The games have started

sem9999

Actually I feel op is rather harsh for two reasons:
- dealing with divorce can be very difficult both on an emotional and practical basis (selling/buying houses is a breeze in comparison) so knowing this situation you should certainly be prepared for all sorts of things not going necessarily to plan and perhaps be a little more patitent
- the reason you are getting a good deal is because they are divorcing, so really you should be quite grateful.

If you need a quick sale then perhaps this is not the right property for you.

RLH33

I have a lot of sympathy for you as my BIL was in this same predicament last week. In order to get an offer accepted on a house he offered the asking price, against his better judgement, and it all started going through ok. This was also a divorce case and the man was living there with his son and dog.

Fast forward a couple of weeks and the surveys etc have been carried out but then the bloke started to stall on exchanging contracts stating that he couldn't afford a mortgage on his own for a new house and couldn't go into rented because of the dog. Because of chasing by the estate agent to find out what he was going to do he fell out big time with them refusing to speak to them on the phone and only corresponding by e-mail.

He ended up pulling out of the sale last week leaving my BIL about £600 worse off and having missed out on other houses in the area which have come on the market in the meantime and been snapped up already.

I don't think there is much you can do about it other than wait and see.

goldbyron

I had a similar situation with my ex (who lived in the home and did not want to sell). She was very difficult towards the end of the sale and eventually her friend stepped in to repair communications as she was starting to really peeve our buyers off by being difficult. It did work in the end but only through communication, perserverence and patience.