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[Lulu1984]

We've seen a house online we're really interested in viewing, its around our budget and been one the market for over a year. We talked to the estate agent selling it and asked if there was a problem with it as surprised its still for sale and they said they just have trouble contacting the guy that lives there to arrange viewings.

The property is a good size and price, has everything we want and is right near DD preschool so if we moved there she could feed on to the primary school its attached to.

We were considering putting a letter through the guys door to see if he will respond to us but not sure if this is a good idea or not. Would you assume he isn't that bothered on selling? The estate agents said hes just got divorced and it was their family home, it sounds like he lives there alone, maybe with kids part the time.

I'm worried if we do contact him and try and view, make an offer her'll hold any sale process up if hes going to be hard to contact or get things done. On the other hand he may just be avoiding the estate agents, they are the worst we've come across, very disorganised, try to push you into things etc.

Would you try and make contact and hope for the best??

no harm in trying g..

Try the note through the door first.

If it doesn't work I would look at who else is selling the property (or forcing the sale).

His contract is with the EA - they need to do some work and establish how seriously he wants them to market it. They must have mobile/email/address for him.

We had a house like this on our Viewing list when we were looking. Tbh it was a pain in the Arse, again a divorce and, on the face of it, a pretty unpleasant one. We would book a viewing only to find it cancelled last minute (literally 5 mins before) - if husband made appointment wife would cancel & vice versa. Found out later that they each wanted to buy the other out but couldn't afford it.

The EA weren't great either, obviously a problem and they were sugar coating everything. Finally gave up when our last viewing was cancelled due to "damage", which sounded like one or the other had smashed up the bedroom. We gave up after that! We also found the EA's rubbish, they were a bit scared of contacting the owners so messed us about and seemed very flippant about wasting our time. Looking back I think they knew it would never be a smooth sale so had given up.

I would say there's no harm in trying but maybe keep it at arms length and expect the worst (gloomy, I know).

We pulled out of a house purchase that was on the market because of divorce because the man still living in it clearly didn't want to move and wasn't going to make it easy. No harm in trying though, but I would only go through the EA as he has got them to market it.