UPDATED *its done!*Our buyer wants to bury their dead dog in our garden

mrbrightside842

henpecked1 wrote: »

Good point about the top soil. I dont think they have thought it through.

I have some bags of bark in the shed but no sure whether they think i am taking the mick.

I'd wait and see what they were planning on doing, before you start offering stuff.

delain

henpecked1 wrote: »

i didnt really look. all i saw was the fur poking out the top of the boot and ironically a tesco bag for life over its head.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: That's not what killed the dog is it?!

Sorry but I had to

smcqis

Are you lot crazy?! Theres not a chance i would let someone bury their dog in my yard unless the contracts have been exchanged. Anything could happen between then. Might speed the process up abit if they really are intersted

iamana1ias

I wouldn't contemplate letting them do it without contracts having been exchanged.

henpecked1

she was in tears when i called her to see where she planned on sticking the dog. I said i would call her back. Her hubby is working till 6pm and they wanted to pop round then.

I think i am going to have to destroy the fish.

tux900

Wow, what a situation to be in - for all parties concerned - It certainly makes a change from the usual conveyancing issues!

Putting myself in your buyers shoes I can sympathise with their predicament. Whilst thankfully I haven't been in such a situation myself I do understand how attached people can get to their pets and so the thought of leaving their deceased animal 'behind', however irrational the concept might appear to some, is an issue I can entirely understand.

Obviously from your perspective you don't have to agree, however it is a decision that will have consequences either way. Assuming you believe their sincerity then I'd say their request is perhaps as good a commitment as one could possibly get and hence I cannot see how it could cause any issues for you, aside from the fact that a dead animal is about to be buried in what is still your garden. In your shoes, I would allow it - not only to appease them to continue the sale without a hitch but also to offer compassion for what is evidently a distressing position for them to be in.

Perhaps you could get them to confirm their request in writing just so there's no misunderstanding about the situation, either now or in the future?

Siting the corpse where the pond currently is, arguably, pushing it as that will obviously change the makeup of the garden significantly. On that note I would perhaps suggest that an alternative location is considered. Should the worst happen, and the deal breaks, you have to be able to return to the position you were in before - reconstructing a pond would not be quite as straightforward as digging the lawn.

Mathew

serious_saver

Tell them that they can do it but that they have to cover the entire cost of filling in the pond and making it tidy as they would have had to do that anyway once they moved. If they aren't prepared to do that then tell them that they can bury it somewhere else but (again) that they should cover the costs of hiding the location that it has been buried. They may be commmitted to buying the house but any number of things could go wrong before completion.

Sell the fish! Koi are expensive to buy and it will be a nice bonus for you before moving.

Valli

omg I am PMSL

bag for life finished me off

*wipes away tears*

delain

Could they not put the dog in a cheap chest freezer? They come up in freeads all the ime and it'd be less hassle for everyone

mrbrightside842

No, I personally wouldn't let them either. If it were a case of digging up turf and burying it, and them tidying it all up, it wouldn't bother me too much. I don't know what's under there now, previous owners could have buried their pets. I'd want to check it was a dog first though, lol. But when they just turn up with a dead dog, expecting you to rehome your fish and supply topsoil, then no. Looks like they were expecting to drain the pond and leave you with an open hole full of a dead dog and dead fish. The pond could be a selling point if they pulled out and you needed a new buyer. Not that I think they'll pull out over it, they'd have to pay to get out of it now, wouldn't they?