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Buyer demands/Moving to rented

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Dempiggies · 12/10/2018 18:27

We are in the process of a part exchange of our our flat with a developer to buy one of their houses. Sought after location and offered us full market value, only thing we stipulated was that we get to live here until completion in December as we refuse to move into rented with 4 children.

They marketed before we exchanged and flat sold to first viewer two hours after it hit rightmove. Lovely woman, explained when I did viewing that we were part exchanging and completion in Dec, she'd be buying from developer not us etc. All fine.

That was a month ago, she's currently hounding me via email (no idea how she's got that eitherHmm) telling us we have to move to rented this month, she's just set a completion date with her buyer and demanding we agree to the same date, offering 'options' her solicitor/the EA has given her which all include us moving into rented and incurring costs, threatening to pull out, needing to see the flat again etc. It's getting beyond a joke and I'm opening my email every day to about 3 emails from her, including details she could only have gotten from the developer relating to our current and new property. I've been polite and to the point with any queries she's raised and ignored the rest.

I've been on to the developers sales teams dealing with our purchase who say to block and ignore and she shouldn't be contacting me etc but it's easy said. I'm worried she'll make up some reason to screw us over when she moves in or something.

I'm just at a loss what to do, there's no actual 'bad feeling' as we are both quite polite and I know she's excited, i did part ex so I didn't have to deal with this! Confused

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Dempiggies · 12/10/2018 18:28

I should add, she isn't actually buying from us, we sold to a developer who are selling to her!

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MissConductUS · 12/10/2018 18:31

Has the developer bought the flat from you yet? If not, she is buying from you. Is the developer acting as your sales agent in some way?

Have contracts been exchanged with her yet?

Dempiggies · 12/10/2018 18:36

We've exchanged contracts with the flat noted as part payment for the house to go to developer on completion day, and all queries etc going to the developers legal team, the paperwork we've been through all has developer as buyer so I'm confident they're not just the middle man.

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Dempiggies · 12/10/2018 18:36

She apparently hasn't exchanged yet with developer of that makes sense?

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MissConductUS · 12/10/2018 18:37

Sorry, out posts crossed. It's not your problem if she drops out. The developer will have to find a new buyer. Just tell her politely that you are not involved in her purchase and she needs to stop contacting you.

Mildura · 12/10/2018 19:23

Agree with MissC, not your problem.
If your contract with the developor allows you to remain until December, that’s the end of it.
I think blocking/ignore option is the right advice.

thetigerthatcamefortea · 12/10/2018 19:37

I work for a builder and we do a lot of part exchanges.
This is really odd behaviour.
You need to tell her to do one.
It makes no difference what so ever to you.
No builder would ask you to move in to rented. That’s the whole perk of part exchange. It gets rid of the chain.
They are buying it from you and will then sell it on. If she pulls out that’s fine. The builder will find a new buyer through a local estate agent.
I would get tough and tell them and or the estate agent that if she contacts you again you will get your solicitor involved

daphine2004 · 13/10/2018 00:18

I would also find out how she got your contact details as there may have been a data protection breach.

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