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Vendor Won't Clear House (Options)
SavvySaver24
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First time house buyer here and it is proving to be hell. No one can undeestand why our vendor has been so difficult through the whole process but the latest saga is he won't clear the house. There are no large furniture items but there is a whol loas of generaly crap/tat both in the house and in the garden. It would take a medium to large skip to clear it.
I don't mind clearing it ourselves but I would expect him to cover the cost of the skip required to do so. This will be what we put to him next if he still won't budge on clearing it himself but just want to understand our options. The property information form said he would clear the house.
It does just seem though that if he point blank refuses we just have to like it or lump it, is that really what it comes down to :-/
I don't mind clearing it ourselves but I would expect him to cover the cost of the skip required to do so. This will be what we put to him next if he still won't budge on clearing it himself but just want to understand our options. The property information form said he would clear the house.
It does just seem though that if he point blank refuses we just have to like it or lump it, is that really what it comes down to :-/
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Have you exchanged contracts?0
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No not yet0
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SavvySaver24 wrote: »No not yet
So just lower the price to cover the cost of skip and removals - £1500 at a guess.
See which the vendor prefers to do...0 -
If you havent exchanged contracts, then don't until the house is clear - or have a contractual provision that makes it very clear what you expect him to do prior to completion and making it clear also that if he fails to do so you can deduct some money at completion to cover the cost of clearing. If he has told you he will do it, then he should contractually commit to it0
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SavvySaver24 wrote: »It does just seem though that if he point blank refuses we just have to like it or lump it, is that really what it comes down to :-/
Then tell him you're dropping the price, and he can "like it or lump it". And yes, this is how negotiation works - it's not always nicey-nicey you know.0 -
Vendor won't lower price end of. And I know it isn't all nicey nicey. My point is more if he said he would clear it in the property information form does he have a legal obligation to do so?0
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Yes, but it's not worth paying for legal action to force him to, so you might as well either expect to pay it, or force his hand now.2024 wins: *must start comping again!*0
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Given he has no legal obligation to sell you the house until you've exchanged contracts, it's immaterial whether there's junk in it or not.
Face it - he's called your bluff. Suck it up, walk away, or counter bluff. Your call - "the law" ain't gonna help here.0 -
Doubt it, if they've made clear to you before exchange that the situation has changed.SavvySaver24 wrote: »My point is more if he said he would clear it in the property information form does he have a legal obligation to do so?
And having a legal obligation merely gives you the opportunity to start a possibly long-running and fruitless small claims action.0 -
he does it now
or you end up doing it
because you're not going to sue him for the cost of clearance
are you prepared to walk away from the deal?
do you think he will walk away from the deal?
who is in the stronger position?0
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