Being taken for a ride! Please help

lincroft1710

Original post for those who are interested:

Hi,
We are in the process of selling our house as we move abroad. We chose the buyers on advice of our estate agent because they could complete by the 24th October. The plan was to exchange by end of September, which they have continually delayed on for various reasons. However, all their questions, even the idiotic ones, we have answered and provided evidence for. We have gone above and beyond and tried to accommodate their every need to get this sale on track and moving forward.

This morning our agent advised us that the buyers will not complete until the 10th November as they don't want to be liable for 10 days rent as well as a mortgage - a cost of £700. We have been given the choice of either delay completion to the 10th November or pay their rent. We can't delay until 10th November because we need the money from the house before we leave the country on October 29th, so it seems the only choice is to pay their rent.

This seems SO wrong!!! Is this a normal way of doing business? They won't exchange until the agent has his hands on our cheque for their rent signed and on his desk. Is there anything we can do? I feel utterly disempowered and like the greedy buyers are taking the mick and laughing all the way to the bank and we are totally over a barrel!

Sorry for the rant and length of post - any advice would be appreciated!

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pimento wrote: »

Some clever person here will know how to find the deleted posts and I think, for the sake of clarity in this thread, they should be put back.

Some of the forums I use automatic stop you from editing/deleting a post after a few hour or so.....

Maybe time MSE followed suit !

http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/2202828-People-buying-our-house-want-us-to-pay-their-rent-is-this-reasonable?reverse=1

KJBlackwood

varghesejim wrote: »

Looks like buyer and seller are made for each other

Completely agree with you.

Ol_Jay

imho wrote: »

And i was worried about what she would do as she was moving to another country as well as trying to sell her house.And she couldnt be bothered to say what happened but managed to delete her posts !
Makes you not want to help Newbies on here now.

Completely agree, that type of OP behaviour gives us newbies an even worse name :mad:

ETA: I have always found everyone to be helpful though :cool:

imho

Ol_Jay wrote: »

Completely agree, that type of OP behaviour gives us newbies an even worse name :mad:

ETA: I have always found everyone to be helpful though :cool:

Thats the problem everyone is very helpful on this site and spend time advising people whether they are new or been on here for years.
And then this newbie comes on here desperate for help and does what she did.
Hope she dont come back or make a new account and ask again for help over something.