Grief, will, family dynamics….. help!

[ByCleverMentor]

My great aunt passed away suddenly last year, and myself and her brother are executors on the will. He lives overseas and is back and forward regularly. My aunts house sale fell through recently due to the chain collapsing. The buyer for my aunts house is keen still to buy my aunts house but at the moment has no buyer for his place. His place is offers over half a million so unlikely to be a first time buyer he gets. AIBU to want to relist my aunts house for sale?

To continue, my great uncle wants to take the estate agents advice and “hang tight” for proposed buyer to sell his property. I think this will lead to another chain forming. My aunts place is a beautiful desirable one bed that is much cheaper and i think attractive for a first time buyer.

If it was me … and I have recently been in a similar sales situation, I’d relist, immediately.
Grasp the nettle.
Get it done!

I’d relist.

i definitely want to relist it. I think we have been very patient with this buyer who also has requested all the white goods which has annoyed me !!

I can sense my uncle will not want to relist as the “professionals” have advised to hang tight. I have asked how long he is prepared to wait and got a bit of a rambling reply.

The estate agent may well be hoping that if they can find the buyers a property they will be in for more commission especially if they can upsell and get them in for mortgage etc in-house. There was a panorama episode last year on estate agents and do not be under the illusion that they are focussed on getting you the best deal for the house. They will be looking at the bigger picture and how it all fits together for them!

I would do a hybrid of the two. I would give the current person a set deadline to find another place and then start accepting viewings again from interested parties that can act quickly. I'd maybe give them until the end of the month?

I've just refreshed and seen he's been a bit of a pain. In reflection of that I would shorten the time frame. Give him 2 weeks then relist.

Is great uncle, your great aunt’s partner or her brother? Is there any emotion underpinning his wish not to relist? I’d tell him that the buyer can come back in during the ongoing process, so there’s nothing to lose to put it on the market again.