A bit of a rant but can't include too many details as it'd be very outing, possibly already is...
We're having an awful time having finally reached the point of exchange. After months of going through the slow process that selling and buying a house in England is, and going over the same minor issues with our buyers umpteen times. And after them missing an exchange date requested by them which has caused us having to cancel a planned holiday - we've finally reached the point where all parties in our pretty small chain are ready to exchange.
But we can't. Because our buyers have royally messed up which means we can't agree on a mutually convenient date of completion. Buyers have created themselves a situation where the only possible date to complete is one really inconvenient to us in several ways. The only way around it is for them to suffer a large enough financial loss that they're not willing to suffer. It is completely down to their own mistake, poor communication and decision-making.
So we're at a stalemate. And all the pressure seems to be on us to compromise and to be honest, it's making what is an already stressful life event even more stressful. Our EA has been working tirelessly trying to find a way around so that they get paid but is hitting a brick wall with the buyers. We've tried standing our ground, pushed and pushed back but the longer it goes on the more it seems it'll have to be us who'll have to compromise. Situations like this make us both want to pull the plug on the whole thing. I honestly would cut my nose to spite my face here.
To top it all, we don't even have the kind of radiators where we can stuff prawns down😛