What would you do with house buyer

thegreenone

Gam2015 said:

thegreenone said:

Gam2015 said:

fimacdoodle said:

Give her a final date to sort out her builder/survey, otherwise back to open market - Let her offer the asking price once she stops faffing. Suspect she wants it.....

Spoke to her yesterday she said she’s still interested but everything is at snails pace. She’s told her solicitor not to start searches yet 🤔

Why are you speaking to her direct?  Your EA should be doing that.  Don't let it get personal.

Tbf it seems as soon as offer was accepted the EA didn’t really want to know 

!!!!!!! the EA sounds useless.  You are paying them to act for you and that's what they should be doing.  Do not get fobbed off.

Thrugelmir

Gam2015 said:

fimacdoodle said:

Give her a final date to sort out her builder/survey, otherwise back to open market - Let her offer the asking price once she stops faffing. Suspect she wants it.....

Spoke to her yesterday she said she’s still interested but everything is at snails pace. She’s told her solicitor not to start searches yet 🤔

Then she's controlling you and stalling for time. Play hardball. Take back control. 

london21

Gam2015 said:

thegreenone said:

Gam2015 said:

fimacdoodle said:

Give her a final date to sort out her builder/survey, otherwise back to open market - Let her offer the asking price once she stops faffing. Suspect she wants it.....

Spoke to her yesterday she said she’s still interested but everything is at snails pace. She’s told her solicitor not to start searches yet 🤔

Why are you speaking to her direct?  Your EA should be doing that.  Don't let it get personal.

Tbf it seems as soon as offer was accepted the EA didn’t really want to know 

That's not good as they get paid commission for selling the property. Give current buyer deadline, if dragging on might need to look for another buyer. 

OP you might need alternative EA also, your current ones don't seem serious. 

verytired11

My buyer faffed around when the survey came back and was trying to negotiate a lot of money off and saying he was going to do all sorts of unnecessary investigations - my EA was also hopeless and tried to say the buyer was being reasonable!  In the end I gave him a deadline and said it would go back on the market if he didn't stop messing around.  That did the trick and no more messing around.

davilown

It’s been what, 5 weeks? The process is going to take 3-4 months minimum. The fact that she’s getting works looked at us positive. 
She’s would have probably instructed a surveyor soon after you accepted her offer, and just received the report.

Quite rightly that she hasn’t instructed a split or yet until she’s fully aware of potential issues.
if you pull out, you’ll have to start again and for what? Another 6-8 week delay, plus potential of losing on your current offer as the market dies over Xmas period.

aoleks

1. your EA is useless, I wouldn't pay them
2. your seller is right to be concerned, but not right to drag her feet. give her a deadline to come and view the property with a builder (one occasion, not 2, 3 etc.) and from that date, 48 hours to make up her mind with the mention that if she doesn't, house goes back on the market the very same day!
3. if your house has damp (and you know it does, they don't just make that up), it's normal for people to be worried. it's a major problem that's difficult/impossible to get rid of, so be a bit more understanding.

PS: ask for a copy of the instruction to the solicitor to start searches as proof that she's proceeding, otherwise house goes back on the market.

Crashy_Time

Gam2015 said:

HampshireH said:

You could buy the next person could have the same concerns .... Which would leave you no better off. 

Take it you don't need this sale to complete to buy your onward purchase?

No but I’d like my money out of it asap

How much you can get out will likely depend on your buyer`s lender.

TheJP

Its still early days and your buyer has every right to do their due diligence, for me the fact they are getting a professional quote is a good sign as the cost will come in more realistic than what a surveyor may add in the report. 

Ask your EA to see what progress they have made with their other elements, let them get the work checked over but ask for a deadline for this so you know things will start to pick up speed.

rexmedorum

davilown said:

It’s been what, 5 weeks? The process is going to take 3-4 months minimum. The fact that she’s getting works looked at us positive. 
She’s would have probably instructed a surveyor soon after you accepted her offer, and just received the report.

Quite rightly that she hasn’t instructed a split or yet until she’s fully aware of potential issues.
if you pull out, you’ll have to start again and for what? Another 6-8 week delay, plus potential of losing on your current offer as the market dies over Xmas period.

Indeed a bit early to panic. By all means chase it up, but at this stage I doubt very much that any ultimatum willhave the desired effect.

lookstraightahead

Gam2015 said:

So I accepted an offer on my home in mid October she offered 2k over the asking price to take it off the market so nobody else could view it which I agreed to. The buyer had a survey about a week and half back. Now the home buyers report has picked up some jobs and she is panicking a bit. It’s a 2 bed semi built in about 1930’s. The survey is showing small traces of damp in lower walls and chimney is leaning apparently 🙄 she is wanting to come round with a builder maybe next week. It’s all dragging on a bit could i pull the plug and find someone else to buy it? I’ve purchased another property which will probably complete in January. Just glad I’m not buying in a chain. Thoughts appreciated on this

Why do you think it's over the top for her to get someone to investigate leaning chimneys and damp? The next person will possibly have a proper full survey which will potentially reveal more issues. I'm surprised she only had a homebuyers report for a house 100 years old.