Being taken for a ride! Please help

imho

I hope the OP comes back on to say what she has done.
it must be so hard for her as she needs the house to sell before she moves abroad but the buyers are time wasters and will try every trick in the book not to exchange when OP wants to.Then at last minute they will want the price dropped.I would just tell them the house is not for sale to them and if u can report them and EA then do it.But hoping it turns out ok in the end as must be so stressful for OP.

rpc

imho wrote: »

it must be so hard for her as she needs the house to sell before she moves abroad but the buyers are time wasters and will try every trick in the book not to exchange when OP wants to.

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice...

The warning signs are there. These buyers are not serious and are highly likely to continue to mess around and screw up the OP.

The choice is there to continue with the jokers and hope that it all goes through, or to accept that it won't happen on time and go find a serious purchaser.

thequant

rpc wrote: »

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice...

The warning signs are there. These buyers are not serious and are highly likely to continue to mess around and screw up the OP.

The choice is there to continue with the jokers and hope that it all goes through, or to accept that it won't happen on time and go find a serious purchaser.

The warning signs are there, it blatantly obvious everything is a delaying tactic. Sound like the buyers are fully aware of the OP's situation. Everything is about stringing it along to the last minute so they can hit them with the last minute price drop.

Gwhiz

Any update OP? - 12:00 has been and gone.

Flashmanchop

barbiedoll wrote: »

Maybe you could agree to give EA a cheque, on 24th October (a Friday) which was your agreed completion date, and then call up the bank and cancel it? Buyers won't know until they try to cash it, (Monday morning at the earliest, won't clear until Weds/Thurs) by which time, you will be out of the country and safe from their wrath!

Your house will be theirs, their money will be safely in your bank account and you can do what you like with all of the lightbulbs, sink plugs and curtain rails that you have taken with you

Don't forget to leave loads of crumbs and titbits for the mice and spiders!

I love your thinking!

I was reading the posts and thinking what could you do....

Glitter_princess

Eagerly waiting to see what has happened!

FormulaDriven

I can't post links, but apparently you can find out what happened on Mumsnet (!). Type 'mumsnet ragle rent' into Google and it comes up and you can search through for ragle's posts.

cte1111

FormulaDriven wrote: »

I can't post links, but apparently you can find out what happened on Mumsnet (!). Type 'mumsnet ragle rent' into Google and it comes up and you can search through for ragle's posts.

From the other site:
"Finally exchanged after last minute demand from buyers for full access to the property during period of exchange and completion. We said no way and they still exchanged. First call this afternoon - the Law Society!... Thanks for all the feedback and advice, I really appreciate it. Our solicitor is also informing whoever it is she needs to notify about this woman's conduct. Thanks again!! :-)"

Shame she didn't bother to thank people on here who also offered advice.

DRP

FormulaDriven wrote: »

I can't post links, but apparently you can find out what happened on Mumsnet (!). Type 'mumsnet ragle rent' into Google and it comes up and you can search through for ragle's posts.

From mumsnet :

Thanks for feedback everyone. So it turns out that the buyer (she is acting as her own solicitor) got very panicked this morning because I had told our solicitor that she was wanting £700 for rent and apparently this is mortgage fraud, which she could get struck off for if it got found out that she had instigated and accepted this money without disclosing to her mortgage provider. So because it was MY fault that I had talked to our solicitor about it, WE now had to delay everything once more so she could clear the money through the proper channels. I said no way, our agent put massive pressure on us. I said I think as a solicitor and human being, if she proposes something that is frankly illegal she can either proceed and complete as said and ditch the money or she can find another way of getting the £700 if it is so important to her. I didn't think she would want the £700, I thought surely her career is worth more than that. However, in a heartbeat she said to the agent to tell us to write the cheque to her landlady/friend!! We haven't responded and are waiting to see what happens tomorrow. They should exchange by midday or it's all off... Fingers crossed they do, but if they don't then they and the agent can get stuffed. I appreciate all that has been said, thanks so much!

DRP

From mumsnet

Finally exchanged after last minute demand from buyers for full access to the property during period of exchange and completion. We said no way and they still exchanged. First call this afternoon - the Law Society!... Thanks for all the feedback and advice, I really appreciate it. Our solicitor is also informing whoever it is she needs to notify about this woman's conduct. Thanks again!! :-)