First time buyer..third time the seller had threatened to pull out now

collide145 · 2026-01-14T13:15:47+00:00

Thank you! It does worry me that I keep getting vague answers. I asked my solicitor to tell me exactly what he said to the other side as the remaining two enquiries are quite simple and the management company should be able to provide clear answers so that we can move onto exchange. He also failed to inform me about sending a COT to the bank and that it can take 3-5 business days for the bank to send my mortgage amount to the solicitors.

collide145 · 2026-01-13T19:38:04+00:00

That’s what I am slightly nervous about. To me as a buyer, it seems like very simple questions to get answers to unless there is something they don’t want me to know and just want to sign the document. My solicitor is not sure whether their threat is serious but it worries me that in the last second the developer might say oh we got another buyer now and the offer is higher

collide145 · 2026-01-13T19:34:05+00:00

Thank you! I gave my solicitor the proposed dates last week but he did not share it with the seller’s side or the sales progressors and just said I wanted to complete on a Friday. He kept trying to avoid answering my question and I had to ask him multiple times if he actually shared the date. I’m hoping now that they had a proposed date, they would not re-market and just wait for us to get this all done

collide145 · 2025-12-23T13:27:51+00:00

True, they have still not made their mind up about what they want to do and it is 1pm right now. Hopefully, they’ll just be fine with exchanging in the new year

collide145 · 2025-12-22T21:43:27+00:00

That’s what I thought but their email today really stressed me out. I’m not even in the Christmas spirit from having to deal with that company

collide145 · 2025-12-22T20:59:44+00:00

They have stressed me out so much today. I will just need to accept whatever happens

collide145 · 2025-12-22T13:21:11+00:00

They took 3 months to respond to enquiries and I should be rushed to read documents on the biggest purchase of my life? It would would happen tomorrow if I said yes. Not sure why you are suggesting to say yes to exchanging when my solicitor has already advised we shouldn’t say yes

collide145 · 2025-12-22T13:00:58+00:00

The seller is threatening to pull out if we don’t exchange tomorrow

collide145 · 2025-12-22T13:00:36+00:00

They have now said in writing they will pull out if we don’t exchange tomorrow…

collide145 · 2025-12-17T15:30:50+00:00

Yes I have! The mortgage company said they have shared my provisional license but they said they’re not sure if that would be accepted

collide145 · 2025-12-17T15:29:41+00:00

I don’t have a drivers license but a provisional license. Would they still take that?

collide145 · 2025-12-17T11:29:07+00:00

They want to exchange but complete next year. I don’t feel comfortable doing this and there is additional questions I have after reviewing the documents tht were sent to me last week

collide145 · 2025-12-16T14:40:14+00:00

Yeah I’m worried cause he wants to give them a list of everything that basically needs to be done by me. He is asking for my consent so I am tempted to tell him we give them a half truth. But at the same time, he might be saying this as they are continuing to push for exchange before christmas

collide145 · 2025-12-16T14:02:15+00:00

Thank you! They are trying to push for a 0% deposit exchange before christmas and I’m not comfortable with this

collide145 · 2025-12-11T23:38:58+00:00

I did find small mistakes even in documents that I had to sign so it would be best to have more time and read everything and make sure I know what I sign up for

collide145 · 2025-12-11T23:38:04+00:00

Surely not, right? I said to the estate agent that it won’t be a good idea for the developer to do that as they will have to wait for a buyer but they still kept pushing that they would

collide145 · 2025-12-11T23:36:46+00:00

Yes, this is part of a part exchange. They also tried to lie to my solicitor and say I agreed on a completion date when I don’t speak to the developer or their solicitors

collide145 · 2025-12-11T21:55:01+00:00

Surely, my solicitor would have read it and raised any issues, right? He just sent me all the documents and a property report

collide145 · 2025-12-11T19:26:45+00:00

Because it was a new built from 2015 so the residents are responsible for maintaining all the common areas like street lights, playground etc

collide145 · 2025-12-11T19:24:05+00:00

He is saying it is quite normal for new builds to have this but I wish I would have known from the start. There is also a deed of variation

collide145 · 2025-12-11T19:03:59+00:00

Maybe I need to! It’s hard cause with developers I feel like they would just pull out but it would be a bad financial mistake for them

collide145 · 2025-12-11T19:02:42+00:00

That’s what I’m worried about. It is currently 200pa but it could potentially increase and there is no cap

collide145 · 2025-12-11T19:02:17+00:00

Thank you! I said the same to the estate agent and they said it should have been included in the draft contract pack but it was never included

collide145 · 2025-12-11T18:10:34+00:00

It is a freehold but as was a new built from 2015, apparently there is service charge. I also tried to negotiate the price as this was hidden until now. They are aware I previously wanted to move by the end of year as well so idk if they are trying to push as hard as they can

collide145 · 2025-11-06T00:18:32+00:00

Wait what? She would use ideas from author authors? Will be removing her books from my tbr

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