Time to put my house back on the market?

tigerminxy

coolamoke wrote:

If you want to take it off the market and cash-in on a better offer, all good luck to you - you were happy enough to accept the buyer's original offer after all. Personally - I would hope that Karma prevails and you don't.

Not sure I understand. If karma prevails, then since I've shown all the goodwill so far (remembering that I've already turned down two significantly higher offers) then I think the bad karma should be on the buyer.

coolamoke

tigerminxy wrote:

Not sure I understand. If karma prevails, then since I've shown all the goodwill so far (remembering that I've already turned down two significantly higher offers) then I think the bad karma should be on the buyer.

Sorry - I thought the buyer had, according to the agent, been "screaming" at their side? :huh:

I can't see what the buyer is doing wrong here - other than having a conveyancer that needs the boot perhaps?

tigerminxy

The buyer has, according to the story I've got from the agent, been 'screaming', yes. But it's obviously not having any effect.

I'm sorry but I've done what's been asked of me, and shown more than a little patience. At the end of the day, it's the buyer's responsibility either to sack her conveyancer or to be more effective in pushing them along. It shouldn't be up to me or my solicitor to do that on her behalf. We've kept our side of the bargain and kept communicating, but it seems to be one way traffic.

Worried

Things halted with my solicitors because the person handling my case went on maternity leave. The person who took over was a trainee who was useless. Avoided my calls, didn't respond to emails, told me she'd look at my file that very day when I did speak to her and then went off for two and a half weeks on honeymoon without doing a thing. Myself and the e.a. were phoning every day to try and get some action, but still lost nearly 3/4 weeks with nothing being done. When I found out the locum had gone on honeymoon, I hit the roof and asked to speak to a senior partner. My sellers solicitor also put in a complaint about the lack of communication from my lot and now a senior partner has taken over my case and things seem to be moving (fingers crossed!).

You should suggest through the e.a. that the buyer get on to the partner who handles complaints at their firm, tell them that you are considering remarketing. Also ask your solicitor to put in a complaint too and see if that get things moving.

PoorDave

coolamoke wrote:

Sorry - I thought the buyer had, according to the agent, been "screaming" at their side? :huh:

I can't see what the buyer is doing wrong here - other than having a conveyancer that needs the boot perhaps?

Buyer is not doing their bit to push the deal along. If "screaming" isn't working, then it's up to them to sort something else out. Do they want the house or not? The timescale was agreed at the start.