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Sellers pulled out

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Hushmental · 30/04/2022 08:00

So shaken and heartbroken. I can’t stop crying either. Sellers pulled out 10 days before exchanging contract. Gave offer in Jan and kept things moving at ok pace, but sellers wanted to finish early and pushed for things to happen fast. So we paid extra for solicitors, mortgage brokers etc. worst is we have given notice to landlord and my child’s nursery as well. I have given notice to my work as well as I would need to travel 2 hours eday. All because of them. We were looking for house to buy for past 3 years ( since pregnant with my daughter ) and was longing to have our own place and garden for my daughter to play etc. As we were closer to exchanging we started imagining our life there and next minute it’s all been crushed. Don’t know how to move on now. All Airbnb places near us are 100 to 120 minimum and there is only one friend near us who is unable to accommodate us !

sorry for the long post. I just wanted to get it out of my chest I suppose.

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Louisianna16 · 30/04/2022 08:25

Oh you poor things, I'm sorry this has happened,its such a horrible disappointment at an advanced stage. Unforch these things are a part of the whole stressfest that is buying and selling houses in England and Wales.

Have the sellers given any reason,that you could work round ,perhaps?

AllThingsServeTheBeam · 30/04/2022 08:26

What twats they are. What reasons have they given? It's criminal that this can happen.

girlmom21 · 30/04/2022 08:29

Oh I'm sorry OP. The house-buying system is so bloody broken.

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 30/04/2022 08:31

So sorry OP, that’s absolutely rubbish for you. What reason did they give?

Minimalme · 30/04/2022 08:51

I am so sorry, some people are appalling human beings.

This happened to us in January and since we needed to move for financial reasons, he have teetered on the edge of loosing our home and the stress has been crucifying.

Try and 'undo' what you can - can you keep renting the place you're in now and carry on with your job for a while longer?

I wish you some lucky breaks - you deserve them.

Try and keep strong and you will get past this.

Starseeking · 30/04/2022 08:56

This happened to me earlier this year, my vendor pulled out after 7 months of conveyancing on the day of exchange, they just changed their mind. I cried for a whole day, it's absolutely awful, so I really do know how you are feeling.

Have they given any reason for pulling out? Is there any way your purchase can be salvaged?

If not, can you see about renting short-term in the new area so at least you can go at the time you planned?

I'm so sorry, I really feel for you Flowers

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Hushmental · 30/04/2022 09:34

Thanks everyone . We asked our landlord to let us stay and happy to pay extra. But he is already signed contRact with new tenant. So I don’t know what to do. My work has told me I can work until end of June but we can’t stay anywhere temporarily and I don’t know how to manage childcare as both of us in full time high pressured jobs. I have given up looking to buy now . I just don’t want to go through this whole process again. I will just rent until I die and looks like we have bad luck following us everywhere.

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LIZS · 30/04/2022 09:37

If you were due to move 2 hours away is it not worth looking at rentals there so at least you are in a better position to look for a permanent home.

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Hushmental · 30/04/2022 09:37

sellers were going through Divorce and now they want to give it another go . We asked them just 2 weeks back if there is any change in circumstances and can we exchange contract as planned. They did say yes. Just yesterday evening we are getting mail from estate agent saying they have pulled out.

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Herejustforthisone · 30/04/2022 09:47

I will just rent until I die and looks like we have bad luck following us everywhere.

Have a good wallow, you deserve it, what has happened is shit. But then try to drop this mindset, it’s not helpful.

Candleabra · 30/04/2022 09:50

God how awful for you. It’s such a broken system, they’ve upset your whole life now, just because they’ve changed their mind. There should be a go / no go point in house sales where you’re locked in far before exchange of contracts. So unfair.

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Hushmental · 30/04/2022 10:12

It is a broken system indeed.

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Fossiltop · 30/04/2022 18:41

Same happened to me yesterday I was expecting to complete in a couple of weeks. Isn't it horrible?

FirstFallopians · 30/04/2022 18:48

Same thing happened to us- luckily we hadn’t given notice to the landlord, but it was the day before exchange. Seller tried to say we’d been dragging our heels (we absolutely had not, we were very organised FTB) and ended up letting her son move in with his family instead.

DH and I were PISSED but about a month later we viewed another, cheaper and BETTER house just down the street. We bought it and have made it our own. Not a day goes past that I don’t thank our lucky stars that the previous seller was a flaky twat.

Allow yourself some time to be furious but as a pp said, try not to wallow.

SugarDatesandPistachios · 30/04/2022 18:50

I’m so sorry for you, utterly heartbreaking but you will not be destined to rent forever, feels like the end now but you will get there.

DomusAurea · 30/04/2022 20:43

We had this when we got this house - we were supposed to be somewhere else and vendors suddenly pulled out - they just decided they did not want to sell. We got this house, in which we have lived over 10 years, which was better than the one we wanted to buy originally. Please don't stop believing. You will get there.

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