We are due to complete on a house purchase very soon (early next week) but have not yet exchanged, just waiting for our lender to confirm funds will be released on the day, we have already sent off the request for them.
A house on the same road we are buying on has come up for sale. It is much more 'done' than the one we are buying, has another room, and is on for less??!
My husband wants to see the other one and thinks we should go for that instead providing it's okay and an offer is accepted and has spoken to the agent who has said it's empty and the current owner needs a quick sale.
To clarify a few facts, we have been held up by the sellers of the current house for ages, the date has changed so many times and we've wasted a lot of time (the sale was agreed back in early summer and we were told then that they wanted a quick sale).
I work as a conveyancing solicitor so I could do everything needed quickly if we went for the other house and having had a hypothetical conversation with my broker he said we could use the same offer and just change the address and price so long as it's not more than what we're borrowing now, so wouldn't need to go through the whole process again with the lender, we'd just need a new valuation doing.
WWYD? I do feel bad that we're essentially considering pulling out right at the end of a transaction. We looked at others in frustration when the move date changed again from last week to next week but they are adamant that next week will be okay now (although we've heard that before).