My MIL is looking to move closer to us, she is currently 1hr 45 away and looking to downsize and move around 20 mins away. She first went on the market in Sept 24 for 375k, and had over 30 viewings, resulting in an offer of 365k. All was proceeding well until the buyers buyer pulled out in Feb.
She went back on the market straight away, and dropped the price to 350 to try and get a quick sale. Accepted an offer from a FTB with mortgage in principle - who then promptly changed their mind 2 weeks later!! She then lost her onward purchase as they weren’t willing to wait (typically she then got another offer the day after it sold)
Back on again, third time lucky…. Accepted an offer from a FTB (at this point she’s only considering chain free buyers) and found a new onward purchase. All was progressing well, until they got made redundant after 4 weeks!!!!!
Back on again, loads of interest and got an offer of 355, all been progressing well for 6 weeks and now the buyer has got cold feet due to the house having solar panels where the roof is leased to a company (who have confirmed the lease can be transferred and also it’s compliant with mortgage requirements etc)
So, now she’s back on looking for buyer number 5!! It’s so frustrating and she really doesn’t want to lose her onward purchase. We have suggested going back to the buyer to offer 10k discount so that they can buy out the solar panels lease (at the minute no money is exchanged, they maintain the panels and MIL gets free daytime electric)
We have spoken to the agent, they are calling lists of potential interest, have put it as featured on RM etc, but is there anything else we should be asking them to do?
I realise the solar panels will be putting people off but it doesn’t seem to have been an issue so far! Only the first buyer got as far as having a survey and it didn’t highlight any issues. Does she just have the worst luck in house selling history?!