Lost dream house - anyone had this then ended up with the house after all? Success stories please!

[HouseyHausey]

Hello!

We have lived in our current house for 12 years and saw a house which was a slow burn but two viewings and we loved it and decided to place an offer.

1930s detached on a lovely road with great schools. A first time buyer put in a lower offer than us and vendor has gone with them (can't say I blame him) as we're in a chain.

He did this about 5 hours after showing us the house for second viewing and he knew we were in a chain and due to go on the market Tuesday as that was when the agent was coming to take the pics. He said it wasn't a problem and we thought we were in with a chance but it's his prerogative to change his mind.

We're heartbroken and I wondered if anyone had any tales of where this has happened but they've still ended up with the house after the sale falling through?

Have to say, don't think it will as the ftb has proved they have mortgage and deposit in place so it would only fall through on a survey I reckon. Then would we even want it? (Yes, yes yes!! Desperate sod that I am!)

Also, am well aware I'm a complete cow for hoping a sale falls through and we're just starting viewings so karma would mean it would happen to me in return

Yeah we missed out on a house had totally fallen in love with, it was a 17c Stone Cottage and our total dream house, it needed work....lots of work and while we were getting quotes for the work ( the buyer agreed to this) he suddenly accepted an offer and that was it gone
Then we found the house we now have.....1950's so totally against what we saw before but lovely big rooms with a huge garden....also needed work and I'm currently in a love hate relationship with it as we are 7 weeks in ( 3 to go) of a full referb including new floors .....I'm sick of camping in a house as all our furniture is in storage for 3 more weeks however....the house is a home already and we love it and so glad now that the other one fell through.
I'm sure yours will come along very very soon.....sending a glass of wine and a hug

You never know, it might all work out in the end. Good luck!!

To save yourself some heartbreak, I personally wouldn't even start looking at houses till yours is properly on the market. Even if those FTB hadn't come along, the vendor couldn't have accepted an offer from you if your own proper isn't under offer. Actually, how can you be in a chain if your house isn't even on the market yet??? Now I'm confused.

Thanks MissCherryCakeyBun ! Sounds like you're doing some extensive work but will be worth it in the end.

We need to apply for schools for our DS in Jan so I'm worried that we're running out of options what with people not wanting to move so close to Christmas.

Considering posting notes through similar house on the street of dream house but not sure if that would be deemed a bit imposing and freak people out!

It is on the market with viewings scheduled but only went on Tuesday (that was the soonest our preferred agent could come) and we made the offer the Saturday before that Tues if you see what I mean.

Wouldn't normally have done it that way but it's all very chicken and the egg isn't it? Do you look first then put on market and hope for quick sale or a patient vendor or wait to look until you're sold but probably only have a fees weeks to hope that something is available that you like/can afford/is in the area you want.

The annoying thing is that the house has been on the market since May but wasn't realistically priced. Think he was just ready to go and he can move in with his new partner so no ties really.

Yes we were told we'd missed out by a substantial amount apparently. A couple of months passed and we were informed the sale had fallen through and were we still interested? We said we were and upped our bid a bit but didn't go as high as the one that had fallen through. Moved in 3 months ago.

Newhousestress

Lovely! I dream of this happening as we've made the mistake of falling in love with it (which I know is a no no) so that's amazing that you ended up with the dream house!

This one needs lots doing to it which is what initially put us off and made it be a bit of a slow burner in our minds but now I'm beating myself up about why I didn't show the vendor just how keen I was.

Yes, we ended up in our dream house one year after we first viewed it! We weren’t even on the market and decided to view this house as it looked so pretty - we fell in love with it straight away. We finally put our house on the market about 3 months later as it had ‘sold’ in the meantime. The chain on the house collapsed. A few months later it ‘sold’ again to the original people but they then had a problem getting the mortgage (they were juggling buy to lets) and we luckily had an offer on our house as all this was happening and were able to step in when the other people couldn’t proceed. It felt like it was meant to be!

We found our dream home we'd spent years saving for and had held off having children etc until we could move into a family home ( we lived in a 2 bed terrace prior ) . Found our current house and absolutely fell in love . The sellers said they needed it gone in 6 weeks as they had a new build bungalow almost finished . We offered over asking price and shook on it there and then . Revisited again a few days later for another look and for measurements for the rooms etc
The following day had put the formal offer in with the estate agent , this was accepted . A week later we were called by the estate agent to say that they were now selling to a 'cash buyer ' ( not to be a dick but for the price of the house , no one would have this in cash to just hand over ) , we were distraught and then found out we were expecting so even more devastated about the house !
We carried on looking for a few weeks and even came to view one on the same road 3 doors down . Awkwardly bumped into the seller whilst at this viewing who let slip that because it was cash , they had let it go for £10,000 less . Fine .

4 weeks later we get a phone call to say the sale had fallen through as the guy didn't have cash but was in actual fact waiting for his property to sell so in a chain like us also and because it was now sour grapes did we want to put an offer in before they put the house back on the market .
We came back over to see the sellers again within 2 hours of that phone call , shook hands on £10,000 less than asking as we knew what he was prepared to let it go for and they had a week before they had to move into this bungalow and we moved in 8 weeks later so hold hope as it does happen !!! x

Ooh lovely User1481

We're having the opposite where well meaning friends and family are saying "ahh it's obviously wasn't meant to be" 😢

Zoe that is such a great story!! To get it for less too!

