Should I Leave My Buyer a Note?

surreybased

chambta wrote: »

It's a financial transaction - nothing more. I'll cope either way. I've never met the chap and perhaps never will.

This is what I don't understand - you state it's a financial transaction nothing more, yet you appear to be making it personal and gloating over the misfortunes he will have.

Buying/selling a house is stressful for all parties, we often don't get exactly what we want from the deal but there is no need to take it personally. You had the option to sell the house to him or not, if it wasn't at the price you wanted then either reject the deal or accept it. If you accept the deal then you can't be bitter.

Sad to hear so many people going out of their way to be unhelpful.

Occams_Razor_2

chambta wrote: »

Tremendously well I'd have thought.

really?

Gwhiz

surreybased wrote: »

Sad to hear so many people going out of their way to be unhelpful.

It's called immaturity.

Owain_Moneysaver

golddustmedia wrote: »

Caveat Emptour (buyer beware) may apply to cars/2nd hand goods etc but not to houses. Hence you need a solicitor to buy/sell property but not other goods.

Caveat Emptor emphatically applies to houses.

I think you meant the Sale of Goods Act and other consumer protection legislation doesn't apply to houses.

chambta

surreybased wrote: »

This is what I don't understand - you state it's a financial transaction nothing more, yet you appear to be making it personal and gloating over the misfortunes he will have.

Buying/selling a house is stressful for all parties, we often don't get exactly what we want from the deal but there is no need to take it personally. You had the option to sell the house to him or not, if it wasn't at the price you wanted then either reject the deal or accept it. If you accept the deal then you can't be bitter.

Sad to hear so many people going out of their way to be unhelpful.

I'm not taking it personally at all and I'm certainly not bitter. It was almost 11 months since we put the property on the market and he was the only person to make any offer. I also do not wish him any misfortune.

I am less likely to be helpful to him though given him and his families behaviour since the offer was accepted.

Occams_Razor_2

chambta wrote: »

I'm not taking it personally at all and I'm certainly not bitter. It was almost 11 months since we put the property on the market and he was the only person to make any offer. I also do not wish him any misfortune.

I am less likely to be helpful to him though given him and his families behaviour since the offer was accepted.

this has all the sincerity of someone exhorting: I am not racist, but...
I have nothing against, but...
I would but...

of course you're not taking it personally, and you're not bitter. you are also tremendously self aware with high emotional intelligence :rotfl:

seriously, just do the right thing and stop expecting a pat on the back for behaving decently.

chambta

Occam/s_Razor wrote: »

this has all the sincerity of someone exhorting: I am not racist, but...
I have nothing against, but...
I would but...

of course you're not taking it personally, and you're not bitter. you are also tremendously self aware with high emotional intelligence :rotfl:

seriously, just do the right thing and stop expecting a pat on the back for behaving decently.

I'm saying nothing. Is that the 'decent thing'?

charltonkeston

When I sold my last house I tried to be as helpful as possible, to the point I let the buyers put some of their belongings in my home a few days before we moved out.
I explained to them every improvement I had done, where gas, water and electric cables run. I stuck notes on all the paint cans, left spare tiles for kitchen and bathroom. All manuals for the kitchen appliances and boiler were left.
I introduced them to the next door Neighbours and when I did leave I left a few bottles of beer and wine in the fridge.

I didn't have to do any of the above but the way I see it is; my buyers paid a lot of money for my house (biggest buy any of us make) I would hate for them to feel I had intentionally hid a potential disaster from them.
3 months later I bumped into them in the supermarket, there was no embarassing moments or bad feelings all because I had taken the time to be civil and spend £30 on a drink or two. £30 is nothing to the price of a house but they remembered the gesture.

bingobob777

chambta wrote: »

That's what I will be doing.

Why have we got 2 pages of crap if you already know what you will be doing?

chambta

bingobob777 wrote: »

Why have we got 2 pages of crap if you already know what you will be doing?

You're exactly what this forum needs! Thanks for joining in