AIBU to hate my buyers

[Navymamma]

If I won the lotto I’d tell them to fuck off but sadly I need to sell my house to them. They have chipped away at the price and keep doing it. I could easily sell to someone else at the price they have driven me down to but I’m worried about upsetting the chain which includes elderly people.

Don’t be a walkover.

Tell your EA you will not move on price any more. This is their job - get them to do it.

The risk with people like this is that they can use their power to offer less just before exchange - you need to show you’re not moving any more and would remarket if necessary.

Find new buyers, these people seem unreliable.

I would go back to original price you both agreed on and if they say no walk away. You said you can get another sale, it's not your responsibility to pay money to protect people in their chain.

I think it's quite a common feeling! Stand your ground. Walk away if needs be. If you can easily resell, do it. You may be able to find someone who will can move quickly -or it may prompt original buyers to buck up their act.

Agree to all above. Do not be a monkey on a string to these people. There are better buyers out there.

Stick to whatever price you have now settled on. They will have spent money on survey and searches etc so unlikely to back out. Call their bluff if they try it on again.

Walk away if you don't like what they're doing

More info needed, I think. Chipping away at the price could be completely warranted. You don't want to be a walkover, but they don't want to be mugs.

You're obviously a decent person because your concern is about others in the chain.
But when it comes to buying/selling a property you have to put your needs first.

If you want to pull out and remarket the house, English law allows you to do this.

And sentimental as it sounds, it's always easier to sell your home to people you like.

My agents are incredibly shit - the other agents further up the chain have even said they are not doing their job and should be doing more to chivvy the buyers. I have chased the agents every day to pull their finger out and even made a complaint about the service but it was ignored. They rely purely on email and won’t call the buyers to speak to them.

I’ve also made it clear I won’t be accepting any further reduction in price. I’ve told my husband that if we don’t exchange by the date we’ve given them I want to relist and sell to someone else out of principle.

Did you know they only use email when you chose them?
Purple Bricks type thing?

@Testina no, they are supposed to be good, local agents and it’s the reason we went them.

YABU

It's just business. If you are in the weaker position and have to concede then tough. If you were in the stronger position it would be easy for you to say no. Where do emotions such as love and hate come into this?

Why should they pay more than they have to ?

How do you know?

Have you done a local analysis of the market property and have some buyers on your book ready to go tomorrow?

Again it's just business, if you think you can do better then pull out but nobody on here can tell you whether you can or cant' do better.

What the other side of this story? My seller is being unreasonable because they won't reduce the price even though it needs x work doing?

Sadly it’s not just business, they have shown themselves to be combative, vile people and it makes my skin itch to deal with people like that. If it weren’t for the fact that my own seller has been so kind to me and is herself desperate to move I would have told them to fuck off.