House sales a new method of human torture...discuss

[fourstickymitts]

I swear selling a house should be categorised and recognised as an official tortured method and be banned under some sort of international convention, frowned upon by serious-looking people in the UN, and a hot topic for Human Rights lawyers.

Just exchange already you bunch of procrastinating idiots people... Gah!

I agree, £700 is WAY too much. You may as well just buy new if you were prepared to pay that much!

I would just apologise & say that while you would love to have them you are stretched to the limit yourselves & at this time cannot afford any extra expenditure. Chances are they will leave them anyway..

Thanks sparkle I was going to offer £400, but I like your approach.... I may just go with that, they have 2 small children and are they really going to go through the hassle of taking each one down and packing it?? Their house is bursting with crap as it is! If they take them, they do but like you said for £700 we may as well buy our own....

Any more come backs on the the silly offer??

Oh crikey sts what an awful day, fingers crossed tomorrow you get your keys and get to settle into your new home.

Goodluck x

I'm so sorry smalltown, that is absolutely horrendous.

ANYONE would forgive you for being a complete mess in a situation like that. Agents are gits and they don't even care that they are gits.

Best of luck for tomorrow. Let us know?

Shit! Im so sorry to hear that smalltownshame. What a total nightmare for you. I will be thinking of you tomorrow & hoping that all is finalised ok. Big hugs x x x

No further comeback on the silly offer yet alliwant. Let them look round & see what 160k doesn't buy them, then they can come back, if nobody else has offered beforehand. The couple that looked same day as them are v keen, but not as yet in a position to proceed. We also have another viewer on Monday, but technically they're tourists because their own place isn't on the market yet. We'll see.... Fingers crossed

Yeay!!! I'm really pleased for you

Glad you had a happy ending smalltown!

Thanks for good wishes everyone. Delighted to report back that we finally exchanged on our purchase and will move on Thursday - so long as we don't end up in the same situation as smalltown! 20 weeks so also had to get through this without any

Good luck alliwant

Yey! smalltown thats brilliant, you can let the stress wash away now

Thanks mashpot I have been reassured again that everything is in place and as soon as the cert arrives we will exchange. Plus our mortgage got approved today - perhaps it really will all fall into place!

Just hope these painful braxton Hicks are not a sign of early labour......

mashpot Great news for you too, good luck for next Thurs x

Okay, I must owe karma something. My house officially hates me!! Two days after exchange, the shower breaks. Tonight the f*cking oven just broke.

And here comes number three. DH flying back today from Hungary, just woke up - missed his flight. ##ghkdhfshl##'@@!!! Karma, you are a harpy.

:(

The latest on my own personal nightmare is that we have another viewing booked for Thursday with someone who is actually "under offer" Woo Hoo! Fingers crossed this is the one. We have seen a house we like. Its wildly overpriced, & currently has a shower room with no bath. Its in a lovely location though & gives us the sensible size third bedroom that's so elusive & a largish garden. :) It has been on the market almost 3 months already & the vendor admitted we were the first ones to view. The agent says to disregard the asking price & "try an offer" Just waiting for some movement with mine now.

Hope you are ok fourstickymitts.

Good luck SP for Thursday.

Thanks Fimbo. :)

We put an offer today at 9.30, still waiting to hear from the EA. I've just about had enough of this whole house buying business.

4stickymitts - I hope your luck changes for the better.

Everything crossed. :)

Oh Lunatic you're going to have to tell the story now...