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Waiting for a buyer... Anyone want to join me?

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  • Slinky
    Slinky Posts: 9,992 Forumite
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    Pigletfeet wrote: »
    I have another viewing today at 12 noon. I feel like drinking malibu straight from the bottle at the back of the drinks cupboard with a sorta crusty neck where it's been stood since last Christmas, and offering the prospective buyers burnt crumpets / small pieces of ham chopped up for the dogs, it's driving me insane.... this is my 3rd move, never EVER again - EVER

    :rotfl:Oh that did make me laugh. Sorry they didn't turn up, probably they'd heard you'd finished the malibu.
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  • Slinky
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    chickenmama wrote: »
    Update for me:

    Buyer pulled out! Decided to ignore phone calls from the EA rather than actually admit it and it all came to a head today. So we're back on the market. Feeling surprisingly zen about the whole thing and going to try to not think about it too much until the new year - whatever happens, happens!

    Why! Why do people do that?! We had one who did something similar, went off to visit her mother, became uncontactable we only found out when we checked to see if we had exchanged. Apparently they don't have phones in Devon. She'd gone to visit her mother.......

    Hope you get a better buyer and a better offer, which is what happened with us.
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  • chickenmama
    chickenmama Posts: 62 Forumite
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    Slinky wrote: »
    Why! Why do people do that?! We had one who did something similar, went off to visit her mother, became uncontactable we only found out when we checked to see if we had exchanged. Apparently they don't have phones in Devon. She'd gone to visit her mother.......

    Hope you get a better buyer and a better offer, which is what happened with us.

    Thank you Slinky and sorry this happened to you too - utterly bonkers isn't it? I wonder about some people's morals.

    The EA selling the house we wanted to buy is trying to get us on their books as they think they could get us a buyer (for a fee, of course :cool: ) I said I am loathe to pay two lots of EA fees and there is still no guarantee they'd actually find anyone and then what? They want to get 'the boss' to ring me at 4 though, either way.

    Pigletfeet, is there really no malibu left?? I think I need some :beer:
  • sheff6107
    sheff6107 Posts: 451 Forumite
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    After 12 months and only 9 viewings in that time, we ditched the online agent this week and put it on with a local one.

    "If we can't sell it, no one can!"

    Fingers crossed.
  • Slinky
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    chickenmama wrote: »
    Thank you Slinky and sorry this happened to you too - utterly bonkers isn't it? I wonder about some people's morals.

    The EA selling the house we wanted to buy is trying to get us on their books as they think they could get us a buyer (for a fee, of course :cool: ) I said I am loathe to pay two lots of EA fees and there is still no guarantee they'd actually find anyone and then what? They want to get 'the boss' to ring me at 4 though, either way.

    Pigletfeet, is there really no malibu left?? I think I need some :beer:

    Chickenmama after we had our buyer drop out we appointed another agent alongside our existing one, telling the first we'd only pay them single agency fee not dual agency fee, which they were happy enough with. The second agent was happy to accept the same fee arrangement as the first one seeing that they then got the chance of selling ours which they'd missed out on when we appointed the first agent. We dictated terms to the agencies and they accepted them. In the end it was the original agent who found the buyer we eventually sold to.
    Make £2024 in 2024
    Prolific to 29/2/24 £184.97, Chase Interest £11.88, Chase roundup interest £0.18, Chase CB £16.96, Roadkill £1.10, Octopus referral reward £50, Octopoints £6.30 to 31/1/24, Topcashback £4.64, Shopmium £3
    Total £279.03/£2024  13.8%

    Make £2023 in 2023
    Water sewerage refund: £170.62,Topcashback: £243.47, Prolific: to 31/12/23 £975, Haggling: £45, Wombling(Roadkill): £6.04,  Chase CB £149.34, Chase roundup interest £1.35, WeBuyBooks:£8.37, Misc sales: £406.59, Delay repay £22, Amazon refund £3.41, EDF Smart Meter incentive £100, Santander Edge Cashback-Fees: £25.14, Octopus Reward £50, Bank transfer incentives £400
    Total: £2606.33/£2023  128.8%

  • smallholdingsister
    smallholdingsister Posts: 4,018 Forumite
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    Bummer chickenmama!
    What rude people.
  • ChasingtheWelshdream
    ChasingtheWelshdream Posts: 833 Forumite
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    Can I join?! :j

    Only two weeks on the market, but several viewings and no takers. :-( I'm starting to resent the constant cleaning/tidying/smoothing duvets/straightening towels and finding places to hide the kids!
  • Davesnave
    Davesnave Posts: 34,741 Forumite
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    Slinky wrote: »
    Apparently they don't have phones in Devon. She'd gone to visit her mother........

    Err....sometimes we don't, when it's mobiles.

    But it's astonishing how many tradesmen seem to be working in dead spots when they're needed urgently! ;)
  • smallholdingsister
    smallholdingsister Posts: 4,018 Forumite
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    Ditto the mobile thing.
  • 9ja4life
    9ja4life Posts: 226 Forumite
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    I'm back here! We're putting our house back on the market. It'll go live Monday. I know they say don't sell in the winter. I'm cautiously optimistic, after all you won't know till you try!
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