Offer accepted 5 months ago!

Mac_70_

Flugelhorn said:

I suspect people say "we'll move into rented" thinking it will make the purchaser more likely to offer and meanwhile assuming that they will never actually do this - viewed a property a couple of days ago, they want to move within the small village (!) and would "go into rented if no property available" - yeh right

Really? We have bought a house (or in the process nothing sign yet), me and the seller has meet and shook on the deal. If he or i go back on what was agreed with out every good cause, as far as i'm concerned it's over. 

Flugelhorn

Mac_70_ said:

Flugelhorn said:

I suspect people say "we'll move into rented" thinking it will make the purchaser more likely to offer and meanwhile assuming that they will never actually do this - viewed a property a couple of days ago, they want to move within the small village (!) and would "go into rented if no property available" - yeh right

Really? We have bought a house (or in the process nothing sign yet), me and the seller has meet and shook on the deal. If he or i go back on what was agreed with out every good cause, as far as i'm concerned it's over. 

When did you last buy? TBH I have bought 2 and sold 2 in the last few  years and never met the vendors / purchasers face to face - all viewings etc done by estate agents - so no shaking hands on anything 

Mac_70_

Last house i bought was thirty-two year's ago. I asked the estate agent for a meeting with the owner on this one, just think the whole process is alot better when singing from the same hymn sheet, after all the deal is between you and the seller/buyer. Why rely on third parties to relay the conversation, when you can do it in five minutes?

Mac_70_

Sorry forgot too add, my offer had been accepted before i asked for the meeting.

Flugelhorn

yes certainly met the vendors 30 years ago and in fact 15 years ago but that seems to have stopped - lot of keeping each other at arms length. Anyway nothing said in those discussions is binding. Our last but one vendor kept giving EA and everyone else a different story about where she was going, so don't think seeing face to face would have helped - they did go into rented, eventually, after some "goading" and pointing out that they had exchanged contracts...

lookstraightahead

I think it depends on what people think is putting them out.

To some, moving is a massive undertaking. To others it's nothing compared to what else might be going on in their life.

ive been divorced and had to move into rented, this was the least of my problems. I've also sold and moved into rented when looking after a very poorly relative and consequently dealing with her death at the same time.

ive also moved into rented by moving to the other side of the country and changing jobs.

I also rented when I was so skint I didn't think I would even find a room.

So I don't see the issue - I don't think it's a lot of money (if you can't afford a few months extra rent you're not in a good position to buy). 

And remember. By a seller not moving, someone else is having to pick up the flack.

im sure there is snobbiness, lack of confidence/scared, and "can't be bothered" thrown in there. To some sellers their home is their castle and it should be everyone else's castle and they should wait for it.

I always move on. To be fair though, my chains have always kept their word.

Mac_70_

Well you get to meet the person eye to eye (a plus in my book), plus it lets those that want something sorted to say it, or creates a door that can be opened without waiting weeks for it to reach you, via estate agent or the highway man. 

owenjt

In a similar situation. Offer accepted 4 months ago. Vendor then had an offer accepted on a house within a month but we're still waiting for their vendors to find a place. Very frustrating but there is a shortage of homes available right now.

Flugelhorn

Mac_70_ said:

Well you get to meet the person eye to eye (a plus in my book), plus it lets those that want something sorted to say it, or creates a door that can be opened without waiting weeks for it to reach you, via estate agent or the highway man. 

depends what you want sorting! 30 years ago I sold a house (other half had already moved for worked, I was following on when all sorted at the sale end) - purchaser was lovely chap, but absolutely insistent that he wanted to put some stuff in the garage prior to completion. I said no as there was stuff (from another house) fillng the garage, he kept on and then turned up saying "if I could just have a key to the garage....?"  - I had to open the garage, show him it was full of stuff and mention that anything that was left there might just end up on a lorry going 150 miles.. 
as I say  nice enough couple, but just didn't get it - wish he hadn't had my phone number but it was a private sale (non estate agent - property was flying off the shelves like it is now, so we just put a 2 line ad in the local paper) and there wasn't much I could do about it. 

Mac_70_

Flugelhorn said:

Anyway nothing said in those discussions is binding. 

That's where you and i would disagree, as i said to me the deal would be broken if shook on. You could probably get it drew up and signed, but that doesn't show trust. I like to think there is still some with morals out there, and thankfully i still come across people with that quality. Though sadly they tend to be off a certain age upwards .