Cash offer rejected, another party offer accepted with no chance for us to better it

Adereterial

Seems to me you were given a chance to make another offer, when the estate agent told you they’d probably accept £180. You delayed, and lost. That’s the way it works I’m afraid.

Red-Squirrel_2

Enterprise_1701C wrote: »

So, if you were willing to work your heart out to earn a decent living for you and your family, and then someone comes along and grabs most of it off you because someone up the road could not be bothered to work and just wanted money, that would be fair?

It already happens to a certain extent, but personally I want the fruit of my labours to benefit me and mine, not everyone else.

Take it to the daily mail comments Piers.

Sibz

You could also consider that maybe the seller didn't fancy any qualified tradespeople having a look around - perhaps there was quite an issue they didn't want noticing. Maybe that's why they no longer entertained you or your offer.

I saw a couple of places that tried to make out there were more bedrooms than there actually were... that kind of salesmanship puts me right off - if they try to deceive about simple stuff like that - what else are they being inaccurate with?

DevilsAdvocate1

As someone else has already said, it is not always about the money. A friend of mine later discovered that someone had offered more for the house they bought. However, the sellers were moving next door (much bigger house) and wanted to "like" the neighbours.