Argh, so frustrating, but buyer's buyer has pulled out of our 3-property chain (we are at the top of the chain). We have to decide either a) wait for the buyer to replace their buyer (they are selling a flat in the greater London area) or find a new buyer ourselves (3 bed end of terrace with garden in Surrey). I'd rather do the former, as the buyers seem likely genuinely nice people, are devaststed, and have gone to the effort and financial cost of survey etc. Everything is ready to go between us and them. Also I am dreading having to go through rounds of viewings again- we have 2 little kids and the cleaning and hiding the clutter to prepare for viewings is a nightmare. However, I have read that flats are harder to shift at the moment. We are intending to rent after selling but would like to put an offer on a house in the next few weeks ideally as we can't afford to pay for both mortgage and rental costs for long. So we need a buyer who can proceed. What would you do?
For context, we have loads of viewings and our house sold within two weeks of being on the market (March I think) but that was the only offer we received (sold just under asking) although we had some second viewings lined up.