Finally I have a mortgage I can start to pay off!

themadvix

Thanks all. Had a call this morning to say they were cancelling our viewing as one of the other interested parties is in a proceedable position 😔 So it’s back to the drawing board for now. We’ll put ours on the market and keep looking. And the cottage might come back on the market yet and we’d be in a better position. But, if we don’t find anything we’ll stay put for now. So we’ll see... quite disappointed though.

the_cross_rabbit

Oh dear so sorry.
CRx

Karmacat

Disappointing   But it's spurred you on - I bet you find something you really like in the end.  Hope it doesn't spoil your weekend though, if you'd started to set your hearts on it.

themadvix

Thanks ladies. It is the way it goes. You’re right Karma - if nothing else our house will be completely finished and we’ll be in a position to move more quickly next time - we’d be happy with the estate agent, we know the process better now, and so on. And who knows, we may yet find something (better?)!

 

newgirly

Sorry to hear that, seems a bit silly of them to cancel the viewing though, you could be sold very quickly and have offered more! 

themadvix

They ‘don’t encourage gazumping’ though. And the lady has been waiting a few weeks and I don’t think money is as important as speed - she’s moving into a property on a family member’s land.

Hazelnutty

Sorry to hear about the cottage but it sounds as if you're moving in a positive direction

newgirly

Oh I see, I didn’t realise the other party had offered. They are certainly not like some of the estate agents near me then 😆

Jessy103

Aww what a shame, vix. If it wasn't meant to be what can you do, but like you say, something even better will come along! X

Cheery_Daff

Oh no! How very vexing for you. You WILL find your perfect place in the end though I went into our house hunt thinking we had to find the 'one perfect house' in the world, but actually there was more than one we could have been happy in if the timing had been right. (In one case I confess there was one we put an offer in on, but were rejected, and in retrospect I'm extremely glad because it would have been a right old nuisance for a lot of reasons! )

Good idea to get yours up and for sale - we lost the first two we put offers in on because we weren't *quite* on the market. Vexing at the time, but for the best in the end. And as you say, you never know, the cottage might come back on the market... 

Good luck with selling your own!