To pull out of house purchase as I don't like the vendor?

[BeepBoopBop]

Way down the line with this, but sick of vendors miserable attitude & stroppy Whatsapps. I've moved heaven & earth to get this done in 3 weeks, my solicitor is charging a fortune to prioritise and it's one thing after another. Other houses have come onto the market since and this house was a knee-jerk reaction following a break up. I love it, but she is making everything so miserable.

The mistake was giving them your phone number. Block and communicate through estate agent and solicitor, this is literally why they exist.

How does she have your number? All comms should be via your agent or solicitor

Can you afford to throw money away? How much longer do you need to realistically put up with misery?

Why are you in direct contact with the vendor?

Anyway if I really wanted the house I'd stick with it and just ignore the vendor and let the agent deal with it. Block them and if asked you hit a new phone.

Tell them to go through estate agent or solicitor I agree- block on WhatsApp

Why are you in direct contact? And agreeing A three week exchange and completion… are you crazy? Three months is standard!

Leave all communication to your estate agent

Block them and tell the estate agent why. I’ve never been in direct contact with a buyer or a vendor.

Other houses have come onto the market since and this house was a knee-jerk reaction

Tell your solicitor to STOP working today if you're thinking of pulling out.
No point chucking good money down the drain. Look for something else and let the estate agent be the means of communication.

You don't need to have any direct contact. As pp have said it can all be done via EA or solicitor. Remember she will be gone when it's your house, so you can still love it.

Try to think objectively just about the house not the vendor just the house
Is it what you want?
If yes you need to ignore the vendor and go through estate agents and solicitors and stop wasting money on pushing things through on her timeline it should be a mutual agreed completion date
If objectively you dont want the house even if your best friend was selling it you need to tell your solicitor and estate agent and pull out and block the vendor

In what way is the vendor being miserable and stroppy?

Is it the second thoughts about the house or the vendor that’s really the issue?

The woman we bought this house from was an utter pillock who swung between ‘finding myself via tattooed mandalas, self-indulgent New Agery and affirmations’ and ‘mendacious, aggressive drunk’, but we fell for the house’s lovely bones and promptly ripped out her legacy in the shape of botched DIY, dog stained carpets and Next Buddha heads.

@AnotherFruitcake

Is it the second thoughts about the house or the vendor that’s really the issue?

The woman we bought this house from was an utter pillock who swung between ‘finding myself via tattooed mandalas, self-indulgent New Agery and affirmations’ and ‘mendacious, aggressive drunk’, but we fell for the house’s lovely bones and promptly ripped out her legacy in the shape of botched DIY, dog stained carpets and Next Buddha heads.

omg 😳

We bought our house from some complete twats but we wanted the house. Never communicated directly though. Stop that and suggest communications should be via agent or solicitor.

I am/was buying it privately, although the estate agent is still getting his fee. She wanted a fast buyer, and I can do that, now I'm too fast but she won't confirm her removals van until we exchange, I will transfer money to solicitor tomorrow.
And, errrr I haven't even seen inside just a short video and estate agent link. I am finally home and asked to pop round, she says Monday and book through the agent (and she said it rudely) 🥺

Don’t transfer anything or sign anything until you’ve seen it.

You are buying a house you haven't seen inside of and she's pushing for a quick sale? What is she hiding?

Fuck this. I wouldn't be doing anything more until I'd seen inside, and if the estate agent is being paid anyway then it's not a private sale, get them to earn their money

You haven’t even seen it?! Are you mad?! Stop everything until you’ve been round!

@BeepBoopBop

I am/was buying it privately, although the estate agent is still getting his fee. She wanted a fast buyer, and I can do that, now I'm too fast but she won't confirm her removals van until we exchange, I will transfer money to solicitor tomorrow. And, errrr I haven't even seen inside just a short video and estate agent link. I am finally home and asked to pop round, she says Monday and book through the agent (and she said it rudely) 🥺

I don’t understand what you mean when you say you are buying privately but the estate agent is getting a fee. That is a contradiction in terms, what do you mean?

@CharlotteUnaNatalieThompson

You are buying a house you haven't seen inside of and she's pushing for a quick sale? What is she hiding?

Fuck this. I wouldn't be doing anything more until I'd seen inside, and if the estate agent is being paid anyway then it's not a private sale, get them to earn their money

agreed ... WTAF are you thinking 😳

You haven’t viewed it in person, let alone had a survey done, what the fuck are you doing?!

One of my best friends knows the house well, everything inside & out has been done beautifully and it is almost perfect. I'm a seasoned property buyer and have no worries about anything, other than her attitude that is just such a downer.

if its not been surveyed or has a home report... how has it been valued 😱

@Nanananani

Don’t transfer anything or sign anything until you’ve seen it.

This. And, to be honest, her removals van is none of your business. Nobody books it before exchange because it’s only at that point that the completion date is confirmed. I’m wondering what the vendor’s side of the story is now.