My buyer keeps texting me

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I recently sold my house. For various reasons me and my buyer swapped contact details (in hindsight, shouldn't have done this).

I've been in the new house now for just over a week now and I keep getting texts from my buyer (she's a woman on her own in her 50s). The most recent text was last night to tell me that she'd been woken up at 5:30am by a strange cat coming through the cat flap, it had upset her cat, and to ask how often did that cat hang around outside the house.

Would I be unreasonable to text her and ask her to stop contacting me? Block her? Carry on conversations? It's a little awkward as I only moved about a 2 minute drive from my old house so likely to bump in to her!

Block her. And never swap numbers with a buyer I really don't know why people do this.

Because so many estate agents are crap at their job, & I am usually way better at the negotiation phase than any EA. So prefer to handle it direct.

As it has only been a week I wouldn't block her or ignore yet.

Just answer her questions as succinctly as possible.

'must be new - hadn't noticed a cat'
'sorry, don't know'
'no idea about the cat'

and broken record approach if she continues to ask when you've ended it. Just copy your last text and send it again.

Are you sure, I thought that was part of the sellers pack?

Are you sure, I thought that was part of the sellers pack?

😂Nice one, Bellac.

What has her age got to do with it?

This

I agree with this. There will always be teething issues when you move into a new house. She probably won't have any questions in another week or so. If she was still texting 3 months down the lime then you have a fair point but it's been a week. Would it really kill you to answer her question briefly?

Sod all, & neither is her singledom.
But it gives PP a golden opportunity to pop up with their "she's alone & struggling" nonsense.

i think you need to kindly and politely ask her to back off.

"I'm really sorry but I don't have time or energy to deal with daily questions like this. I'm coping with getting to grips with my own new home and I'm not contacting the previous owners when I am curious about something because that's not how it works. if there's anything really important that you have to resolve with me then please ask your solicitor to contact my solicitor about it. otherwise, let's just each enjoy our new homes in peace."

I would tell her she needs to lock the cat flap, one week in a new house is not long enough for her cat to acclimatise and be allowed outside.

misses point of thread but worried about the poor cat.

I don't think it was a strange question.
Maybe it was a stray OP was feeding. Maybe it was OPs cat, as people do dump/leave pets behind when they move. Maybe none of the above.

@KettrickenSmiled - it is amazing how the internalized misogyny about single/older women keeps popping up.

As it is relatively early, maybe do not block yet, but reply by email with succinct, 'cannot answer that' replies after a week or so covering all issues. That is if you are feeling generous, if not, just block texts and ignore emails. I suspect anyone who gets in touch at that time about a randomers cat will not be someone who just goes away quietly.....

This. If you have genuine important queries then you can go through their estate agent.

Lol😂😂😂

He said it was pranksters after pubs closed, the woman was just very puzzled by it- as I was when I heard it.
I wonder if current owner hears it

id either block (then if you see her, deny knowledge of messages), or send a blunt text asking her not to contact you anymore?

We sold, completed this week. Buyer has messaged a few times with inane queries (through the estate agents app). I’ve given very short blunt answers, and he seems to have stopped