Did you ever hate your buyers?

duchy

When my OH sold his house last summer his buyer was a complete PITA who was inexperienced but wouldn't admit it. He went abroad without signing the contract and then threw tantrums that his GF couldn't sign on his behalf. When he got back he then kept threatening to pull out if we didn't agree to complete unreasonably early eg wanted a date both solicitors said was too short to draw down the mortgage funds. Had he signed before sodding off to India the date he wanted would have been fine. Oh and when I asked why DHL wouldn't work to send the docs from India he refused due to cost.

Some how we got to completion and as we were finishing the packing he was on the phone at 8am saying he wanted to come around and be shown how the alarm worked oh and by the way he'd pick the keys up at the same time. At this point I stuck my oar in and said he could come and we'd show him the alarm but he would need to wait to pick the keys up from the agent later that day once we'd actually completed. Cue the biggest tantrum, screaming, shouting and threatening us with legal action. He was told in no uncertain terms to jog on and we put the phone down on him.

When I dropped the keys off to the agent only five mins from the house btw she told me she had told him NOT to call us as he couldn't have the keys early.

The best bit. My OH and I were originally neighbours and I can see the house from mine. No one set foot in the house from Friday afternoon when we completed until the following Wednesday.

Perhaps he had the same attitude as the poster above who thinks as he was the one paying he was entitled to behave so badly. My take is it is a business deal with advantage on both side and only the truly clueless or ignorant act so badly.

He bought it as a BTL and apparently as soon as his tenants moved in the neighbours were telling them what a moron their LL is. Probably as well he wasn't planning to live in it himself.

olgadapolga

The buyers of our house were plain awful and yes, I hated them. I still do hate them. They messed us about something chronic and wanted everything their way. They viewed the house three times, once after making their offer and it was VERY hard to be pleasant to them, but it was only for a few minutes so it was a case of grin and bear it.

Their unpleasantness cost them hugely though. They hassled the estate agent who then hassled us to accept their offer, to a point whereby I got really angry as it had only been a couple of hours between the offer and the hassling so we refused their offer and said that we wouldn't take a penny less than a ridiculous amount, thinking that this would get rid of them but they then upped the offer to what we wanted.

Their conveyancer then wanted allowances for this, that and the other, all of whiich we refused so they ended up paying it.

The house was also in need to quite a bit of work which they didn't spot on their multiple viewings. They only had a valuation carried out and we felt no need to enlighten them to the various issues we knew about.

They didn't tell us what was going on or their plans and we discovered that they expected to exchange/complete on the same day (without telling us) within a week! This plan was scuppered by us refusing this plan and demanding a full month between exchange and completion. This did not go down at all well but it was tough, it was either a month between or the sale was off.

However, the real icing on the cake was the fact that we knew the neighbours and they didn't. They have moved into a house with the worst neighbours in history. It fills me with glee that the neighbours are plain awful and they will be subjected to the behaviour that we had to tolerate for years before we decided to move. England football matches were the worst, they would be barbequing (really smelly), smoking (really really smelly, I am sure they used to smoke camel dung), drinking/shouting/cheering/screaming/fighting and blowing stupid horns half the night. Quite frankly, they deserve it. Horrible, horrible, horrible people.

I think that you'll just have to grin and bear it. They won't be in your home forever and at least you can get rid of then, unlike unwanted guests who just have no idea when it's time to leave!

Paully232000

We were looking last year and decided not to buy a house based (in part) on the demeanor of one of the sellers, who based on his attitude when we looked round for the first time, was just plain rude and didnt look like he even wanted to sell. Who knows what he would have been like throughout the sale process.
Told the estate agent what we thought of him, after saying we were not going to put an offer in, and he was not surprised which said it all really.

In the end found a more suitable house, just round the corner, and the first house was taken off the market a few months later (not sure if it sold or not).

Never met the seller of our current house we bought in october 2013, which was fine with us, although the EA was possibly the rudest person in the world, and awful at their job when compared to our own EA we sold through. Would never use the other EA based on that.

oystercatcher

I hated my buyers. Not because they were awful people but because they were buying my 'dream house' so I could downsize due to divorce.

15 years later I drive past 'my' house and still resent them having it :mad:

Oddly enough my son became good friends with their son and often visited the house and had lots of fun there.

I expect I have 'issues' but hey ho...life goes on, at least I have this little place.

mgarl10024

Never hated them.

I did find one lot frustrating. The day before the completion we showed the husband of the buying couple around the house - where all the aerials were, how the heating worked, where fuses were. All basic DIY stuff but invaluable to a new buyer.

A day after completion we got a phonecall from the wife asked if we could run through everything again with her father as the husband clearly didn't have a clue.

If he didn't understand it when going round - why didn't he say?! :doh:

Unitoons

I am sure my sellers hate me!

I only met the wife who said they were selling so she could spend more time with her husband who works away. She loves her house and is very sad to be leaving. She is also leaving behind family (including a Granddaughter who she looks after during the day) to move from the area!

I totally fell in love with the house and was keen to move due to my marriage break down. I didn't feel like I could be too enthusiastic as I didn't want her to feel like I was taking her dream home from her (even though they put it on the market).

They have also kept me waiting for ages (now in week 15) due to needing to find the right place and one property falling through - although they flat refused to rent while they found somewhere as they didn't want the hassle.

I feel like I want to be a bit more pushy but don't want them to hate me - and I also secretly fear that they will decide not to move after all!!! Unfortunately in a sellers market they hold all the cards - or that's how it feels at least!

roobee13

I agree with another poster that 'hate' is a strong word, but I definitely dislike the woman who's just pulled out of buying my house! It's cost me a £7k less offer, not to mention lots of stress and hassle. I honestly think some people don't consider the full consequences when buying a house and it is VERY frustrating

eddddy

One seller really, really hated me with a passion.

It started because the seller lied to his home insurers, then lied to me via his solicitors - and he invited me to contact his insurers to back up his story.

As a result of my conversation with his insurers, the web of lies untangled. They immediately cancelled his home insurance for non-disclosure.

I still ended up buying the property, but at way below the asking price, because the insurance situation was such a big mess. (And I think the seller blamed me for this.)

As a result of this, when I needed to view the property, the EA accompanied me and the seller always went out.

Thrugelmir

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Yes they want me to meet them again and yes I can't bear them, they have been so demanding, selfish and just plain stubborn throughout causing massive stress to me and my family.

Care to elaborate?

andy.m_2

I couldn't stand our last buyer, monumental pain in the jacksi.
Kept wanting to measure up and had family nearby so was always, "in the neighbourhood" and just popped in.

My wife started out being quite chatty with her but I could see the situation a mile away.