The all-new buyers/sellers waiting room (continued x5) thread!

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Hi I took the liberty of starting a new thread as I couldn't answer on the last one.

@kirinm I am glad you've decided I pull out. I wanted to suggest it but didn't want to stress you out. I hope the next house you view is the one and it all goes smoothly.

@ingkir I have just read all the search results. My son has helped with a couple of questions, I've left a message for my friend to help with something else and I am waiting for the solicitor to ring me back as they've attached someone else's details to the end of the paperwork 🙄. I'm distinctly unimpressed as of course potentially someone has mine and the whole stream could be wrong. Looking at what the emails say it is likely it is a one off but I needed to tell them. The receptionist was going to put me through to the solicitors secretary until I said why I was ringing. Already over the time of when she said she'd be back.

I still have a few things outstanding but I won't exchange until I have answers so I'll wait it out.

Thank you@kirinm - seems reasonable?

@0hshutupshirley Describing the particular situation would be very outing. It's along the lines of they asked for 4% off and we countered with 2% off.

The issue for me was not that they asked to lower the price, I understand why they wanted that. It's that they did it so late in the process. Prior to them asking, I had thought my sale was all ready to go and was waiting for my purchase to catch up.

@IWillAlwaysBeinaClubWithYouin1973 If it were me, I would ask the purpose of the visit before agreeing to anything. I think of it like a work meeting, I would want to know what the meeting was for before agreeing to attend and ideally receive the agenda in advance.

I would want my EA to be present. He is very good at smoothing ruffled feathers, if that is what's needed. Also bear in mind you don't necessarily have to answer everything there and then. It's all right to say I'll get back to you about it. Then you can think it through and talk to the EA later about the best way to respond.

@Flughafenkoenigin you are very sensible. Can you come with me?

Thank you. I didn't really mean the situation, just wondering on amounts, so that's very helpful. We just got our survey back today, and we are going to be in touch tomorrow so hopefully even if they don't agree we can't be accused of being unreasonable. They only took it off the market last Friday.

That's shocking. On what basis?

I know you're limited as to options, but they're clearly playing games, thinking you won't pull out.

They want me to pay for an expert window report. They won't take an email from the window fitter. They actually wants me to pay for a window person to do a survey.
They are adamant that the council should be able to fix the windows, but I have asked for this myself because the sellers solicitor has been unable to deal with it so I did it myself and the council have got back to me and said they can't fix the windows.

It's also a lot of promising things and then not carrying things out so she promised me she would message my solicitor with the new sellers solicitors details but has failed to do so.

They sound useless, tbh.

I do think it's game-playing though. What will you do?

I've cc'ed her manager in and asked how to file a complaint they won't speak to the seller which is telling. I might drop by tbh and tell her what's happening

Nothing to lose at this point!

They're meant to take instructions from their client, not decide for themselves what they want to happen.

It's strange I'm starting to wonder if the place the seller is buying from has pulled out for them to be stalling @NoWordForFluffy

Joining as I am having a terrible time with the seller. Unfortunately it's an elderly person who seems reluctant to move but needs to due to the property no longer being suitable. We sale agreed 3 months ago and still can't get access for a survey. Vendor not allowing it for various reasons i.e. ill health. Just heard today the survey company have referred it back to the lender..has anyone ever had this happen. I'm assuming the worst and the property has been taken off the market. I tried to speak to EA of the property but no luck (he is the one arranging everything for the seller). Just feel a bit defeated at this point to be honest.

To answer your question, I would have the EA present to answer any uncomfortable questions or demands for renegotiation. You are paying them handsomely and this is their job!

My dh and I (not UK) did not think to do this and our buyer came by 13 (yes 13×) times before exchange and completion. Unending questions and hastles. Our EA said they had no idea. !? Do not let them do this to you!

Hoping to exchange tomorrow. Husband rushing contracts in. I just can’t see our buyer doing it. They have caused constant delays.

Hope you’re all ok in here. It’s so stressful!

Hi all,

Just to say, completion day went without a hitch. I'm sitting up in my new bedroom having a brew, with many boxes to open! We got access at 2pm, the movers were fantastic and everything un loaded in 2.5 hours. Mad vendor was nowhere to be seen and left us a lovely note including what he feeds the wild fox in the garden (which duly showed up to greet us at 4pm).

