MMD: Should I let them bury the dog?

wighthelen

I had some internal improvements carried out at my current house before I exchanged and my solicitor drew up a contract, yes i know it is more expense at a time of huge expense, but buyers are rare now. Could you not ask your solicitor to draw up a contract, and quickly or the doggy remains will not be nice. I suggest asking the vendees to agree to expense of re-instatement should the sale fall through, plus a fee for 'inconvenience' and solicitors charges. That way if the sale goes through it has cost them nothing, but if the sale fails to happen you have legal redress to some cash. I once had buyers back out of a sale after they 'introduced' their dog to the garden and he didn't like it! There are some strange people out there!

KeithDancey

Tell them to stick the Dog in the freezer for a few weeks, this is perfectly acceptable, and they can bury it at their leisure. I would wrap it well as dogs are usually smelly, and best not to contaminate the contents of your freezer.

A.Jones

They should hurry up with the sale. I wouldn't let them do anything to the house or garden until they move in.

blugner

Assuming they are not having you on, tell them they ought to get the dog put into a vet's cold storage and they can bury it after they have bought the house. If they are prostrate with grief, charge them a one-off rent for the grave space (say, £1000) to be refunded if the sale is completed.
Bernie

leejo_2

Let the bereaved family bury their beloved dog.

this sums it up - they are a bereaved family (no it's not 'just a dog' ) so it needs to be handled sensitively - other than that I can't add any other comments that haven't already been made.

gaily

Err No.

While it's my garden, the only things getting buried in it are my bulbs and kids toys - the kids will soon dig them back up i'm sure.

If the dog means that much to them, get 'him' cremated and keep hold of 'him' untili they move in, and then they can do what they want, and I won't care a bit.

Naked moolit service....
Strange pagan ceremonies....
Pet Sematary (spelling deliberately to be as per Stephen King!)......

- pull the whole thing down for all I care, but not whilst I own it!!!

machloop

I wouldn't care less if they wanted to bury their entire extended family in the garden but I would explain that there would need to be a £10,000 non-refundable advance on the payment to allow this to happen. ;-)

JanieB_2

Yes, what have you got to lose. The purchasers are much more likely to buy your house because of the emotional attachment and the dog needs to rest its head somewhere x

SDH

My horse died a few months ago. I had him cremated (horses are considered to be Livestock by Defra so not allowed to bury them) and I plan to 'bury' the rather large wooden box he was returned to me (its about the size of a microwave!) in giant flower tub - one of those half-beer-barrels - and put a nice tree/flowers etc.
We are thinking about moving house in a year or two, and I would hate to have to 'dig him up', hence large flower tub, that could be taken with us. I would suggest the OP suggest a similar solution to her buyers!

springheeledjack

I'd let them bury the dog as a sign of trust and good will.

However if they pulled out I would threaten to dig it up and dump it in the road, if it isn't removed and the garden made good.