Advice needed over aggressive buyer

pmlindyloo

This link should help to reassure you that your buyer is not the legal owner until completion. It's by the experts!

http://england.shelter.org.uk/get_advice/Buying_and_selling/the_buying_process/exchanging_contracts

I agree that your solicitor should speak to your buyer's solicitor and they should tell this dope the legal definitions of exchanging and completing.

duchy

Some buyers have no idea.
When we sold my fiance's house the buyer (who was buying it as a BTL) was a complete pain. He went off on an extended holiday to India saying his girlfriend could handle all the legalities -however as it has him doing the buying and he hadn't signed the contracts before he left he delayed exchange. When he got back he started throwing his weight around and was demanding the chain completed within 2 days of exchange as he didn't want to hang around (despite the fact HE had caused a delay of a month) or he'd pull out. We compromised with a date in the middle -and then he wasn't ready and exchange was delayed again.

On moving day he rang at 8am saying hge was coming round for us to show him how the alarm worked...Oh and he'd collect the keys at the same time - at 9am. I'd kept out of it as it was my partner's house not mine but at this pointed said No. He wasn't entitled to the keys until completion which would be some time after noon. The buyer went nuts and was screaming abuse down the phone -until my partner lost patience and told him exactly where he could go in plain anglo saxon terms ! When I dropped the keys off at the estate agents (five minutes from the house) they told me when he said he wanted the keys early they had told him he couldn't have them and not to contact us. So he'd ignored them too !

We completed early in the day (1pm) My own house is only three doors away and the new owner didn't set foot in the house until a week later- so what the heck was the scene about the keys all about.

Some people are just bullies - You've exchanged - Tell him to do one and call the police if you need to.

Pyjamas

duchy, that is awful! My guy is a nasty piece of work, you can tell he thinks the world revolves around him and he is a smug arrogant jumped up nothing. He terrified me yesterday, its only now I am starting to get over it. Reading these replies telling me I have some rights to keep him out is making me feel so much better, I have been so shaken and teary and absolutely terrified I would have to let him in my house. He is a property developer who intends to live in my house, he wants to get all his builders in as he is renovating it. He is desperate to have these 4 hours in our house, if he hadn't have been so horrible maybe I would have co operated. Now I just don't think I can stomach him in my house, the police called us back today and said we could have a policeman present if we are forced to have him in the house.

pmlindyloo

Pyjamas wrote: »

duchy, that is awful! My guy is a nasty piece of work, you can tell he thinks the world revolves around him and he is a smug arrogant jumped up nothing. He terrified me yesterday, its only now I am starting to get over it. Reading these replies telling me I have some rights to keep him out is making me feel so much better, I have been so shaken and teary and absolutely terrified I would have to let him in my house. He is a property developer who intends to live in my house, he wants to get all his builders in as he is renovating it. He is desperate to have these 4 hours in our house, if he hadn't have been so horrible maybe I would have co operated. Now I just don't think I can stomach him in my house, the police called us back today and said we could have a policeman present if we are forced to have him in the house.

That just shows you how important it is to use your solicitor to tell the buyer what the legal position is.

The police haven't got a clue!

Anyone wishing to visit the house before completion has to be done with the goodwill of the owner.

Why should the police's time be wasted when you don't have to let him in and he is such a nasty bit of work? Don't give in.

Pyjamas

pmlindyloo wrote: »

That just shows you how important it is to use your solicitor to tell the buyer what the legal position is.

The police haven't got a clue!

Anyone wishing to visit the house before completion has to be done with the goodwill of the owner.

Why should the police's time be wasted when you don't have to let him in and he is such a nasty bit of work? Don't give in.

The police told me they have a duty to keep the peace and that as he behaved threateningly to me yesterday, if I had to allow him access contractually, as all he was saying is that I was in breach of contract by not letting him in, he wanted in there and then! I don't think I will waste the police's time, it looks like he is ignorant of the contract and its terms so I won't need to let him in anyway.

I did keep saying to the police yesterday that I was sorry and I felt like I was wasting their time, but he was outside my house after the altercation with 2 burly henchmen for nearly another hour, pointing at the house staring at it. I was so frightened alone with the baby I felt I had to all them. They took it really seriously, wanted all his details, they wanted me to log on and identify him on a google image search - the lot! They were outstanding! I won't be wasting their time again though, if the law is on my side then we will stand our ground.

hbomb

Pyjamas wrote: »

He is a property developer

You'd hope that he of all people might have an idea how this all works...

Pyjamas

hbomb wrote: »

You'd hope that he of all people might have an idea how this all works...

When I googled him yesterday he apparently has qualifications in real estate management! Clearly a waste of time and money.

Guest101

Wow what a nutter. All the advice here is great, nothing to add but sympathies.

If he turns up again call the police immediately, but hopefully solicitors will make him see sense.

Guest101

Pyjamas wrote: »

The police told me they have a duty to keep the peace and that as he behaved threateningly to me yesterday, if I had to allow him access contractually, as all he was saying is that I was in breach of contract by not letting him in, he wanted in there and then! I don't think I will waste the police's time, it looks like he is ignorant of the contract and its terms so I won't need to let him in anyway.

I did keep saying to the police yesterday that I was sorry and I felt like I was wasting their time, but he was outside my house after the altercation with 2 burly henchmen for nearly another hour, pointing at the house staring at it. I was so frightened alone with the baby I felt I had to all them. They took it really seriously, wanted all his details, they wanted me to log on and identify him on a google image search - the lot! They were outstanding! I won't be wasting their time again though, if the law is on my side then we will stand our ground.

You're not wasting their time, he is.

jjlandlord

I'm not going to suggest that this buyer might find some nice 'gifts' left by OP when he moves in... No, no, no, that would be totally immature.