Last minute demand from buyer

kerri_gt

Brewerspride wrote: »

and more importantly, have your cats settled in OK?

And did you take their windowsill? :rotfl::rotfl:

Jhoney_2

...and has anyone seen Dipsy Daughter within the vicinity of the property?

Jhoney_2

lichfield22 wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

I can confirm there were no flickering lights ... They were mostly just not working at all after I shook all the bulbs :rotfl::rotfl:

So flick off to all enquirers then,

csgohan4

Brewerspride wrote: »

and more importantly, have your cats settled in OK?

I hope your cats 'unsettled' themselves at your old house and left a present or two perhaps

lichfield22

Aw, thanks to everyone who asked after the pusscats! We are doing well - we had 24 hours of them all cowering in one room and since then they've been exploring the new house, which really means climbing on boxes as we still have much unpacking to do! One is very elderly with a number of medical problems and we were worried how she would settle, but she's found herself a new windowsill and seems the least concerned of them all about her new surroundings!

Pyxis

lichfield22 wrote: »

Aw, thanks to everyone who asked after the pusscats! We are doing well - we had 24 hours of them all cowering in one room and since then they've been exploring the new house, which really means climbing on boxes as we still have much unpacking to do! One is very elderly with a number of medical problems and we were worried how she would settle, but she's found herself a new windowsill and seems the least concerned of them all about her new surroundings!

Have windowsill - will settle.

carefullycautious

And breathe. I have been holding my breath all through this :eek:


Good luck in your new home.

DaftyDuck

lichfield22 wrote: »

..... but she's found herself a new windowsill and seems the least concerned of them all about her new surroundings......

You mean you didn't take their favourite windowsill with you from the old house?

I am astounded, and disappointed.

I am sure your cat feels the same!

Pyxis

Do you think someone could go and poke the munchkin with a stick, to get him all riled up again?

I'm missing the fun!

gibson1

lichfield22 wrote: »

Hi everyone,
So sorry to join the forum and immediately ask for help with a problem but would really appreciate some advice on my slightly odd situation ...

I put my house on the market back in May and almost immediately accepted an offer from a first time buyer. She chose not to have a survey, which I thought strange given that the house is more than 40 years old, but has seemed happy as we've progressed paperwork etc over the last three months.

Several weeks ago we set an exchange date of yesterday and a completion date of next Friday. Yesterday, with an hour to go until exchange, the buyer's father phoned my estate agent and said he had just become aware that she hadn't had a survey and wanted me to pay for one and to organise and pay for any repairs to the house before exchange. When the estate agent pointed out that the buyer should have paid for her survey, much earlier in the process, her father said that I should have insisted upon it and would now have 'blood on my hands' if the property turned out to be unsafe (?!). I obviously refused and both my solicitor and estate agent said it was the most unreasonable demand they'd ever heard.

The buyer's dad then pulled out of the deal and I said fine. Only for the buyer herself to call the estate agent an hour later in floods of tears saying she still wanted the house but her dad was worried the electrics weren't safe.

The only way I've been able to keep things on track has been to agree to pay for an electrical check at the house - but bizarrely the dad wants this done AFTER exchange so we're now exchanging Tuesday, the electrical check will be Wednesday and we'll complete Friday.

The estate agent said she thinks the dad now understands that I'm not going to be footing the bill for any electrical work once we've exchanged and that they will be legally obliged to complete on Friday regardless of what the electrician finds ... But part of me is concerned about why they won't wait till after completion for these checks and I'm concerned they might refuse to complete. We have no option but to move on Friday or lose the house we're buying.

Any thoughts/advice?

If its just electricals that are the concern, an electrician could do an inspection for a relatively low price.

The buyer should most definitely have had a survey done, and that was their responsibility.