Estate Agent Has Put Property Back On Market

Doggy_B

McKneff wrote: »

to be honest, they must be desperate because if id been the seller and you rang me up sounding angry and threatening to pull out
I'd have told you to do one. I know it would be cutting my nose off to spite my face but that's just me and when you'd calmed down
you would be feeling pretty eggy faced especially if they were empty threats.

Then where would you be.

I didn't ring up and shout at them (and it's the EA I'm dealing with, not the vendor), nor at any point did I threaten to pull out, because we don't want to, which is why I'm here asking for advice! I was understandably angry about the house being back on the market behind my back and wanted to know why, and why it still isn't off despite their assurances. I always conduct myself in a gentlemanly way, but feel that the EA isn't.

The_Palmist

Your are wasting your energies trying to get the property off the websites where you really need to sort out the difference. EAs can be stubborn and often take their time doing the simplest things depending upon priorities. I personally wouldn't be too bothered with it.

DVardysShadow

Doggy_B wrote: »

I didn't ring up and shout at them (and it's the EA I'm dealing with, not the vendor), nor at any point did I threaten to pull out, because we don't want to, which is why I'm here asking for advice! I was understandably angry about the house being back on the market behind my back and wanted to know why, and why it still isn't off despite their assurances. I always conduct myself in a gentlemanly way, but feel that the EA isn't.

OK, I was going to say that the reason you can't get them to take it off the market is because you don't have a big enough stick to wave to make them take it off - as you are not prepared to walk away.

Now it hits me. You are currently in the middle of difficult negotiations. If the agent wanted to find out whether you are prepared to walk away or whether you a truly madly in love with this place, what better way than to put it back on the market and see how you react? [Are agents up for tricks like that???].

OK, that is my analysis. I don't know what to do about it though.

Wig

MissMotivation wrote: »

Sorry, you quoted me before I had time to remove post and before I realised that initial question had been answered so no need to be rude.

I was going to help but I shan't bother now.

I think the OP's response to YOUR rude post (where you clearly hadn't bothered to read the thread) was very controlled an appropriate.

[Deleted User]

If the property is still being advertised in the morning, ask a friend to call the EA to arrange a viewing and see what happens.

Doggy_B

DVardysShadow wrote: »

OK, I was going to say that the reason you can't get them to take it off the market is because you don't have a big enough stick to wave to make them take it off - as you are not prepared to walk away.

Now it hits me. You are currently in the middle of difficult negotiations. If the agent wanted to find out whether you are prepared to walk away or whether you a truly madly in love with this place, what better way than to put it back on the market and see how you react? [Are agents up for tricks like that???].

OK, that is my analysis. I don't know what to do about it though.

You may well be right. They have lied yet again about taking it off, telling me earlier that it would happen after a software update after midnight, but it's still up there. I'm pretty sure now that they aren't going to take it down until renegotiation is completed and will tell me that they can't find the rest of the money involved to try and call our bluff completely.

I like this house more than my wife does and she has been prepared to walk away from the start because she believes we can do better, despite liking the house. Trouble is for the vendor, I have reached the point now where so am I, out of principle, because I have now been lied to three times and am sick of being treated like a fool. They obviously think they can bully us but unfortunately for them I am now prepared to call their bluff. My anger has subsided to a strange calmness because now we really are prepared to walk away and that means we hold the cards. Or as you put it, I now have the stick to shake at them simply because of their duplicity which has tried my patience too far.

They would be fools to lose us- we are first time buyers in no hurry to find the right house, whereas they have already lost a previous sale (the estate agent told me that there had been problems with that survey although he was vague as to whether that was the reason it fell through) and will be back in a chain. Yes we'll lose some money but it's the principle involved- the cutting off my nose to spite my face that Mckneff talked about earlier. I'm stubborn and don't like being lied to not once but three times.
I will speak to my wife in the morning and see what she says and let you know what happens.

Doggy_B

Van1971 wrote: »

If the property is still being advertised in the morning, ask a friend to call the EA to arrange a viewing and see what happens.

Good idea.

globetraveller

I don't go with the argument that its "only" £3000 and you would be mad to lose the sale. That's a lot of money. As a first time buyer in today's market you have a lot of power.
Also as a FTB you can be blinded by the emotion of realing wanting your first place. You said that the survey threw up other things as well but you are taking it as wear and tear. I'm going to suggest you now have second thoughts. Go back and tell the agent that. Tell them you are considering that you should be asking for more than £3000. Tell them you are now looking at other properties. And I would suggest that you be prepared to do that just that.
We have been in our house for 20 years now and absolutely love it. However, this was not our first choice. I still remember being gutted when we lost the first choice. Now I look back and thank god we didn't get it. There could well be the house of your dreams out there with less work to do on it as well. If OH was willing to walk away earlier then this is certainly not her dream.
Good luck!!

Doggy_B

globetraveller wrote: »

I don't go with the argument that its "only" £3000 and you would be mad to lose the sale. That's a lot of money. As a first time buyer in today's market you have a lot of power.
Also as a FTB you can be blinded by the emotion of realing wanting your first place. You said that the survey threw up other things as well but you are taking it as wear and tear. I'm going to suggest you now have second thoughts. Go back and tell the agent that. Tell them you are considering that you should be asking for more than £3000. Tell them you are now looking at other properties. And I would suggest that you be prepared to do that just that.
We have been in our house for 20 years now and absolutely love it. However, this was not our first choice. I still remember being gutted when we lost the first choice. Now I look back and thank god we didn't get it. There could well be the house of your dreams out there with less work to do on it as well. If OH was willing to walk away earlier then this is certainly not her dream.
Good luck!!

Thank you for your post
I think we will wait to hear from the EA about the renegotiation, and if it is satisfactory will tell them that we will proceed on the condition that the house is taken off the market. If it isn't we will walk away, no question.