Seller in Hospital

csgohan4

lottie3000 wrote: »

I know 8 weeks isn't long it's just that I feel as if I have been strung along a bit. It isn't only me being impatient my buyer is asking questions too. There is a sister involved and she wants the ladies sale and purchase to take place as the place she is moving in to has a care package involved too. Thanks for all the responses I really wanted an idea of what other people would be doing in the same situation or if anyone had and experience with it.

I'm not asking for someone to tell me the whole ins and outs of her illness but it is impacting on my life and I think it would only be fair to have an idea of whether they need to pull out of the sale or not.

It is uncertain and it's something you have no control over. DO something you have control over, your next house as the current one is a no go. It will collapse the chain either way.

TBeckett100

You need exchange and completion on the same day. If she croaks in between it could get messy. This is the main issue dealing with the elderly, they die, the money hungry family insist on a better price and it all turns heated.

moneyistooshorttomention

I don't normally agree with Exchange and Completion on the same day - I like my traditional 4 weeks gap personally.

But - in these circumstances - time is of the essence due to her age/state of health. So - if you can manage to proceed with this one - then I would tend to agree.

Mind you - once Exchange has happened - then I don't think its possible for the price payable to be changed. So I wouldn't let that aspect worry me. But it would be advisable to go from A (ie Exchange) to Z (Completion) speedily in this case if you can manage to get that Exchange.

Sadly - this is the thing and, once someone gets to being as elderly as that then they really have got too old to be able to move safely (ie "safely" from everyone else's viewpoint). Some elderly vendors do leave things too late before they attempt to sell on and it does sound like this is one of them.

But I'm keeping fingers crossed for you.

Marvel1

lottie3000 wrote: »

i've rang both estate agents this morning and no one can tell me what is wrong with her

:T Well done Estate Agents, none of your business.

Good luck whichever you choose, new property or this one.

savingfortomorrow

It could be grand, infection and dehydration can cause confusion. It would be grand if it's something minor and she wil be right as rain soon.
A week will tell a lot, sometimes, a little old lady can appear very poorly, but with a new med regimen they are sorted.

Keep patient, it will take a while to find an alternative house, she may be fine soon, don't withdraw just cause she is poorly. Sometimes you would think it was the worst but they can bounce back soon.

Think of it as she is on holiday.... Just relax it will be ok ( don't stress over the weekend as your worry will not get her better sooner)

Thrugelmir

As the lady is currently in hospital. Then it's hardly likely that she'll be in a position to move quickly even if she comes out soon. One would expect a period of recuperation.

As others have suggested. Start working on a Plan B.

zerog

Old people can often sit in hospital for months completely well because someone (could be social workers or family) has identified concerns that they are not safe to go home. They have recovered from the illness that they were admitted for, but perhaps their mobility is not great and if they went home, they would have another fall and get admitted again, or they are too confused to take care of themselves and the NHS and social work need to see if they are eligible for state funded carers to come in 3 times a day.

Now of course they may be medically well and completely with it, in which case they would probably be happy to speak to the buyer, but they could also not be completely with it and then it would be unlikely for the sale to proceed unless there was an existing power of attorney.

I think it would be appropriate, if you can find out which hospital she is in, to speak to the nurse in charge of the ward and see if the seller, or any of her family, are willing to give you any information. While the staff are not initially permitted to give any information on the health of their patients, the patient (but not the family) can agree to give information, if they have the mental capacity to.

Thrugelmir

zerog wrote: »

I think it would be appropriate, if you can find out which hospital she is in, to speak to the nurse in charge of the ward and see if the seller, or any of her family, are willing to give you any information. While the staff are not initially permitted to give any information on the health of their patients, the patient (but not the family) can agree to give information, if they have the mental capacity to.

Soon they'll be people suing hospitals for releasing private information at this rate. :eek:

troubleinparadise

Zerog: I think it would be appropriate, if you can find out which hospital she is in, to speak to the nurse in charge of the ward and see if the seller, or any of her family, are willing to give you any information. While the staff are not initially permitted to give any information on the health of their patients, the patient (but not the family) can agree to give information, if they have the mental capacity to.

I think it would be totally inappropriate.

Apart from the glaringly obvious issues to do with data protection, personal information and privacy, anyone noticed how busy staff in hospitals are? But time to chat to unknown people about the progress of a patient's property transaction?

Don't even think about doing this.

uncreative

definitely time for a plan B. Can you sell anyway to your buyer and move in to rented or family short term. Then when the time comes you have already sold, money in the bank, only a refresh on the mortgage application, are chain free and can bargain harder for the next place?