help needed

bbbunny

Checked today still no calls and the email still hasnt been opened.

shelly

Personally I'd start looking at other properties. I'd tell the EA that if the seller turns up before you find somewhere else you will proceed with the original sale, if not then she will have to lump it that she has wasted everyones time and lost the sale.

Doozergirl

I agree totally with shelly.

I still think she's playing politics and using you as a pawn.

Start looking elsewhere and hope that she turns up. I'd suggest you write that you are going to start looking for other houses in your note. If she is serious about selling, she should be straight on the phone so as not to lose the sale. (tbh, if was really serious about selling, she'd be in regular contact )

Vickicb

Start looking for somewhere else - something just isn't right here. It's possible, if both the vendor and her husband are not responding to emails/phone calls, that they may be having second thoughts about splitting up and selling. Whatever is going on, you're better off out of it.

benjdr

bbbunny wrote: »

She managed to get me the husbands email which I sent a message to straight away. I ticked the box so that I would get notification when the email was opened and so far it hasnt and that was four days ago.

Hi,

Just some advice regarding the above.
When you ticked the box you are speaking about, you are effectively requesting the reader to notify you that they have read the message.
Most modern email clients will ask the receiver first, if they would like to notify the sender that their mail has been read.

Don't rely on this too much. The EA could easily have declined to notify you.

Cheers,
Ben

bbbunny

Thanks everybody, everytime we have had contact with them they have seemed pretty desperate to sell. The EA said that they cannot afford to keep the property now they have split.

We really dont want to give up on the house but its looking like that may be our only option. The EA is calling me on Monday to see if there is any news and to make a plan of action so I am going to ask her what she thinks the cut off point should be and if we havent heard anything by that point we will give up.


Its so hard when you have fallen in love with a property to just accept that it may not happen. This has been going on since March and its so disheartening to have to start from the begining especially since we are first time buyers.

Running_Horse

We had a very similar situation with the vendor suddenly becoming uncontactable whenever there was legal stuff to do. Put pressure on the estate agent, who will not want to lose a commission or find another buyer. The question to ask is "is the house still for sale?" Vendor eventually rang asking us to stop all these people leaving messages!

We resolved it by threatening to sell to our buyers and move into rented instead of buying. CAUTION: Only threaten this if you are willing to carry it out and lose the house. There comes a point where you feel there is nothing to lose by bringing it to a head. As a FTB they really should be treating you with more respect.

shelly

bbbunny wrote: »

Its so hard when you have fallen in love with a property to just accept that it may not happen.

I know what you mean, it might not seem like it now but if you do decide to pull out and leave them to their games, you WILL find something else and in the end when you are moved in your new place you will be pleased this one got away.

We had the same thing over new year. Had on offer accepted but hubby thought there was something not quite right about the vendor. Seemed like she was eager to sell and move but in the end she messed us about and we pulled out. We found a much better house, in a much better area and for a better price too.

bbbunny

***Update***:j

I have received an email this morning from the ex husband (seller) saying that they have sent everything back to the solicitors and they are emptying the house this week. I have emailed him back to tell him to call his solicitor as there is still stuff outstanding. I feel like we are getting somewhere now. I have given him our phone number and asked for his.

We also went round on Sunday (when we had still had no contact) and spoke to a neighbour who had said that the wife had been there on Friday. We also pushed another note through saying to call us or the estate agents or the solicitors.

I REALLY hope we are getting somewhere now but I will probably be on here in another few weeks saying they have dissapeared again.

Thanks everybody for your help. I will update again when I have more news which hopefully will be soon as I have asked the husband about going round and measuring up for curtains etc and he has asked when we want to go so we will probably be coming face to face for the first time at some point this week and I will let you know how that goes.

bbbunny

And back we go again ....... still no reply from email and they still haven't been in contact with EA or solicitor.:mad: