Would you walk away

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kirinm · 01/05/2025 08:17

Offer made on 7th March. Delays and delays. Memo of sale issued on 20th March. Since then all that has happened is a fixtures and fitting form has been sent to my solicitor.

We were told it would be a quick sale. Estate agents won’t pick up the phone to us - I know they work for the seller but they were our agent and also our agent for the rental we are currently in (having agreed to go into rental to facilitate our sale).

We asked them to find out what was going on with probate on 7th March. We still don’t know.

We were ready to exchange 10 weeks in on our sale. Being nearly 8 weeks in and having made basically no progress and not getting any updates doesn’t seem okay to me.

DP wants to walk away. We’ve been lied to so many times which hasn’t helped. I’m sick of the whole thing but the housing market is extremely slow where we are.

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rainingsnoring · 02/05/2025 09:24

kirinm · 02/05/2025 09:02

To give an example of how insane the market is. These two houses are on the same road. I viewed one of them but they’re all very much in the same condition as each other. Same footprint, same side of the road so the garden gets the same sun. Same estate agent. Only difference is one was on in Feb and the other in March. (Oh and the extra £100k), sold within a week.

pictures have come up in the wrong order!

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Sounds like a crazy bubble. What goes up at such a speed will likely come down again.

Lighteningstrikes · 05/05/2025 13:06

You’ve GOT to know the probate position.
Has it even been applied for?
When can you sign the contract?

Start looking at other properties to safeguard yourself.

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