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Tell your solicitor first, then tell the estate agent. You can do this by email if you wish, or by phone. If it is an unavoidable change of plan (health, job relocation, arrest and imprisonment imminent) then give the reason so the agent doesn't try to persuade you otherwise.
But, do everything you can to help the vendor.0 -
Landofwood wrote: »Pulling out definitely creates more mess than leaving it in
Yay someone got my joke0 -
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I let both know when I pulled out of a purchase earlier in the year, although the EA was already in the loop as the reason for pulling out was the refusal of the vendor to renegotiate after spending money on specialist surveys because they said they would renegotiate. The EA was very understanding (although it was straight back on the market and sold again in a couple of weeks).0
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Why tell your solicitor? Why tell anyone?Just go on holiday and stop answering the phone.0
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I think it says something about you that you even ask the question.
If you let the vendor's side know then you will probably head off any difficult calls. If the vendor is not expecting it they may be annoyed and call you with an air of displeasure. Equally if at some point in the future you want to buy another property through the same agent they might just recall that you were person who pulled out without reason.
Good Manners cost you nothingFew people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are incapable of forming such opinions.0 -
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I did once pull out two days after offer, when I found out a large (10,000 house) development was planned right up to the border of the property. I did so by email. The agent contacted me one month later to ask if I had appointed solicitors yet! One month of inaction for the vendor, all because they hadn't read their email.... which they had used to reply asking if I'd appointed solicitors yet. When I phoned to point out they were idiots they..... denied ever receiving the email.
I forwarded on to the vendor, so he could shout at them. He changed agents. Surprisingly.0 -
I'm flattered and pleased to hear it.Lord_Baltimore wrote: »Thanks all. As G_M is my favourite poster, I will follow his advice.
Oh for goodness sake of course I'm not! I will tell everyone. Happy?0
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