House sale frustrations

[mandy1]

Hi all
I've not been on here for a while & was just wondering how everyone is getting on with their house selling! Ours is going frustratingly slowly! We accepted an offer at the end of September but our buyers are so slow at getting things moving that they only had the survey done a couple of weeks ago.I never imagined we'd still be living here at Christmas. Why can't people just get their fingers out. Until we get the house sale money through we can't book anything. Sorry to be moaning but I'm sure a lot of you know how it feels to have your life on 'hold' Anyway is anyone else having hassle with their house sales or is it just me?
Mandy x

[KazzE]

Stop ya bloody whinging, ya whinging pom

at least you have a buyer, we have had NO viewings for the last couple of weeks

and we haven't won the lottery again, don't they know it is way past my turn to win

Life is going to be sooooooooooo boring once we are settled in Oz, sun, sea and a less hectic life style

and nothing to whinge about - what am I going to do

Do you know why they are going so slow? I would get your estate agent to speak to them, maybe even threaten to put it back on the market after Christmas if they do not pull thier finger out.

Hopefully things will start moving again in the New Year

take care

[mandy1]

Hi Kazze

I know I shouldn't be moaning about it especially when people can't get buyers at all but I am so bloody fed up! The buyers have had problems with the mrtgage (switching to get better rates etc..) which has slowed things down a lot. Our agents have been chasing them up and we did say it would go back on the market if they didn't get a move on. The buyers then rang us to sy they'd paid for the searches so I reckon it is all going ahead but its the hanging around thats the pain in the bum.You just don't feel that you're control of your own life. I can't wait to be getting on that plane and beginning a new life in Perth but at times it feels like its never going to happen.

I am going to stop moaning now and have a glass of wine-lol

Good luck with your house sale!

Mandy x

[ali]

You can agree a sale but tell them that you will continue to show people around - our estate agent said that this sometimes helps move things along for people who are intent on dragging their feet and who you think may pull out.

Ali x

[mandy1]

Hi Ali
Yes I think we'll be doing that after Christmas if things don't move along a bit quicker. I don't want to frighten them off but at the same time things need to speed up a bit as we have our own agenda to deal with. I'm going to try and forget about it now till after Xmas and then go back to panicking in 2008-lol
Mandy x

[alliekate]

Hi there,

Just to let you know we went thru hell selling our cottage - we got right up to exchange day and the b******d pulled out. Luckily we put it back on the market and sold it the next day - a total fluke - and the sale went through. But it was a very difficult period for us. Our previous buyer even tried to sue us for "misrepresentation" regarding (get this) a garden path, to get back the fees he had paid out, for a property he simply changed his mind on. Luckily for us, until a contract is exchanged, and without any proof, he was stuffed.

Good luck, and it will come right in the end. A x

[mandy1]

Hi
Thanks for the good wishes.Some people are unbelievable aren't they? I think that they need to overhaul the house selling process so that buyers can't just pull out on a whim. I know people are entitiled to change their minds but once they are at the exchange of contract stage there ought to be some financial penalty if they pull out 'cause they are playing around with peoples lives.
Mandy x

[Life on easy street]

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I do not think it is the buyer’s fault it is now getting more difficult
To secure a mortgage from a bank.

People see a house they would like only to find that the mortgage that they could get two months ago.
Is no longer available from the bank at a price they can afford
many of them try in vain to find an alternative bank hence the delay
in getting a survey.

[ali]

alliekate - our first offer (was a ridiculous one), and they tried to justify it by saying the extension had been built to our specifications (of course it had we hadn't intended selling when we had it done, and that we didn't have a garage - it wasn't advertised with a garage and they spent 2 hours over 2 days at our house. We refused the offer and sold it the day after to someone else - but your comment about the path made me chuckle.

Ali

[afiyafifi]

Hi Mandy , we have just changed are estate agent cause the other one was not very good . we have only been with them a week and some wants a viewing fingers crossed ..... karen