Seller being pushy over furniture

h1pm0n

Hello,
I am looking for some advice, here is the story so far.

We recently found a property and put in an offer 2K under the asking price, which was accepted. Shortly after the offer got accepted we were invited round to the house for a second viewing and also to talk about furniture. We were only really interested in the wardrobes as we don't currently own any. However when we got there he started throwing in all sorts of items that we didn't really want. Being first time buyers we are new to the whole process so we politely told him that we were only really interested in the wardrobes. Never the less he proceeded to give us an offer for all the furniture for just under 2K.

We left saying that we would have a think about it and let him know what we were doing to give him time to sell any items we didn't want so he could sell them before exchange as he wanted they money in cash at this point.

We sent him a message to let him know, we only wanted the wardrobes and his response was very pushy and basically said "if we don't buy all his furniture he would withdraw from the sale". We are now feeling very pressured to buy a lot of furniture we don't want for money we simply don't have spare, so we have come here for advice on what we can do.

Should we speak to the estate agent or is this something we should get our solicitor involved in. Any advice would be greatly appreciated

Alter_ego

Shouldn't cost too much to get rid after completion. Are you happy to lose the property over 2k?

anselld

Certainly do not involve Solicitor. In fact if you have instructed Solicitor tell them to stop work until the matter is resolved.

Speak to the EA and ask them to confirm that your offer stands. Given the vendor's unrealistic expectations it is not even worth offering for the wardrobes. Second hand furniture holds very little value.

To be honest I would be inclined to look elsewhere anyway. That sort of Vendor will be a nightmare right up to completion.

zagubov

If you're getting a mortgage you'd be insane to stick extra money for the furniture on it.

You might have a good cheap rate but you don't want to be paying off this vendor's additional cost for 25 years.

p00hsticks

In your shoes I'd call his bluff just say no via the estate agent.


Assuming that he continues with the sale (and IMO he'd be daft not to), you then need to keep an eye on what appears on the 'fixtures and fittings' form you get via your solicitor as part of the conveyancing process. If it's simply that he doesn't want to go to the trouble of selling/disposing of all the furniture himself, you may find he simply marks everything up on that form as items he's just going to include with the property, and if you really don't want to end up having to dispose of it yourself you need to make it clear via your solicitor that you're not propared to accept them.

zagubov

p00hsticks wrote: »

.... and if you really don't want to end up having to dispose of it yourself you need to make it clear via your solicitor that you're not prepared to accept them.

I'd also suggest you put anything he leaves on your local freecycle group. Everything that gets put on our local one gets taken PDQ.:beer:

duchy

I’d not deal with him direct , let the estate agent tell him, making sure they know about the blackmailing threat to withdraw.
If he’d really annoyed me I’d leave them to sweat before responding at all but it would depend how much I wanted the house.
I agree this kind of buyer is likely to be a pain right up to completion though and it’s if you want the hassle.

Norman_Castle

It sounds like he wants his 2k price reduction back. Explain you've got all the furniture you need.

jimbog

and block his number saying you'll communicate through the EA from now on

elsien

I'd be more concerned that if he's famnying around like this now, what's he going to be like further in when you're more invested in the sale.

JonMitchell

IMHO, I will only go through EA and solicitor. With Christmas round the corner and the unknown election result, it is more likely the vendor will find a new buyer for sometime.

I say stick with your guns and say no to £2k. A lot of first time buyer do not know just how and what a powerful position they are in. I was once a first time buyer and learnt my lesson.

All the best to your purchase.