Warning to anyone taking their house off market

Gwhiz

dave11thnun wrote: »

Oh my God there are some real losers on this site!

But thanks to everyone who posted helpful advice (whether I agreed with it or not!) as it might just prevent something similar happening to someone else.

Thanks also to the ones suggesting how lucky I should feel that I have spent thousands of pounds, yet haven't moved - I'm gonna buy a lotto ticket tomorrow I feel so lucky!

And biggest thanks goes to the oneliners as these were truely hilarious, I'm struggling to control my laughter even now.

And Googler, if you could tell me how to do this, I will gladly do this, as you probably can tell, I'm not a "whizz" at the old forum thing

I'm glad I brightened up your otherwise miserable day

poppysarah

dave11thnun wrote: »

Oh my God there are some real losers on this site!thing

Indeed. I read somewhere recently that someone had lost about £2k after pulling their house off the market...

Gwhiz

poppysarah wrote: »

Indeed. I read somewhere recently that someone had lost about £2k after pulling their house off the market...

I think I heard that too! :rotfl:

knightfox

Which agency did you use?

Are they a small local one or part of a big chain?

Thanks

googler

dave11thnun wrote: »

Oh my God there are some real losers on this site!

......

And Googler, if you could tell me how to do this, I will gladly do this, as you probably can tell, I'm not a "whizz" at the old forum thing

Nobody's forcing you to stay.

I suggest you ask a board moderator or admin for how (or if) you can change the title. Although I suggest the title should be changed, that doesn't mean that I know how, or even if, they can be changed.

pawlala

olly300 wrote: »

No they are just telling you how they see it, which oddly enough agrees with the judge.

If you don't like it you don't have to reply.

Contracts generally aren't that hard to read.

THIS, THIS and THIS.

Evilm

dave11thnun wrote: »

I sure will think twice about using an estate agent when we do recover from this and try to move house again - after all, I found the buyer in the first place after over a year of two viewings from the estate agent - and I will certainly think twice about trying to help other people by posting my experience on a forum, if all I am going to get is clever comments.

Don't cut your nose off despite your face. Selling without an agent is not necessarily easy although it can be done.

Surely the thing to do would be read the contract you would be signing and choose carefully which agent you want to use based on whether they do apply a "willing and able buyer" clause (I know some don't - ours didn't.).

neverdespairgirl

mostlycheerful wrote: »

If so then perhaps represent yourself or use a no win no fee solicitor if you can find one except that even so, of course, if the other side contest it and you lose then you could get hammered for five figure costs for their briefs who will charge a grand for every time they burp and £300 for every time their secretary puts a stamp on a letter.

it's amazing how much misinformation a person can cram into one paragraph!

For starters:

1. Most likely to be small claims at this amount, so no legal costs awarded to winning party;

2. Barrister rarely have a secretary;

3. A basic contract case like this would be done by a pupil or very junior barrister, for a lower-end 3 figure sum.

The_White_Horse

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

it's amazing how much misinformation a person can cram into one paragraph!

For starters:

1. Most likely to be small claims at this amount, so no legal costs awarded to winning party;

2. Barrister rarely have a secretary;

3. A basic contract case like this would be done by a pupil or very junior barrister, for a lower-end 3 figure sum.

what law do you specialise in?

neverdespairgirl

The_White_Horse wrote: »

what law do you specialise in?

Immigration, immigration-related crime, and public law.