House buyer identity

AnotherJoe

Is there any way for me to check the identity of the potential buyer and ensure he has no relationship with my ex?
Originally posted by slips11

The former should be validated by solicitors, so unless it says "Sue Grabbit and Runne on behalf ofa confidential third party", you can be confident Mr Smith is in fact Mr Smith (unless of course they changed their name from Mr Jones), the second would require breaking the law in order to stalk them and eavesdrop on their communications amd those of second parties in case they were just an intermediate.
So, TL;DR "no"

Davesnave

getmore4less wrote: »

Anyones guess but looks like the OPs buyout from the ex may have not gone well.

Well, yes, and I looked at the links you show, but a difficult buy-out doesn't imply any judgement about either party.

p00hsticks

Davesnave wrote: »

Well, yes, and I looked at the links you show, but a difficult buy-out doesn't imply any judgement about either party.

Yes, the original post, before it got overwritten by the OP, was along the lines of saying that the house was to be sold (I think by order of the court) and the proceeds split between the OP and their ex, but the OP was concerned that the ex might try to buy the property themselves via some sort of frontperson.

For some unexplained reason the OP appeared reluctant to allow this to happen, hence the responses that they should just be pleased if they get a sale and not be concerned about who the eventual owner would be, even if it turned out to be someone known to the ex / the ex in disguise.

eddddy

I didn't see the original post, but...

It would be a legitimate concern if the ex was colluding/ contriving to sell the house cheaply - e.g. If it wasn't offered fairly and transparently on the open market.


Like in the bad old days... when EAs allowed properties to be sold cheap to their developer friends, by 'preventing' other buyers from viewing/ offering etc.

p00hsticks

eddddy wrote: »

I didn't see the original post, but...

It would be a legitimate concern if the ex was colluding/ contriving to sell the house cheaply - e.g. If it wasn't offered fairly and transparently on the open market.

Like in the bad old days... when EAs allowed properties to be sold cheap to their developer friends, by 'preventing' other buyers from viewing/ offering etc.

I get the feeling that it's more a bad split - OP would like to stay in the house but can't afford to buy ex out, ex can afford to buy OP out at market price, but OP is taking a 'if I can't have it, nether can you' attitude even though it's probably going to cost them both money.


What my mother would have referred to as 'cutting off your nose to spite your face'