We sold our house 4 weeks ago, and set our hearts on a house in the village.
Today we find out after paying for a survey on the house £275.00 and all the solicitors side of things being completed from our side aprox £600.00, that the lady (I use the term lady very loosely, that is not what I think she is at the moment) has decide not move, not only has she decided not to move, she didn't even bother to instruct a solicitor, despite telling us numerous times she had (it was a private sale).
All along we've told our buyers that it was going to be quick and simple as there was no chain, now we have to go back and grovel to them to give us more time to find somewhere else.
I know its her house and she can do what she likes with it, but what happened to people being honest and upfront, these days it just seems that they take every chance to make things difficult for others, she was having second thoughts when she booked the appointment last Friday for our surveyor to come round, her father told me she didn't know whether she wanted to move from the beginning, but instead if telling us she watched us spend money which we can ill afford.
I just spoke to our solicitors and they said if we move any way they will waive some of the bill, so at least some one is trying.
Another bright spot on the horizon, a cottage came on the market this morning, which I went to see, I liked it alot, although it needs a lot more work then the first house, but it is very secluded and its got fantastic views over to the Atlantic in the West and the approachs to the Channel in the east, just have to see if her indoors likes it when she see's it tonight, after work, fingers crossed.
I hope I don't start suspecting every ones motives after this, I always prided my self on giving people the benifit of doubt, one thing I can say with honesty, the people on Champdogs are some of the nicest people I've come across in life, always willing to help out if they can.

Robert (seeing the world through slightly suspicious eyes these days)

Im so sorry you were disappointed in your house sale but everything happens for a reason and maybe the sea view will suit you better? Property tends to bring out the worst in some people. The sooner they reform the housing system to make vendors liable for surveys the better for everyoneIMHO

How frustrating (and expensive) for you! Mind you, this other one might turn out to be HEAPS better than the first - sincerely hope so!

Regards
Margot

Robert, i believe everything happens for a reason theres probably the perfect house just waiting to go on the market that is warm and homely. Fingers crossed this will happen soon.
Emma whos pint glass is most definaitely half full

So annoying, I know, but I'm a firm believer in fate, this new house sounds gorgeous, and when you do move, to wherever I bet you'll be so pleased the original house fell thru, espescialy when they build a nightclub next door ;) :D

liberty :)

Oh dear :(

I have to agree with the others ..I tend to think things happen for a reason and maybe there was something about that house that would not have been right for you.

Good luck with the new house :)

I feel your pain - I just spent well over £500 finding out my new potential house was over-valued by 30K. Greedy sellers.

I know it's no consolation Chloe, but I read an article somewhere recently, and apparently this is happening a lot, whereby the lenders are disagreeing somewhat with the price of houses; and yup, it's greedy vendors :(

liberty

I also blame the estate agents... they convinced the seller his house was worth that and he wouldn't even come down by a thousand!! Needless to say it still hasn't sold.

poor you, I do sympathise as we had a nightmare when we sold our house too. We had it on the market a year, and loads of people didnt turn up when they had booked a viewing which was REALLY annoying!

Eventually we accepted an offer from this guy, and found the house of our dreams, we made an offer and it was accepted. We were constantly having to chase our buyer, who it turned out was struggling to get a mortgage due to his past CCJ's etc.

Eventually, when we were within a week of completing the purchase of our new house, my husband managed to catch the guy on the phone. It was then that he told my hubby where to stuff our house! We were gutted and so were the people whose house we were buying. It was an absolute nightmare, and then we had to go through all the hassle of selling our house again.

Sold it again two months later, but by then the house we wanted had been sold to someone else. We struggled to find a new place, and eventually had to move in with my parents and put our things in storage whilest we found somewhere, or we risked losing another sale.

Anyway, alls well now, we found a brilliant house, and we reckon it was fate, all the hassle was worth it in the end, so I wish the same for you :)

It'll all work out in the end, good luck!

Helen

Just makes you want to stay put doesn't it ;)

Karen

Judging by my parents experiences of selling houses, and the stuff my mate tells me from work (she works in an estate agency) im suprised anyone ever manages to move house EVER.

One of the tactics my mate whinges about is the estate agency (big name chain, wont mention who) who ALWAYS and without fail will value a vendors house at at least 10K above that of any other valuation they have had done, purely to get it on the market. This same agency has its houses on the market for at least 3 or 4 months, and whilst me and my mate have been tracking their performance (hey, dont all normal 23 yr olds do this?), pretty much every house they have taken on in the last 6 months has had its price reduced two or three times before its sold.

The place my mate works for doesnt pander to vendors wishes for massive valuations and they will not allow any form of gazumping either, their houses shift usually within 6 weeks. My advice for wot its worth, sell your house through a small firm, and be wary of the big ones!

Buyers are another of my mates headaches, she is learning about selling as she is currently a typist, so sometimes goes to take buyers on viewings.....the amount of people who are put off by the vendors furniture or wallpaper is astounding.....do these people not have common sense?????? What does it matter if the wall paper is heinous, or the vendor has a penchant for lurid green PVC furniture? its the HOUSE they are buying, not the decor!!!!

Em (just spent an evening with said mate, who has whinged non stop about work! lol)

Hi

I am sorry that the sale of the house you wanted has fallen through , its sooo annoying when things like this happen.
It happened to us last year , but the sellers solicitors were dragging there feet , and it took us 5 months of trying to buy their house before we gave up we wasted a load of money in legals almost £4000 , and our house had not even got onto the market before it was sold.

It took us 5 months to find the perfect home , but we did in the end , and we were lucky as the buyer of ours held out.
I am sure that the buyer of yours will too if they really are that intrested.:) chin up

Good Luck with everything,
HELEN.

We viewed the cottage with the views, :) but although it was lovely it didn't feel right for us.
But Saturday morning we walked past another cottage in the village which has been on the market for months, and I said lets book to view it, but my wife said nahhhhhhhhhh it looks dilapadated, any way to cut a long story short, I booked a viewing, went to see it saturday afternoon, and my wife and I both fell in love with it. Its got every thing we need, in this case looks are decieving, it just needs a lick of paint all round, its got great views across the village green to the sea, and no chain:D
So tomorrow morning we'll be making an offer, fingers crossed we'll be moving again soon.
Thank you all for your kind words, and of course your all right, something better does come up.

Robert

Hey, congratulations! Crossing everything for you:)

Fingers crossed it goes well - house moving is hell!!!
:)

Well we put in our offer this morning but heard nothing before I went for a hospital appointment, bad news there, the surgeon says I need a minor op on my hand which will put me out of action for months, he also aid my blood tests we're not that great for my kidney function, great we thought 2 bits of bad news, the third will be our offer being turned down, ....................... but no wohooooooooooooooo it was accepted, I'm so happy, thanks for reminding me about the hell of moving JG , I don't care :D :D :D

Robert

Brilliant that your offer has been accepted, Robert - I hope the move goes smoothly for you. Good luck with your health problems as well, of course!
:)

Great news Robert! Heres to a happy housewarming:)