Moving house and new buyers

[Sunshine186]

Ex and I are selling our house. I moved back with my kids to where our family live/kids dad too. I'm buying a house which is part of the chain and my ex has moved in with his mum he has moved his stuff out.

The buyers of our house have been pretty Intimidating and have been I would say aggressive in their demands etc. The completion date is Friday. I will be moving my stuff out on that day.

I got a call today from the estate agent asking if the buyers can view the house Wednesday. I say no because I am really busy, work all day, driving to the house in the evenings to pack etc. It's stressful moving as it is. The Estate Agent went back to the buyers and told them it's not practical. They called me back and sais the buyers want to check the house is empty. I tell her it isn't and they are aware I am moving to a new home Friday. They go back to them and say no it isn't empty. They say they want to check my garde furniture is gone. I say no as I have a moving van booked for Friday and it will be gone then. She goes back to them and tells them this. They then say their solicitor has advised they view the property and check any damage that may have been caused since the survey. I tell her there is no damage and say I'm busy packing, sorting stuff out and have limited time. The buyers they say they won't complete if I don't let them check. I've reluctantly agreed but feel really under pressure. Would it be unreasonable to cancel and stick to my guns. I've got a lot on, not much time and don't want them there while I'm getting sorted. I feel like they are checking up on me.

I've come on here after having a really busy day at work, picked my kids up and walked around two high schools with my eldest, got home got her in bed, ate at 9:30pm. I then log on to comments like I am being unreasonable for not answering if I have exchanged and someone saying I'm avoiding the questions. For goodness sake, so rude.

Thanks you to the ppl who were helpful.

The exchange point is key. If you have exchanged there will be big financial penalties for them if they don't complete on Friday so you could pretty safely tell them to piss off. If you haven't exchanged they could pull out and leave you up shit creek.

It's normal to view a property before completion, advised by many solicitors, especially if the house is vacant. What if a pipe burst and the buyers/ you didn't find out until you'd completed. Who would be responsible for that?

@Sunshine186 sending you lots of hugs and sympathy as you sound SO stressed with everything.
Unfortunately like pp have said, it is recommended that buyers visit the property before exchange - my friend did this with her first home and discovered the sellers had had a massive water leak and just left it - as she had inspected before exchange the sellers had to pay for the repairs.

All hinges on whether you have exchanged or not which nobody on this thread knows but you.

I suspect you haven’t as it would have taken a few seconds to answer in your last post so of they are being difficult at this stage then you may have a problem

It a simple yes no question you can come on and complain by sounds of it you zre being difficult for the sake of being difficult judt answer tje exchanges questions

Completely understand your point about being busy and this was one of the reasons I didn’t go and revisit the house I was purchasing right before the sale completed. However the buyers of my house did request a viewing two days before completion and I reluctantly agreed as well. Like yourself had a job, kids and busy packing.
one of my biggest regrets though not going to view the house we were buying again though before completing. So much damage had been done to it since the last time we viewed.
broken tiles, kitchen cupboards laying on floor. Garden filled with rubbish and broken toilets.
I can now understand why people want to do this.
if I ever was to move again I definitely would be doing it.
I know it is really inconvenient for yourself though.
good luck with it all

Maybe they are exchanging and completing on the same day, hence the buyer making late demands to inspect the property

Love that you have the time to write an essay about your day but not say yes/no to exchange.

So as you're still continuing to avoid the question, you haven't exchanged and therefore you should let them see the property.

Can't help unless we know contracts have been exchanged!

Just let them come in but tell EA to come with them as you're too busy for a tour and that they have 15 mins. I wouldn't risk it falling through

The question of whether you have exchanged is crucial. In England and Wales (don't know about elsewhere), if you have already exchanged and arranged completion for Friday, you don't have to accommodate any requests to view because it's a done deal. If Exchange and Completion are both planned for Friday, there is a risk that your buyers will pull out if you don't do what they ask, so letting them view needs to be a high priority.

It's obvious they hadn't exchanged.

OP being very unreasonable, as the solicitors will always insist on a pre-exchange viewing. Totally normal.

I feel sorry for the buyers.

My daughter had her buyer coming to the house a couple of weeks before completion, who wanted to measure up for stuff. After her visit she complained the house was dusty and the house needed a clean. Obviously when you’re packing to move out, you’re not going to keep on top of the house work. The cleaning is the last thing you do before you hand the keys in. Bizarre..

I don’t believe they would actually pull out like this after exchange and lose the deposit. They’re just threatening you.

Makes me think of my neighbours, who first wanted to view the house when they had 50k less than the asking price, then glad handed the elderly seller and said they had another 50k less, then delayed completion months later and asked for another 50k off. She told them no and that she would pull out of the sale at that point. They found they did have the money (still 100k less than asking) and completed immediately. They are complete grifters. She found out they were using their home loan to buy two rental flats at the same time and the discount she gave them let them do so. She was bitter!

call their bluff … that’s totally unreasonable. There is no way they will pull out at this stage

And still you haven't answered the question.

We sold back in May. Our buyer was advised by their solicitor to come and do a viewing prior to exchange of contract as they were then legally obligated to buy. The house was not in the same presentable way as it was when we sold - we had sold the sofa as didn’t fit into the new house, packing boxes everywhere, holes in the wall from taking shelves down. It was something we had to do in order to exchange. I was so nervous about it, but all fine.

Rude? All of these people are helping you with your problem, and you are avoiding the question.

Why not clarify whether you’ve exchanged or not - it is key to the advice you’re given?

My buyers were let's say thorough too and asked me to do stuff which I said no. They asked to have a viewing on move week. I said no and the sale still completed and that was that.

CFs

Yep if you’ve exchanged I would say no your too busy if not let them come round I would pile the boxes high and make it difficult to get around so they get the point they probably want to check it will be vacant on possession.