Reasonable patience period

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I have had an offer accepted on a house (I’m in rented); however the seller is intending to buy a property with her partner and he also needs to sell.
His house has been on the market for 2 months and only had a handful of viewings, no offers. My seller will not consider any stopgap options to allow my purchase to go through.

I knew this was the situation before making my offer and did say I would be patient but what’s a reasonable time period before pulling the plug? I see this dragging on and on as the other house is large and quirky.

I am mortgage free so don’t need to worry about that side of things and deliberately haven’t engaged solicitor/surveyor yet but I want to moved by the summer.

Just go and look at other properties and keep this one as a safety net. If you see something you like more then you can put in an offer on that. If you see something that is a better deal, then great. If there’s nothing better on the market then you just need to wait it out.

if there estate agent knows you are still looking they may well give the seller a kick for you.

Thank you. I feel bad as I know the seller quite well but at the end of day I need to move!

Agree totally with this advice. Nothing to feel guilty about, the seller is doing what suits them best, you need to look after yourself. This is the risk your seller is accepting by refusing to go into rented etc.

It depends how much you want the house. If you absolutely love it and there is nothing else comparable on the market, you’ll have to do it on the sellers terms and wait as long as it takes.

If there are other comparable houses you’d be happy to buy instead, then make an offer on one of those and if accepted then pull the plug on the first house.

There is no point setting arbitrary time limits on how long you should wait. You just need to wait as long as it takes until something better comes along.

I would defo keep looking, it's hard enough trying to complete a sale on one house but tying in 2 together sounds a nightmare! Wouldn't your seller consider putting her stuff in storage and moving in with her DP in order to progress your sale?

I think would be something you should propose to the seller, it’s perfectly reasonable. You could say that you are planning to keep looking for houses if not!