Charging me rent at 16

gf3978114

noitsnotme said:

gf3978114 said:

So when I had moving to a town to look forward to, which would have meant having a bit more of a normal life, being closer to society, but the buyers of this house threatened just last night to pull out if we didn't accept the asking price!! We only accepted their offer because it was decent. Nothings come up that should lead them to lower their offer. This was was planned deliberately, so we would panic last minute. we were due to move to our new house the following day (today), 

That doesn’t make sense.  If you were due to move today then contracts must have already been exchanged previously which means the agreed price was already committed to and it would be too late for them renegotiate the price.

Its far too late for anyone to be pulling out without breaching the contract.  What about your new house, is that being purchased too?  If today is moving day then contracts will have also been exchanged on that and the sellers will be expecting to be paid today.  Anyone pulling out now will find themselves in a very expensive messy situation.

I am just 16. I dont know how it works. But we were due to move on the 28th and pick up the keys that day for our new house and the people who were meant to be buying our house pulled out on the 27th.

gf3978114

noitsnotme said:

gf3978114 said:

So when I had moving to a town to look forward to, which would have meant having a bit more of a normal life, being closer to society, but the buyers of this house threatened just last night to pull out if we didn't accept the asking price!! We only accepted their offer because it was decent. Nothings come up that should lead them to lower their offer. This was was planned deliberately, so we would panic last minute. we were due to move to our new house the following day (today), 

That doesn’t make sense.  If you were due to move today then contracts must have already been exchanged previously which means the agreed price was already committed to and it would be too late for them renegotiate the price.

Its far too late for anyone to be pulling out without breaching the contract.  What about your new house, is that being purchased too?  If today is moving day then contracts will have also been exchanged on that and the sellers will be expecting to be paid today.  Anyone pulling out now will find themselves in a very expensive messy situation.

Which we can no longer afford to do because we were relying on the money from selling our house to move into the new house.

gf3978114

We payed for moving vans and storage etc  that we were relying on the sale of the house to pay for and the other party isn't responsible for those costs even though they pulled out now we are in significant debt 

poppy12345

gf3978114 said:

noitsnotme said:

gf3978114 said:

So when I had moving to a town to look forward to, which would have meant having a bit more of a normal life, being closer to society, but the buyers of this house threatened just last night to pull out if we didn't accept the asking price!! We only accepted their offer because it was decent. Nothings come up that should lead them to lower their offer. This was was planned deliberately, so we would panic last minute. we were due to move to our new house the following day (today), 

That doesn’t make sense.  If you were due to move today then contracts must have already been exchanged previously which means the agreed price was already committed to and it would be too late for them renegotiate the price.

Its far too late for anyone to be pulling out without breaching the contract.  What about your new house, is that being purchased too?  If today is moving day then contracts will have also been exchanged on that and the sellers will be expecting to be paid today.  Anyone pulling out now will find themselves in a very expensive messy situation.

I am just 16. I dont know how it works. But we were due to move on the 28th and pick up the keys that day for our new house and the people who were meant to be buying our house pulled out on the 27th.

I have to agree with noitsnotme here. Contracts would have needed to be exchanged weeks before you picked up the keys. Speaking from my daughters experience when she bought her house earlier in the year, she exchanged contracts about 2 weeks before she got her keys.

Sncjw

Are you sure she is telling the truth about you moving just what you said about your mum. 

Were you actually going to move? 

elsien

poppy12345 said:

gf3978114 said:

noitsnotme said:

gf3978114 said:

So when I had moving to a town to look forward to, which would have meant having a bit more of a normal life, being closer to society, but the buyers of this house threatened just last night to pull out if we didn't accept the asking price!! We only accepted their offer because it was decent. Nothings come up that should lead them to lower their offer. This was was planned deliberately, so we would panic last minute. we were due to move to our new house the following day (today), 

That doesn’t make sense.  If you were due to move today then contracts must have already been exchanged previously which means the agreed price was already committed to and it would be too late for them renegotiate the price.

Its far too late for anyone to be pulling out without breaching the contract.  What about your new house, is that being purchased too?  If today is moving day then contracts will have also been exchanged on that and the sellers will be expecting to be paid today.  Anyone pulling out now will find themselves in a very expensive messy situation.

I am just 16. I dont know how it works. But we were due to move on the 28th and pick up the keys that day for our new house and the people who were meant to be buying our house pulled out on the 27th.

I have to agree with noitsnotme here. Contracts would have needed to be exchanged weeks before you picked up the keys. Speaking from my daughters experience when she bought her house earlier in the year, she exchanged contracts about 2 weeks before she got her keys.

It is possible to exchange and complete on the same day. This is one reason why it is generally considered not to be a good idea. 
On that basis, it's probably not helpful to be suggesting to the OP (as in the next post) that their mother is not telling the truth. 

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" Scotland law applies." As the OP says this in their post re benefits, it may be that  property contracts and how the  exchange operates in Scotland is different to what one might expect in England and Wales, so that and any resulting financial loss would need checking out via your mother's solicitor.  

MovingForwards

[Deleted User] said:

" Scotland law applies." As the OP says this in their post re benefits, it may be that  property contracts and how the  exchange operates in Scotland is different to what one might expect in England and Wales, so that and any resulting financial loss would need checking out via your mother's solicitor.  

Concluding missives = exchange of contract

Settlement = completion

Still financial penalties if the former is done but not the latter.