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Exchange date fish story
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1. An estate agent is not in a position to be handing out dates. It will all depend on the solicitors and how long it takes to get all the information together, from a variety of directions.
2. Never trust anyone who says they will move out for you. My SIL paid an additional £1000 on the basis her seller would move into rented. She exchanged yesterday, three weeks late, after her seller found a house to buy and played catch up. I'm not sure whether she is getting the £1000 back but I know the EA was as peed off as my SIL. Same happened to me in my last purchase. Divorce. Husband already bought, wife going into rented. Again at the 11th hour when sols discussing dates it came to light she now had an onward purchase.0 -
^as Holploz.
Our vendors would 'move in with family', but changed their minds.0 -
You could start looking at other properties and if you find something you like go for that instead.
You're not getting your money back but presumably if they're suddenly in a position to exchange you'd be happy to proceed. So you may as well leave it open as a option whilst you seek out another purchase. If there's nothing else worth buying then your best (and only other than not buying) option is to wait.
It's not the nicest way to behave but then if they've been messing you around you don't have much incentive to be nice.0 -
There are plenty of EAs who are sharks...."You were only supposed to blow the bl**dy doors off!!"0
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Some vendors are slippery as an eel too.I am a mortgage broker. You should note that this site doesn't check my status as a Mortgage Adviser, so you need to take my word for it. This signature is here as I follow MSE's Mortgage Adviser Code of Conduct. Any posts on here are for information and discussion purposes only and shouldn't be seen as financial advice. Please do not send PMs asking for one-to-one-advice, or representation.0
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The housing market plaice is full of people floundering..."You were only supposed to blow the bl**dy doors off!!"0
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Oh... do stop carping on and lets get back to the issues.0
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I would plaice the ball in their court, and lower your offer price.“Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?”
Juvenal, The Sixteen Satires0 -
Don't be koi, tell us what you really think
Personally, I'd probably start checking out other housesI was jumping to conclusions and one of them jumped back0 -
This EA sounds like an arrogant sprat. Someone needs to knock them off their perch.0
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