House buyer reduced offer

angelasocks

Newbie hope this lands in right place.

My house is on the market and a buyer firstly offered 35% below asking price.  I've ignored this and later offers and eventually they offered £115k which seemed good.  So I've accepted it but then after coming to view with her family they have reduced their offer back to £105k because they say they think there are problems with the roof, no survey has been done yet.  They picked up on some other minor repairs that I told them about I estimate £500 but am trying to get them repaired myself.

I've rejected this offer explaining that the repairs I know about are only £500 and the roof if there are issues would be picked up in the survey.

I think I'm concerned that they may try to reduce the price again only nearer to completion (gazundering ?).  Understand if there are issues with the survey but if not they still might want to reduce price again for another questionable reason. 

Tempted to ditch them completely but I might be shooting myself in the foot.  I'm not in a chain on my upward move the sellers are friends of mine and are been very obliging. 

Any advice appreciated

Thank you

user1977

If they haven't had a survey, why have they now decided there are problems with the roof, and how have they assessed those problems to be worth £10k?

lika_86

They sound like chancers. I'd sack them off now.

angelasocks

Thanks user1977 - her brother looked in the loft and said he saw daylight and that's the basis for her reduction.  Asked him if he was in the building trade but he just a vague answer.

NameUnavailable

They sound like trouble. Just reject their offer and continue to market.

sheramber

It sounds like you will be better off without them.

What other stunts will they pull before the sale is complete?

Brie

angelasocks said:

Thanks user1977 - her brother looked in the loft and said he saw daylight and that's the basis for her reduction.  Asked him if he was in the building trade but he just a vague answer.

Strangely when we got someone in to deal with a leak in our roof he approved of the fact that there was some light between the tiles.  It was because of the type of building and the materials used which meant that the roof needed to breathe else there would be excess damp and mold.  

On our first attempt at purchasing we lowered our price by about £10k after getting a very scary survey report back.  I was willing to split the difference but the seller simply said no.  So we went off and bought a nicer place for the same amount down the street.

angelasocks

sheramber said:

What other stunts will they pull before the sale is complete?

Yes that's my worry tbh.  Thank you for the comments very much appreciated.

caprikid1

I would not entertain this buyer, they will never pay a price close to what you want.

They are chancers / players, often this type of buyer is so obsessed with discount over value they never achieve a purchase as they are just too troublesome to deal with.

angelasocks

Buyer said they said they would review what I said and get back to me I've messaged them to say there is no need I will not be proceeding.  They were very insulting of my property with their first offer I've never felt at ease with them from the start. 

Thank you.

macman

What their first offer was is not relevant. 'Insulting' or not, they then upped it to £115K and you thought that was good. 
You really need to keep likes and dislikes out of it: you are selling them a house, not looking for a new best friend.
The odds are you will never meet your buyers again.