At the point we had handed over the keys to our lovely old home and were waiting for the new ones (about 1.5 hours wait, when we went out for some lunch) I had a slight panic about whether we had done the right thing but as soon as we got here I felt pure relief. Delighted with the new place, bigger than I remembered, beautiful flow to the place and its already starting to feel like home.

Send much love and luck to everyone on this thread with their moves, especially to those who have been so supportive and kept me sane during the many "insane vendor" twists and turns. After 6 months of stress it (almost!) Seems worth it. We are finally in our forever home ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Well our chain has collapsed- we were shortly hoping to exchange in a few weeks. Our buyers lost their buyers and we latterly found out their buyers weren't ftb (as told) but selling a property and that the part of the chain that's broken. So I have given them 2 weeks to try and keep the chain and tbh it's not their fault our EA didn't give us the proper chain details.

To add to the stress within 10mins of that call we got our level 3 survey (which we got as a just be safe).

The house we are buying needs a new roof, and is showing all the markers of being on the move. So much so the surveyor asked if there had been an insurance claim for subsidence... he said a repair had been done but the repair has new cracks so they don't think is historical. Oh and there's damp and the extension (that walks talks and looks like a proper extension) is classed as a conservatory 😭😭 and is built over street sewage works and no permission was granted from water board to do this so if the sewage for the street goes wrong the "conservatory" which makes up the very very large dining, kitchen and lounge would have to be removed. Wood work in the beams of the loft, and damp pretty much everywhere.

I don't know how much our vendor knows about but we are heartbroken because the surveyor said do not touch it with a barge poll unless you have mega amounts of cash to fix it.

So in 20mins our house move journey returned to the beginning. Like a nasty game of snakes and ladders.... tell me it gets better ?

@Cheeseandcrackers40 I am so happy you are in your new place, sounds great x and the vendor drama is now finally at an end!

@hotandpermi crikey that's awful! Absolutely the right thing to do is abandon that one!! Be honest with the EA so the vendor is aware they may have no clue!

@Waiting4Autumm I truly don't think the EA for our vendor knew.

What's worse is that we nearly didn't get the level 3 survey but our solicitors advised it as it's built on clay.

I can only imagine what would have happened if we had forgoed it !

Ggahhhh

Congratulations @Cheeseandcrackers40 - jealous about the fox!

Congratulations @Cheeseandcrackers40 !! It sounds fabulous and I hope you have a lovely life living there.

@MotherOfRatios that isn't for the EA to say though?! Odd. How much of a reduction have you made? I'd be tempted to pull out just because of the way the agent is behaving!

Can someone talk me down please. I’m top of a chain of 5, my buyer was intending to break the chain before she found me so I thought I was in a good position as the rest of the chain was more mature and the timeline shouldn’t take much longer than the searches. I facilitated the damn survey, delayed a trip so the buyer could meet me to ask facile questions she had either already been given the answer to or could find on the local Facebook. 3 months later we’re getting ready to exchange and the agent suggests next Friday, queue big panic as out of the blue, less than 2 weeks notice and I’ve now moved 4 hours away so I scramble around sorting movers and taking time off a new job and using all my leave in the process . Yesterday they come back and say actually can’t do that date and want to move it to the middle of the following week- this means either I reorganise everything ( I can’t, I’ve paid out a load of money and already moved work commitments I can’t change again) or I take out the broadband kit and leave the house empty with no alarm or cctv, which I’m not happy about.

I’m so cross to be messed around and on the verge of telling them all to piss off as communication has been really bad and everyone is ignoring my challenges which I’ve been very up front about and just keep asking stupid questions.

Any advice gratefully received. Thanks

Chains of more than 2+ can be prone to this. I would simply say that the new date doesn't work for you.

People in a chain normally are only focused on their own situation and challenges @SoVeryVeryBored so I would say it's to be expected that they don't much care about yours. Some people say that buying and selling houses brings out the worst in people.

But with regard to dates, your wants are as important as anyone else's. I would make sure it is communicated to the chain that you need to move next Friday as previously requested as have organised removals/taken time off work etc. You can't force anyone to comply but you should at least communicate that this is what you want/need to happen for good reasons.