Awkward sellers.

jamie_128

So ourselves and our buyer agreed a couple of days we could move. One is 10 days away which we were hoping for and the other one is 17 days away.

After ringing the sellers we are buying off they stated they wanted a date which is 3 weeks from now but they could do the 17 days away date at a push.

Anyway i try to sort it all out with the solicitor and arrange for the 17 days away, suddenly they come back with they cant do it now as they have commitments, this is after we have all swapped shifts to cater with them!

So now the only day they can do is 3 weeks away and we will all struggle to get it off work and it was hard enough getting them dates sorted between us all to start with, none of us can just pick a day we want off and the people we are buying off are in no chain and moving in with family down south.

Is there anything i can do from here, they have been extremely stubborn throughout the whole process and they have really !!!!ed us off on countless occasions but we have kept cool about it til now.

[Deleted User]

They don't appear to be being awkward. They're just wanting a date that suits them, just as you are.

At least one of you will need to compromise.

There's never a best date for everyone when you're moving house.

jamie_128

Well they said they could do a date we have swapped shifts to fit in then changed their minds.

[Deleted User]

If they now can't do it due to other commitments, you need to find another mutually convenient date.

G_M

Have all the solicitors completed all the conveyancing?


Agreeing dates is nothing more than "we'd like to Complete on X date." But if there are outstanding conveyancig issues it just won't happen.

jamie_128

solicitors is all completed ready to exchange

PasturesNew

It's rarely you who chooses the date.

The process is: Solicitor decides all the ducks are in order and asks you when you'd like... ditto the other solicitors. Then the solicitors phone each other and phone you to check a date they have come up with.

It's Chinese whispers.... and can get tricky if people are having to change shifts.

You and the others all have dates you want and nobody's "being awkward" if they can't fit with your preferred dates.

When I sold I just said "I want TWO weeks, but any date whatsoever".

G_M

then either play hardball and say: " this date or forget it", or compromise and agree their date.

diggingdude

I'm awkward so would insist on meeting in the middle. They need you as much as you need them. But then I hate being told what to do

jamie_128

so now she cant even do the date she suggested and has pushed it back again 4 days. Im really getting !!!!ed off now!

pinkteapot

Explain to her (directly or via the EA - however you're communicating) that you need a list of dates that she can definitely do and which won't change, as it's very difficult for you to arrange time off work. Once you have that, see which ones are possible for you work-wise, and whether your buyer can do them too. Go with one of those.

We once moved in a chain of 6 and ended up with 7 weeks between exchange and completion because it was the first date everyone could do.