Vendors refusing to take the property off the market

firsttimeforeverything_2

Hi all,

I've just heard back from the EA- he said the vendors are happy to take it off once the survey's been done- maybe he was just chancing his arm but either way I'm happy with that!

This forum has taught me not to be nervous about putting your foot down when it comes to buying a house- stick up for yourself!

Tancred

firsttimeforeverything wrote: »

Hi all,

My boyfriend and I put in an offer on a property last week, and it was accepted yesterday. The EA seems to be keen to get things started and has asked for all our details, broker's details and solicitor's details and details of when we plan to do the survey. However, when I asked him to take the property off the market after seeing it still on Rightmove, he told us that 'unfortunately' the vendors' instructions were to not take the property off the market 'until exchange' as a back up in case there was a problem with our mortgage (there won't be) or we had second thoughts after the survey.

I responded that this was unacceptable (obviously- rather than accepting our offer all they've really done is allow us to have a survey done and start racking up legal costs!), but have compromised in saying that they can continue to market it until the survey is done and we've agreed to proceed (to be fair although we have factored in the work we think needs doing into the price we offered, if the survey does throw up anything unexpected we will think twice), but have said that if the vendors don't agree to take it off the market once this has been done we won't proceed any further, and will continue to view other properties.

So, was I right? Were their instructions as cheeky as I think they were?

Thanks!

My sympathy is more with the sellers. I know what it's like to be messed around by a hesitant 'buyer' so I am totally in agrement with the seller's point of view.