We are selling our house and we had a lovely couple feed back to the estate agent on their first viewing that they really liked our property - albeit it took them a few days to offer this feedback. They said they would make contact with the EA after they viewed a couple more properties that they already had lined up. Fair enough.
They emailed the EA after the other viewings and said they were not considering the other properties they viewed and asked to arrange a second viewing on our property. They came back for the second viewing and again said they loved the house to me. They told me once they had an offer on theirs they would be in touch to place an offer on mine.
EA called them following their second visit on my property (which is just standard procedure for them to chase feedback). It took them 4 days to respond to the EA. They told EA they can’t give me a figure what they would like to offer but they’ll be in touch when theirs SSTC. They hinted it would be very close to asking. They informed EA they had lots of viewings going ahead on theirs and would be in touch following these. EA has tried to chase them up following the viewings they had on theirs but they are blanking the EA completely. Their property still hasn’t sold as I can see it on Rightmove still for sale.
I know they clearly haven’t sold but It worries me that they are blanking the EA and they’ve suddenly gone really quiet. Their last viewing on my house was over two weeks ago and two weeks since they spoke to the EA. EA told me not to worry as they have always been difficult to make contact with, but I just feel if they were that interested they’d respond to my EA to update us.
I’m starting to get a little frustrated because around this time I wanted to reduce my property to sell quickly but in order to try and maximise our chances of selling for the highest price we delayed reducing considering we had this couple as potential keen buyers - they have certainly been overly enthusiastic each time they visited and EA felt it was wise not to reduce until our potential buyers had the rush of viewings on their property. They said it was silly to reduce at that point in case they came with an offer the next day. I was in agreement with this too. It made sense.
I had found a house that I liked and had told our potential buyers this. We unfortunately lost that property today as somebody else has offered. Now I know it’s not our potential buyers fault, they haven’t sold yet so we can’t change the situation but I feel a little more communication and updating throughout would have been nice. It would fill me with more confidence that they are serious and genuine.
I can’t understand why they wouldn’t be making contact with my EA? Unless they are no longer interested. I updated the estate agent regularly on the property I was hoping to purchase, even if just to say things are slow moving but we’re still keen. I feel that if you love and want a property enough you have to maintain that contact. This clearly worked as the vendors I was looking to buy from ensured their EA gave me a fair chance to place an offer by close of play today and again chase our potential buyers before they accepted the other persons offer.
I think I’m just feeling a little disheartened and feel I have been strung along by this couple. It’s just so bizarre that they discussed decor and where they’ll put their belongings in the rooms when they’ve viewed my house, to just be completely silent…
I’m also wondering that if for any reason we do hear from them soon and they sell theirs, that I don’t particularly feel I want to sell to them because of how poor their communication is and I just fear they’d stress me out during a house sale.
AIBU? Am I just letting this house selling and buying malarky send me in to an overdrive? At the end of the day they did say they’d be in touch when they sell, and clearly rightmove suggests they haven’t…
Ive reduced my house now and I’m trying to no longer see them as ‘potential buyers’.