Buyers are camped in our garden over Christmas

silvercar

Mrs J pointed out that the house was sold as it is and then Mrs C retorted that the living room was a bit small when 4 of us are all sitting in there.

Why? Are they thinking they have made life long friends?

Mrs Clampett asked how easy the house was for entertaining and we told them the house is fine.

Be warned! You are on their guest list.

furndire

I hope that if this is true the Clampetts haven't tried, and now decided not to buy.

Accountant_Kerry

I am guessing they have exchanged contracts already, and are just waiting to complete.

thejonesfamily

Accountant_Kerry wrote: »

I am guessing they have exchanged contracts already, and are just waiting to complete.

Exchange of contracts due on 4th. However, a fly in the ointment.

We went to the pub last night, I was going to post the pub we were going to so people could say hello but I realised that if someone was to come over and talk to us, Mr Clampett would wonder what is going on.

As I feared it turned into a session on marital coaching.

Turns out that he had an affair last year. The Mrs caught him when the Camper was parked down lovers lane and her sister was driving her back from shopping. In Devon, there are some remote places and a white camper can easily be spotted.

She apparantly walked up to the side of the camper and watched him devouring the woman from the surgery but Mrs C went back home without saying a word.

It was only after a month, she decided to exact her revenge on him accompanying him to the surgery when he had an ingrowing toe nail. They approached the counter where the woman was sitting and when the lady asked Mr C who he was, Mrs C shouted through the surgery, "so you know how big my husbands pen is is, but you don't know his name"

Well, Mr C promptly left the surgery with Mrs C in tow and they went home and he confessed. Mrs C agreed she was at fault for not working at the marriage and apparantly, running up the debt buying flash TVs and a puppy was her way with pleasing him, coping and sticking two fingers up to the situation.

This was the reason that they had to leave Devon. Apparantly (i didnt say Dinas was the same) but everyone knows everyones business and they couldnt face going into town again as they felt everyone was gossiping.

So there you have it.

They are 20k in the red and after quite a few drinks, which he paid for amazingly, he asked me whether we would drop our price by 20k in view of the "collapsing market" and the need for a new kitchen.

I have told them no as we are quite far on in the process and suggested he raise a small mortgage when they move here.

Anyway, the drive home was a bit quiet. We pulled up in the driveway to find that Mrs C had left Mr C's belongings in the driveway which I didnt see until I ran over them, so now he is in my spare room donning my pajamas whilst I try and figure out our/his next move.

Accountant_Kerry

jesus , i thought you had exchanged already they are defo gonna pull out. :-(

thejonesfamily

Accountant_Kerry wrote: »

jesus , i thought you had exchanged already they are defo gonna pull out. :-(

they shouldnt
We have done nothing but help them so hopefully that will keep them on board.

Now people should see why we are bending over backwards,

Accountant_Kerry

don;t get me wrong i hope they don't but the signs don't seem to be looking good. do they have the money to move house?

thejonesfamily

Accountant_Kerry wrote: »

don;t get me wrong i hope they don't but the signs don't seem to be looking good. do they have the money to move house?

They are selling (mortgage free) and buying ours with only a few k to spare from what we gather.

azkaban420

Oh gosh Mr. Jones, great thread, and I can't help thinking it can't be true, but if it is I am hoping for a good outcome for you. If it is true, the sheer cheek of the potential buyers is outrageous. You have dropped a major clanger though, I thought you had exchanged. It really doesn't look good as they are doing everything to effectively test the house out before even buying it. Now that they are asking for price drops and sobbing about having no money, it just looks like it's going to end really badly.

Good luck but I think these buyers will walk...

Carry on with the updates!

P.S. Just re-read first post where you put you haven't exchanged and OMG you're doing all this for them..eeek!

Az

thejonesfamily

azkaban420 wrote: »

Oh gosh Mr. Jones, great thread, and I can't help thinking it can't be true, but if it is I am hoping for a good outcome for you. If it is true, the sheer cheek of the potential buyers is outrageous. You have dropped a major clanger though, I thought you had exchanged. It really doesn't look good as they are doing everything to effectively test the house out before even buying it. Now that they are asking for price drops and sobbing about having no money, it just looks like it's going to end really badly.

Good luck but I think these buyers will walk...

Carry on with the updates!

Az

the first post sets out the timelines for exchange. No clanger dropped. We are just desperate to get this done now.