My divorce was finalised in March and the house was put on the market after the lockdown ended. We initially put it on the market for a price a bit higher than ordered by the Court, but as there was virtually no interest, I asked EAs advice and pushed to drop the price in line with the court order.
Ex husband dug his hills in, but eventually agreed.
We have now received the first offer, which is £20000 below the asking price. I am not saying that we should accept this offer, as the house has been on the market for less than two months, and only two weeks at the current price.
However, ex’s reaction scared me. He was absolutely fuming, screaming at me that I should tell the EAs to fuck off with this offer.
I worry that unless we get the offer which is exactly what he thinks we should get, he won’t agree to sell.
He is a deluded man, who spent almost £50,000 and got himself into huge debt, pursuing a financial settlement that no court in this country would grant him. Due to his idiocy the divorce dragged for two years, and in the end we got the settlement, which is identical to what I offered him at the beginning.
There is no reasoning with him.
It is quite possible that the house will not sell for what we are asking.
It is in a great location and is an ok size, but is quite run down because ex never agreed to any significant renovations, as according to him, they do not increase the value of the property.
Since I was a SAHM/worked in a low paid job, I had no say in things so all the spare money we had, went on his cigarettes/booze/gadgets.
Again, he is totally deluded with regards to the state of the property. The bathroom, has not been updated in 28 years ( bar painting the walls). It was already in horrible state when I moved in 18 years ago.It has a cracked bath which caused huge leak and damage to the living room ceiling. The kitchen is ok, but is 28 years old and looks dated.
Despite that, ex went ballistic when one of the viewers’ feedback was that the house is a bit of a project.
He was fuming when another viewer wanted to bring somebody along to give him a rough idea how much the improvements would cost.
According to ex, there is nothing wrong with the house and those people are scammers.
I am prepared to wait longer to see if we get a better offer, but what happens if we don’t?
I will be the one who will lose out financially the most, but I am desperate to sell and move on. We still live together and it is unbearable. I have no means to move until we sell. He could move as plans to rent anyway, as he doesn’t fancy paying proper mortgage, but he won’t move.
The court order states that the house should be sold for £360, 000 or the price agreed by the parties/advised by EA or in default of agreement, determined by the court.
My question is: How do I go back to the Court to determine the sale price if ex does not agree to a lower offer/EA advice? What is the procedure? Can it really be enforced?
Has anybody been in this situation? I haven’t been able to find any information on the internet, probably because normal divorces usually end with the final hearing.