Vendors pull out AFTER exchange of contract

divadee

as Martin always says please can people be nice to all moneysavers. There is nothing wrong in offering support to someone.

Now welshwoofs any updates?

telfordwhite

maninthestreet wrote: »

Another pointless post that adds no value to this thread.

Touche.....

iamana1ias

Welshwoofs wrote: »

We're following a bit of a 'grand plan' at the moment but unfortunately I can't talk about it at the moment! However I hope to be posting the conclusion to this drama before Sept is out.

Can none of you that keep asking for updates read?

DVardysShadow

divadee wrote: »

as Martin always says "please", can people be nice to all moneysavers

[fixed your punctuation]
I don't think we should ever stop being nice to moneysavers, even if Martin never says "please".

Zelie

Doesn't Martin actually say "pls" rather than "please"? He's in too much of a hurry to bother with vowels.

Strapped

DVardysShadow wrote: »

[fixed your punctuation]
I don't think we should ever stop being nice to moneysavers, even if Martin never says "please".

The pedant in me has to point out that actually the punctuation should be:

As Martin always says, "please can people be nice to all moneysavers".

ETA: Sorry for bumping the thread!

DVardysShadow

Strapped wrote: »

The pedant in me has to point out that actually the punctuation should be:

As Martin always says, "please can people be nice to all moneysavers".

ETA: Sorry for bumping the thread!

How do you know?

You could just be punctuating it to suit yourself:p

Welshwoofs

Well time for a biiiiiig update!

So the first big thing; we've settled with the vendors out of court. In short, our legals started applying a lot of pressure and submitted a report on estimated losses (surveyors were retained to estimate the value of that house and the value of equivalent houses in the area) if the sale were not to proceed. After much tooing and froing we agreed to a settlement of a little over £30k

Whilst all that was going on a little piece of serendipity occurred in the form of a deceased estate which we learnt about via my Grandmother whose friend was moving into sheltered accommodation after the loss of her husband. The property is in the best location in town, wonderful amount of space but does need a complete refurb (rewiring, some structural stuff, new kitchen/bathroom, central heating etc). The old lady decided not to put the house on the open market and accepted our offer instead. The settlement from the first vendors should cover 80% of the work needing done. A really odd coincidence is that the house was built by my Grandfather's family building firm, so I have to admit there's a bit of a feeling that it was meant to be.

As for the original vendors.... well the local Estate Agent don't want to deal with them anymore (I presume they're still chasing their fee) and have told us they were the most difficult people they've ever dealt with.

So it looks like it may all be working out well and I've got everything possible to cross, crossed. I'll be back to this thread 'woo hooing' the day we complete.

jayss

Oh my, what great news on not dragging it out and the other property coming up.
Karma is treating you right.

sarahs999

Wooo! So excited, and that's a big update indeed. How amazing and what a great - and unexpected - ending (though I know that's not quite the end, as this thread proves!)