We have sold our house and in a hurry to move before baby comes. We had offer accepted and were proceeding before the survey revealed the extent of repairs required (the house is not in a great state in some ways, but in other ways it’s good or new windows doors).
Last night we spotted a very similar house come onto the market - 3 streets away so there is no real difference in terms of location (same school catchment). It was built the same year and of exact same construction. We went to see it today and although it’s not decorated to our taste, it’s all done. So the repairs required on the other house will definitely not be required in this new house.
Now the asking price for the new house is the same as our offer accepted on the original house. Except the original vendors are playing hardball refusing to reduce the price by very much to account for the extensive and expensive repairs.
We now want to walk away from the original house and offer on the new house. But we want the offer to be accepted first before we pull out of the original house.
So my question is do we go straight in at asking price and ask them to take it off the market immediately? Any other tips or advice? We need to proceed quickly to get moving and keep our buyer. We understand the new vendors are willing to move quickly and aren’t looking for a new house.