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Would you withdraw offer due to delays?

Gee87
Posts: 4 Newbie
Hi,
Would you withdraw an offer to purchase a property if you'd faced delays?
My offer was accepted on a house well over six months ago now, and has been constantly delayed by the seller since then. There's no chain and when I made the offer I was under the impression they wanted to move quickly, with the plan of completing before Christmas. The main delays have been issues around getting access to for a building survey, this took over two months to resolve, and the seller not providing their solicitor with info. We'd been due to go for a look at the house after building work was completed last month, this was cancelled last minute a few times and is now obviously delayed further due to the coronavirus.
As the delays are relating to the condition of the house, it's making me doubt the decision to purchase, is it reasonable to withdraw for this reason?
Would you withdraw an offer to purchase a property if you'd faced delays?
My offer was accepted on a house well over six months ago now, and has been constantly delayed by the seller since then. There's no chain and when I made the offer I was under the impression they wanted to move quickly, with the plan of completing before Christmas. The main delays have been issues around getting access to for a building survey, this took over two months to resolve, and the seller not providing their solicitor with info. We'd been due to go for a look at the house after building work was completed last month, this was cancelled last minute a few times and is now obviously delayed further due to the coronavirus.
As the delays are relating to the condition of the house, it's making me doubt the decision to purchase, is it reasonable to withdraw for this reason?
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I'd definitely withdraw as 6 months with still no end in sight would be unacceptable. I think you've been a lot more patient than I would have been. The vendor doesn't sound at all motivated.
Also, with the issue of corona virus, the value of the house could drop before you even manage to complete. we just don't know yet how things are going to pan out.The bigger the bargain, the better I feel.
I should mention that there's only one of me, don't confuse me with others of the same name.1
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