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Buyer won't instruct solicitor or order a survey until my offer has been accepted

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InkedGreen · 02/09/2019 16:26

What would you do? I'm not sure she is serious as had a 20 minute look at my place then offered a week later.

She said she wouldn't want to incur any costs while it was still on the market, now it's off the market I feel like the goalposts have been moved.

What do you think?

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InkedGreen · 02/09/2019 16:28

Btw this is the third time I've been sstc and I'm rapidly running out of time to sell by the end of the year

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Bubbles121 · 02/09/2019 16:31

Hi OP - which offer are they waiting to be accepted? Do they mean their offer to you, or are you offering on another property? Your post implies you have a deadline of the end of this year so I'm assuming you are in a position to move and aren't still house hunting?

jackstini · 02/09/2019 16:32

Have you got somewhere you have already offered on?
Would you be prepared to move out into rented so sale can definitely go ahead?
Think she might be worried about time to complete...
You can accept offer but keep on the market as a compromise

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InkedGreen · 02/09/2019 16:33

They are waiting for the offer on my next house to be accepted. I've accepted their offer and taken it off the market.

I think they need to show they're committed to mine, as at the moment it doesn't sound like they are and could just pull out at any second.

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InkedGreen · 02/09/2019 16:35

I've got somewhere I've offered on but it hasn't been accepted yet, she doesn't know this and just knows I'm hunting.

She demanded it was taken off the market before she incured any costs, but even now it's off the market she isn't ordering the survey which doesn't seem fair to me.

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InfiniteSheldon · 02/09/2019 16:39

Shes right you are so very very wrong, until you have your next house lined up why on earth would your buyer's commit money to a maybe i'm selling maybe i'm moving seller not actually confimed it yet?

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InkedGreen · 02/09/2019 16:43

She would commit because she said she definitely wanted to buy it and is fine to wait until I found something.

Why should I take it of the market if she hasn't shown any commitment to it and could pull out at any time without being affected at all?

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BaronessBomburst · 02/09/2019 16:44

I'm with your buyer here. I wouldn't spend money on a survey either until I knew that you had a property lined up.

whatsthecomingoverthehill · 02/09/2019 16:44

Why should she be spending money to prove how serious she is when she doesn't know you've even found anywhere to move to yet?

PurpleDaisies · 02/09/2019 16:45

I agree with your buyer.

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InkedGreen · 02/09/2019 16:45

And if that's the way she felt she should have said this earlier rather than saying she will instruct and order survey once it's not on the market.

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InkedGreen · 02/09/2019 16:46

Because it contratics what she said last week.

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Namechangeforthiscancershit · 02/09/2019 16:46

Either I've totally misunderstood or your buyer's position is fair enough

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InkedGreen · 02/09/2019 16:48

Even if you agree with them not ordering the survey, isn't it fair for me to say it goes back on the market? I'm only wanting to take it off the market once I know I have a serious buyer.

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AnchorDownDeepBreath · 02/09/2019 16:48

Why should I take it of the market if she hasn't shown any commitment to it and could pull out at any time without being affected at all?

Why should she pay for a survey when you haven't shown any commitment to moving and currently have no house to move into?

She's happy to wait for you to find something you want to buy, but in return she wants your house to be off the market. She wants to know that you're not sitting there seeing if you can get a higher offer while she waits for you to be in a proceed-able position.

I'm with her. She'd be silly to pay for a survey right now.

Soontobe60 · 02/09/2019 16:49

Maybe she assumed that you had an offer on a property already as you'd accepted her offer. Don't panic, OP, wait until your offer is accepted then let he know.

loutypips · 02/09/2019 16:49

Maybe her solicitor has advised her to do that.
I personally wouldn't spend anything on a property until I knew that the seller was in a position to proceed. Unfortunately, from experience, we had fallen in love with a place, paid for surveys and searches and then the seller pulled out as they couldn't find anything they liked.

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InkedGreen · 02/09/2019 16:50

Why should she pay for a survey when you haven't shown any commitment to moving and currently have no house to move into?

And why should I take it of the market if she hasn't shown any commitment to buying it?

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Robs20 · 02/09/2019 16:51

I would do the same as your buyer unless you are prepared to rent if you dont find somewhere soon (so sale of your house can continue). Our buyers recently had a survey done when we hadn’t yet found something to offer on/ wanted to move to - I thought they were crazy!

whatsthecomingoverthehill · 02/09/2019 16:52

There are no rules to this so it is up to you OP. Put it back on the market if that's how you feel, despite everyone on here saying your buyer is just being sensible. But be prepared for her to walk away. How confident are you that you will not just get another buyer, but also get one who is happy to spend their money on surveys etc when they know you haven't had an offer accepted yet?

BaronessBomburst · 02/09/2019 16:54

And why should I take it of the market if she hasn't shown any commitment to buying it?

You show willing to keep your buyer. If you put it back on the market she's likely to look elsewhere.
It's up to you though.

BitOftheSea · 02/09/2019 16:55

Sounds fair enough to me. If you’re desperate for her to commit then agree to go ahead with the sale even if you haven’t found somewhere to buy.

RedWineForMePlease · 02/09/2019 16:55

Standard advice is not to spend money on surveys / legals until the chain is complete, which it isn't.

I'm with your buyer, and would do the same.

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InkedGreen · 02/09/2019 16:59

As she's not inspired me with confidence that she's dedicate to the sale (selling on purple bricks so know her) I would be fine if she walked away. It's just another itchy feeling I have about her. Saying that the last buyer I thought would follow through and they didn't.

If she had of said last week she is waiting until my offer is accepted that would be fine, but last week she said once it's off the market she will. And now has changed her requests. It doesn't fill me with confidence.

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ThorosOfMyr · 02/09/2019 17:00

OP you're going round in circles here. You won't take it off the market until you feel your buyer is committed and she won't incur costs until she feels you are committed and the chain is complete. She is right to hold out until the chain looks set. Otherwise she is gambling with her cash. Will you instruct a solicitor and book a survey on wherever you want to purchase immediately? I doubt it.

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