Should we contact the vendor direct?

[BikerMouse]

We've made a serious offer on this house but every step of the way the agent seems to be trying to put us off buying it, in favour of another party who have offered 25k more but are not even proceed-able. We can't be 100% sure but there's something dodgy going on between the the other party and the agents. We're even doubting that our offer has been comunicated to the vendor who has relocated abroad.

So would it be cheeky to contact the vendor directly? Clearly if our offers have been put to them then they will know who we are already. But if not then at least we have direct communication and can cut the crap that the agent is feeding us.

I've done a little snooping and I've found the husband & wife online. On one hand were desperate for this house but I also don't want to look unhinged gahh!

[Optimist3]

Your offer needs to be competitive. It wasn't previously.