sell to them after the ridiculous demands they made and the sexist comment about only dealing with her husband? I honestly can't see her next buyer being as entitled and as self-absorbed as these morons.

Bloody hell, you can't make it up!
Good luck with the viewings tomorrow!

Slightly revised draft for you OP:

Good afternoon.
Further to X email on Wednesday and my subsequent telephone conversations, I will continue to advertise my house, will not be moving forward with the sale to you and will not accept any further offers from you. Please do not continue to waste my time or that of the estate agents.
I accepted your offer which was considerably lower than others because of your position. I thought you were sensible and an intelligent couple who would understand the process of buying a house. I clearly got this very wrong.
I suggest when purchasing your new house you do not make ludicrous demands of the owner; remember you want to buy their home but they are under no obligation to sell it to you.
I wish the next owner of the house you put an offer on all the luck in the world, they will need it.
I wish you all the happiness you deserve.

@thegcatsmother

That will be like water off a duck’s back to them! They may even have a chuckle and frame it to put in new house!

Way too personal and over emotional.

Dear knob head,
I am not selling to you because of your dishonesty and lack of respect.
The property is going back on the market.
Hopefully you have learned some valuable lessons from this experience, if not I send the sellers loads of luck.

Goodbye

As I just tidied up the OPs original @Atadaddicted, you'd better tell her it is too personal and over emotional. If you rtft, you'd have picked that up.

I would just be asking what part of no they didn't understand, and leave it at that, or perhaps add that I wouldn't be selling to sexist pricks, but that is down to the OP.

Seems more hassle than it's worth when you had other offers. I'd tell them you're pulling out.

Dear Knobhead.

No.

Sole owner.

Dear idiot buyers
Please duck off, the house down the road is up for sale, I suggest you try them
Yours
Female sole owner

Now, now Op, are your hormones playing you up again? You women and your “monthlies”...

Perhaps address him as

Dear Mr Chomondley-Warner 😁

What a nightmare. I’d reply saying the only way I’d sell to them now is at 10k above sale price.

I love your email, OP

Ask your EA to get in touch with previous offers and see if they're still interested. Might skip the need for a fresh round of viewings x

@custardbear

Perhaps address him as

Dear Mr Chomondley-Warner 😁

At first glance I thought that said Mr Chomondley-Wanker

I had a similar issue when selling to first time buyers a few years ago. They themselves were a fine and lovely couple who loved the house, but when the parents got involved it just went south quickly. I ended up pulling out because they were demanding that I produce a building regs certificate for an extension that was built in the 1970s, well before building regs certificates and their answer when told this was not possible was to say that I should pay to get an inspector out and for the work needed to get it up to modern code (basically tearing down the extension and building a new one). I actually laughed out loud on a packed train when I read the email from my solicitor.

I just advised my solicitor that I wouldn't be proceeding with the sale. I did not contact the buyer directly and I did not explain myself. The message was clear enough.

I put it back on the market and had offers quickly and moved on from there. It just wasted a bit of money sadly (not much).

So I wouldn't be bothering pouring your heart out to them. Next time you'll be able to pick up on a difficult buyer quickly and drop them earlier.

That’s an awful email, so badly worded and constructed. Don’t send it unless you want to come across as a bit thick.

It’s not great, is it? A pp wrote a really good one upthread.

Hope todays viewings go well.

@Bells3032

think you mean offers not others but otherwise great :)

No she didn't, read it again. She said "I accepted your offer as it was lower than others" meaning lower than other offers

Good luck OP with today's viewings!

At least you can laugh about it and it will be a funny tale for many years to come.

That's the kind of email I would fantasise about sending, but I would end up with something more neutral, more professional and less inflammatory. You want to move on, not get stuck in a slanging match?

I really don’t think you should send that email. They were entirely unreasonable in what they requested. But they haven’t harassed or abused you or been particularly unpleasant even. I think you should just tell them that they have been too demanding and that on no account will you consider selling to them. Going on to wish them all the happiness they deserve is gratuitously unkind and actually makes you sound a bit bitter.