Buying house nightmare

AimHigh

I'd have been long gone the second I heard the 'fake documents' piece.

Is it still possible to pull out of the deal? You may well lose money you've paid your solicitor but he's done his job in establishing that the seller is crooked.

Pixie5740

This has been an extraordinarily bad buying experience. You'd need to be very unlucky to encounter the same number of issues buying somewhere else.

If you haven't exchanged start looking at other houses, preferably freehold.

Estheroid

Sorry to hear this. Been there, done that with the loony seller. Probably best to walk away whilst you can, and before you lose any more money. Our experience of loony sellers is that they only get worse!

(Ours had a full on meltdown in the estate agents before then instructing her solicitor to up the price to well over the then stamp duty threshold, despite her EA's advice not to! All due to the fact she couldn't produce paperwork related to major structural building work).

mrginge

Not too late to bin this one off.
Faking documents is not good. I wonder what other 'surprises' you'll get when you've completed...

I wouldn't be hanging round to find out tbh.

Coconut01

i'd be walking away. As others have said faking documents is pretty serious and could be the tip of the iceberg.

NaughtiusMaximus

mrginge wrote: »

Not too late to bin this one off.
Faking documents is not good. I wonder what other 'surprises' you'll get when you've completed...

I wouldn't be hanging round to find out tbh.

Completely agree, there's every possibility there are further issues with the house/seller the solicitors aren't aware of.

Muttleythefrog

Have to agree with above... once you considered there to be fake or manipulated documents coming from the seller side... that would say only one thing to me... "what other nasty surprises lay ahead". If you do go ahead I'd be checking the attic and cellar on moving in.. just in case they've hidden someone! Given her behaviour of apparent official document tampering I'm quite frankly surprised she hasn't apparently triggered concern for money laundering and landed you with a silent delay. You don't seem to mention... but I would imagine a good solicitor would be advising from early stages that you might want to reconsider proceeding.

Bonniepurple

I would also have stopped at fake documents. Are you saying that it's a probate sale and probate has not been completed properly? There certainly seems as though there is something to hide - especially with the thing about the bank may fail. It's 10 years since RBS went into meltdown!

steampowered

If you haven't exchanged contracts yet, it sounds like you should start looking for another property.

You might have to pay your solicitor their fees. But the solicitor will refund you any other money you paid on account.

Another approach would be to ask for a drastic price reduction. The issue of forged documents means that things take longer and increases your risk. The seller should pay for that. You could tell the seller that her decision to falsify documents has caused your offer to drop by £50k, and if she doesn't like that (or if she forges anything else) you'll walk away.

csgohan4

I would gladly pay the solicitor's fees and take the hit, than have a house not knowing what is true and what is lies? Maybe a dead body under the floor boards or subsidence