The house we fell in love with went under offer before we could get ours on the market. It was first time buyers but they pulled out (split up) within 2 weeks and so we accepted an offer on ours, put in a low offer (10% below asking) and it was accepted. Just waiting for it all to go through now.

Yes! The house we currently own had just had an offer accepted on it when we enquirer! Several months later those buyers pulled out, and due to my persistence I was the first one the agents called (before the sellers!!)

Same happened to us, perfect house came on to market whilst our own had building work going on and we couldn’t put it on the market for a couple of weeks until the work was finished. By this time perfect House was under offer. We sold ours anyway then rented for nearly 2 years, checking Rightmove daily and considering different options. Put a cheeky offer on a gorgeous one that was considerably over budget but had been on the market for a while, and they accepted. Moved in recently and we can’t believe how lovely this one is. Honestly love this one more than the “perfect” one we missed out on, well worth the wait.

These stories are giving me hope!

This buyer seems to be ready to move and no chain at all. We had a higher offer but could afford more.

We went back to their EA and put in a final and even higher offer and their EA said when we have accepted an offer in ours to give her a call and she'll put the updated offer to the seller then. Then it's up to him if he switches purchasers.

Me! Apparently 1 in 3 sales fall through so always worth staying in touch with estate agents if you lose out

I don’t see how you think you have put in a genuine offer if you haven’t sold your house tbh. Your ‘offer’ means nothing if you don’t have a realistic prospect of having the money. No vendor can take you seriously if your own house is unsold.

When our house was on the market we were strict with ourselves, only looking on Rightmove not personally viewing until we sold. This was due to past disappointments.
We saw the house we wanted on Rightmove, it sold. We sold ours, just after exchange the house we’d seen on RM came back on the market. Their chain had collapsed, we offered and could move quickly, so couple of months later we moved in. Didn’t get any real reduction on the price as they’d budgeted for the house they moved to, we knew another couple also wanted this one and we didn’t want to lose it.

Some people are complete killjoys.

Of course it's a genuine offer, anyone can make a bloody offer. We've got over 10% deposit and mortgage in principal on new property amount in place.

Whether it's a proceedable offer is another thing isn't it? And one that I accept is up to the vendor and I don't blame him as I'd probably do the same if I was in his position.

The point of the thread is for the lovely success stories that other people are posting which I'm really enjoying seeing.

Killjoys can bugger off this thread as they're completely missing the point

Our buyers! They had found our house, but we sold before they had sold (we didn't know this), but our sale fell through and they visited once, put in an offer (bit of back and forth) and it's theirs.

They didn't look at anything else and only viewed it once, so clearly live it. They move in on Wednesday and have a flipping bargain

You never know , FTB very often get cold feet and duck out somewhere along the line

I really hope so!! It's been a week and it has said "Sold Stc" on website but no Sold sign up yet. Although I'm sure this can take some time.

I'm just hoping they are taking their time doing surveys etc and that I might get a quick offer on ours. We went on sale on Tuesday night but only have four viewings for Saturday. Have no idea if this is good or not for our road, but we went with a lesser known estate agent who is all about getting more money for the vendor rather than just getting a quick sale. He wanted to hold back viewings until the 29th but I said can we do them this sat instead.

Bah, their sold sign has gone up today 😢

We agreed to buy a house from someone who worked in the same building, they knew our house was on the market, but as it was a private sale, they were prepared to wait as no EA fees.

3 weeks later, a colleague came in and told me a for sale sign had gone up outside 'our house'. I contacted the seller to find out what was going on; she told me they weren't prepared to wait any long, fair enough, but I felt they should at least have told us.

The next day, I viewed a really brilliant house, larger rooms, quieter road. We were hesitant about putting in an offer.... the very next day, we had an offer on our house, we put in an offer on the brilliant house, less than 3 months later we had moved in and were really happy.

I received a phone call from the seller of the original house, asking if we were still interested. KARMA If it's meant to be it will happen.

Hadalifeonce

That's a great story! I bet that felt great knowing they'd come crawling back to you!

Yes! We made an offer slightly lower than asking (it was a slow market and the house needed a lot of work) which was not accepted, and when I rang back to increase the offer the estate agent said a sale had been agreed just a couple of hours before for full price. We asked if the buyer would consider a slightly higher offer but the answer was no.

This was after we'd walked away halfway through an earlier sale when we found out the loft conversion had been done without planning permission and decided that was a risk we didn't want to take, so we were gutted. We lived about 150 miles away from where we were buying and the whole project was eating up a lot of time, money and emotional energy.

Afterward when passing we noticed that no one was ever there and we could see no work had taken place. Eventually (maybe 2-4mos later) the estate agent rang us back to say it had come back on the market and the vendor would still like the asking price (rather than the slightly higher offer we'd made earlier) and we agreed there and then.

We had some complicated property issues to sort (the garden wasn't registered with the Land Registry) so it was something like six months before we actually got the keys (and then there was the the building work) but it's a very special house and we're really pleased.

Fingers crossed for you!