Help - Large Caravan In my Drive

Caroline_a

You're not buying off a Mr Jones are you...??

hellokitty08

I was going to say be careful, that it doesnt actually belong to the home owner, who then finds out their sale falls through and ask to live in it until they find somewhere else! lol

Geenie

googler wrote: »

How does this differ from, for instance, the seller storing items IN the house for a neighbour or friend?

Would anyone insist that everything that didn't belong to the seller be removed prior to exchange? Or would they exchange, and check what was in the house once they got the keys?

Have bought a few houses over the years, and I can tell you that once those keys were handed over, unless there was something in writing to say we had agreed to the seller storing something for a stated period, (which we would have never agreed to in the first place) nothing of what we bought belonged to anyone but us.

This is what your solicitors are for. Having everything in writing....what is staying or going. Buying a property with a 3rd party involved is just plain daft, and I wouldn't contemplate even starting negotiations until they were gone.

Pennylane

Don't exchange until solicitor has sorted it. Actually if it were me I would also be concerned about the neighbours who have parked the caravan there.

Do you want to live next to someone who thinks they can do as they like. Seriously, this could just be the start of probs.

By the way, did your vendors say if they got on with the neighbours? If there are any disputes etc they DO have to disclose them.