Gazundered day before exchange

[BenjiCat]

We were all on track to be exchanging this week with completion on for the end of next week. We were waiting on our buyer's searches etc for some time and they finally came through earlier this week.

Call this morning from the estate agent. Buyer has dropped their offer by £15k due to 'immediate issues flagged in the survey' with no details about what these are, no copy of the report and no estimations on how that figure has been calculated. We've said we'd need to see the report to understand the basis for their drop (and to potentially renegotiate... No promises). But they've been reluctant to do this and says they'd be happy to proceed with exchange tomorrow still should we agree to the £15k

Fuming does not cover feelings right now !!

Great news! And hopefully CFs will get their comeuppance sooner or later

@Atalune

Plant bulbs in the grass that spell put wankers.

Haha, that really made me laugh! 🤣

Plant bulbs in the grass that spell put wankers
It may be quicker to plant in the shape of a penis.

So the CFs have gained £5k? Right they can afford a cleaner then so don’t bother doing any of that. Make sure you load your bins right up so they can’t throw anything out for a while. Maybe block the toilet on your way out?

Swap the light bulbs for ones that don’t work.
Maybe loosen a few screws here and there on the way out too.
Take your time on moving day. I know in theory the house sells early but no one ever gets out on the dot.

Oh, get your DH to just “smoke” some fags and cigars and leave the place with a nice door.

Please don’t allow this amoral behaviour.

Allow it?they pocketed £5000. Sale now completed

Totally agree with the "you blackmailed £5k out of this chain, you can afford to get cleaners in" note and leave your house uncleaned in every corner, every cupboard, window, appliance.

toxic to remain that angry and the op didn’t pay the £5000, they’re not actually out of pocket. So why be puerile on someone else behalf
By all means the person who coughed up the £5000 has reason to feel aggrieved. Op less so

Never again will I be part of a chain it is too stressful I would rather deal with one side at a time even if it prolongs the agony. Trust is something that goes out the window where house sales are concerned. Our culture is now full of entitled CF's Like you I would sit tight and say no to them. I am glad it all worked out for you.

OP had the stress of almost being blackmailed out of her sale. I am sure she will make her appreciation known to those at the top of the chain with a very nice bottle of champagne/other gift.

So op got the house,isn’t out of pocket. Had some temporary stress.
Someone else actually paid up to keep the chain moving. Not the op
Op has no reason to leave the house dirty,with unflushed faeces or hold a gripe

@EspressoDoubleShot

So op got the house,isn’t out of pocket. Had some temporary stress. Someone else actually paid up to keep the chain moving. Not the op Op has no reason to leave the house dirty,with unflushed faeces or hold a gripe

So you think this kind of unethical behaviour should be rewarded? They’ll try it again when they move now.

I think adults shouldn’t enact gripes and should be able to remain composed and not enact punishment
The person who can feel aggrieved is the anonymous buyer who paid £5000

@EspressoDoubleShot

I think adults shouldn’t enact gripes and should be able to remain composed and not enact punishment The person who can feel aggrieved is the anonymous buyer who paid £5000

You didn’t answer the question.

Any advice on a reasoned response to go back with would be appreciated!
“We refer you to the reply given in the case of Arkell v. Pressdram.”

I think I'd also do a letter. A really patronising one talking about house buying etiquette seeing as they're FTB, explain how much it frustrates the seller and that they're very lucky as you were ready to walk away and next time they may not be so lucky

Adults shouldn’t enact gripes. You are correct.

But if adults didn’t act like grabby arses and try to rip off strangers then there would be no gripe necessary.

Holding a chain to ransom is not the behaviour of decent people.

They do not deserve any level of consideration.

You have my answer, it adequately explains my POV
Your question really is irrelevant , and I imagine you’re trying to be argumentative and go off at a tangent

So let’s get this straight,in response to bad behaviour, one enacts further bad behaviour? What does that achieve? What lesson will the other buyer glean from the fact that op left her house dirty?

@EspressoDoubleShot

So let’s get this straight,in response to bad behaviour, one enacts further bad behaviour? What does that achieve? What lesson will the other buyer glean from the fact that op left her house dirty?

Inconvenience leads to inconvenience?

Or look what happens when you behave like a twat?

I could go on

OP can save her time for unpacking in her new house. No brainer really

What would that achieve?

Nothing much probably. But I would not be going all out to leave a welcome pack and an immaculate house.

I would not bend over backwards for someone who was basically trying to gain money by deceit. £15k worth of work according to their report if you please.

I don’t tend to be accommodating to fraudsters. And I’m sure as hell wouldn’t be nice either. Or quiet about what they’d tried to do.

@EspressoDoubleShot

You have my answer, it adequately explains my POV Your question really is irrelevant , and I imagine you’re trying to be argumentative and go off at a tangent

My question is entirely relevant. What incentive is there to these people to behave properly when they’ve been rewarded for behaving like arseholes?

That’s a whole other tangential point that is unrelated to suggestions that the op act out too. The op has not paid any additional monies, she’s not out of pocket. Just because the one amoral buyer manipulated the chain for more money doesn’t mean the unaffected op is justified in leaving the house dirty or enacting a gripe. As an adult I’d expect op to think on balance this doesn’t require a tit for tat retribution