give buyer my number?

lynzpower

Doozergirl - exactly what I was thinking!!

clairehi

Bossyboots wrote:

Its a while since we moved but we had the contact details of our buyers and sellers and were in touch on a regular basis.

As our youngest was under two when we moved the lady in the house we were buying suggested we spent the afternoon at the house so it wasn't unknown to him when we moved. Not only did we have a lovely afternoon with tea and cakes, but the lovely lady put two loads of my washing in her machine and hung them in her garden to dry because I had made a chance remark earlier in the day while arranging the time to go over that my washing machine had just sprung a leak.

Unfortunately my son also "sprung a leak" on the carpet but she cleaned it up with good humour while I washed my son and changed his clothes.

blimey! she sounds like a saint! or maybe just very pleased to sell her house I guess!

clairehi

robwend wrote:

weird thing happened tonight, opened the door to my buyer! wanted to come in and thank me for letting him buy my house??sat chatting for a hour! lol im really miffed. also he said if i would like to leave my number so we could get together for a drink after ....bit fishy? more like can i have your number so if i have a complaint about the house i can bother you?.....what i think

I think he fancies you too!

Having said that, friends of mine were taken out for dinner by their buyers to "thank them" for selling their flat. now because Im a cynical person, I would think that if they were that pleased, the price was too low!

IMO, its better to keep a certain professional distance with the other side while the transaction is ongoing so I prefer to go through the agent/solicitor. 9 times out of ten, it wont cause a problem if they have your number. But you never know how people will react if things go wrong, and you dont want them on the phone shouting the odds. so I wouldnt normally hand mine out until after exchange (as you have done), unless things were desperate and the professionals were not chasing things up.

Debras_Angel

I would always want to be able to deal direct with my buyer.

We would never have exchanged in 6 weeks if we'd left it to the sols and EA, in fact I never heard from the EA again once the offer went in.

Our buyer was on the phone weekly to update us on where they were in the process and couldn't have been nicer.

But there are some strange peeps out there and you need to gage it. I am always wary of an EA who refuses to pass on any details, this can often be when the games start!

We did become good friends with one couple who's house we bought.
Cheers Debs

cattie

When I was buying my previous house I was on very good terms with the sellers & we swapped phone numbers & we sent each other Christmas cards for a few years after the sale.

When buying this house the vendor's gave me their phone number & told me to call anytime if I had any queries or wanted to visit the house again. I didn't though as I'm not the kind of person to make a nuisance of myself.

But me myself I've always been wary of letting my buyer's have my phone number & once the sale has gone through have been careful to avoid letting them know where I was moving to. You just never know with some people & my worst nightmare would be someone constantly on the phone or on your doorstep when the selling process was going through. And even worse, that they contact you once they have moved in & encounter a problem or two.

I feel I pay the ea & solicitor enough, so let them earn their money & deal with any queries or issues during the selling process.

Debras_Angel

I agree with you Cattie.

I haven't given my buyers my new number as I wouldn't want the hassle if they were to keep ringing for things.

I did put together a folder for them with all the details I thought might help them for the house and surrounding area in terms of shops doctors dentists etc. as they were relocating.

Debs

MORPH3US

If you are going to give him a number, make sure its your mobile number.

That way, its easy to switch it off, ignore his calls or even change your number completely if he does turn out to be a stalker!!!

M

Doozergirl

Or your home number because you'll be moving

clairehi

Debras_Angel wrote:

I agree with you Cattie.

I haven't given my buyers my new number as I wouldn't want the hassle if they were to keep ringing for things.

I did put together a folder for them with all the details I thought might help them for the house and surrounding area in terms of shops doctors dentists etc. as they were relocating.

Debs

What a lovely idea. our vendors left us menus for the best local takeaways which was handy on our first night in the place!

NervousYetFeisty

tesuhoha wrote:

We pulled out of a sale because we couldnt get our buyers number and we didnt know what was going on. The EA wouldnt give us the number and wouldnt tell us what was going on either. So in our case it would have been better if the buyer had given us his number

I'd be pretty annoyed if an EA gave out our number without our consent (it's possibly against Data Protection anyway).

Having said that some friend's got so peed off with their vendor's EA dragging their feet over negotiations (the survey revealed some things that needed addressing) that in the end they all met, minus the EA. My friends put a note through their door with their number on it asking for a call (they already knew the address, natch!) and thrashed it out over the kitchen table. Both parties were happy to do this and it ended happily - the vendors saw my friends weren't taking them for a ride, and vice versa. The EA was not only dragging their feet but they were also muddying the waters, iykwim.