We sold our house in august and got an offer accepted on a home we really liked , our buyers sold theirs to a first time buyer .
All was going well until what should have been exchange when the bottom of the chains’ solicitor stopped communicating for a good few weeks and then all of a sudden decided to question the length of the lease of the property she was buying even though the mortgage lender had already taken the years left into account ..
Anyway ... this meant a massive delay while she fucked around and ignored calls and emails so in the end the house we were buying pulled out as they got cold feet and the wife had changed their mind about selling.
This meant we were fucked as need to complete before the stamp duty holiday ends so we had to look super fast for somewhere else.
Found a fantastic house for same price but with an extra bedroom so put in an offer.
Mean while the ones who pulled out said they’ll still go ahead if we exchange imminently but not complete till jan.
Are we unfair to say no fuck off , as they messed us around ?
We have everything in place now so only need to get new searches so could still be in end of jan to this new place so wouldn’t hold up our buyers much and considering they should have been chasing their buyer instead of us doing all the emailing and calling ..
Not sure if this is shitty of us or not ?
Sorry it’s so long !