A good friend was looking to move house and asked me to help her look for a suitable property as I know the area better than she does. I spent quite a lot of time searching for houses in areas I thought would be suitable with everything she wanted.
I printed out the list of houses with positives and negatives, comparing them to try and help her whilst viewing and viewed most of them with her at her request.
The final house we viewed was lovely inside but on a bit of a rat run road. I carefully pointed out the downsides concentrating on the interior of the house and as we were leaving after the viewing, she said she wouldn’t buy it. I therefore didn’t say anymore.
Lo and behold, she messaged me the next day saying she had put an offer in which had been accepted and admitted it was the house she said she wouldn’t buy that we had viewed the day before. She said she loved it and didn’t want to tell me. We had discussed frequently the issues in the particular area and the lack of parking.
I helped her move, helped her do bits and pieces in the house and gave her advice when asked regarding things she wanted to do it.
She then messaged me moaning about the road - it’s busy, it’s noisy, she doesn’t feel safe, she can’t park her car - all things I had mentioned when viewing it. I did point out that I’d told her not to buy the house and was probably a bit short as I had a lot going on and felt a bit irritated after I’d told her not to buy it and all the lovely houses I had found for her with parking on quieter roads - some of these were also cheaper! But did say I was sorry she was unhappy.
She’s gone radio silence. We used to meet for coffee regularly and be in contact at least a few times a week but I’ve heard nothing from her for months.
Was I unreasonable to point out that I told her not to buy the house??