[Kim39]

Hi All,

Well over the last week or two i have posted a couple of threads on the wonderful news about our house sale and our buyer from heaven. Well the buyer has now turned out to be another buyer from that place called hell. :wah

About 2 hours ago, we got a call from agent stating he has to pull out due to personnel circumstances, which had surfaced over the last 48hrs,but wouldn't go into detail. I get the distinct impression that there has been a reconcilliation with his ex wife. :no

I can't understand, why only a few days ago he was here measuring up though, if there was a chance of a reconcilliation the ex :?

So folks its back to the drawing board for us here, with the understanding that the agent is pushing our property as hard as they can.

I hate bad news!!!! Now i know how others feel being let down. I feel like ranting, but can't be arsed.

Kim

[Smiler]

Hi Kim

Sorry to hear your news about the buyer from hell. Hope things pick up for you. Keep pushing the agent to push the house.

Have a rant, might make you feel better :nice1
Deborah

[Marie P]

OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

OH Kim .....what stinky news !!!!!

keep on trying hon .

Marie x

[Mildred]

Kim

Havn't had much time lately to respond to posts, but feel I have to let you know how sorry I feel for you and your family!

Chin up mate,

Frances

[kiwidebs]

OMG, I'm gutted for you. We've been following your house sale threads with interest and hope in our hearts. It all sounded so promising. We'll keep our fingers crossed that the perfect buyer is the next one to view your property.

Debs

[jo b]

Oh no Kim

That is just the worst news ever.

I really feel for you after all this time and the bar steward pulls a stunt like that. He should have his knackers put in a vice for that one.

Keep your chin up.

Jo

[Diny]

I'd like to say I don't believe it but sadly I do. What the hell is going wrong with the housing market in this country.

I know exactly what you're feeling right now. Only 2 weeks from departure date and our buyer is still twatting us about.

Chin up mates ..... it will happen :nice1

Diny

[Timbo]

Bad luck Kim. It does seem to be VERY much a buyers market at the moment. I pray things will improve in the very near future.

[Bubbles]

What can I say Kim.

Sorry to hear your bad news mate. Keep plugging away.

John

[StevieD]

Sorry to hear guys, you and Elaine must be choked. Horrible to think everything looked so promising and now this :(

Keep your pecker up, you know all will turn out well eventually.
As Jan said, she believes in karma, it is for a reason. (No comfort we're sure but hey, things usually happen for a reason.)

Still hey, look on the bright side, you can still be the team captain at rounders!! :nice1 :nice1 :nice1

[Kim39]

Ok, its been 24hrs since our bombshell was dropped and it ain't got any easier.

smiler says:

Have a rant, might make you feel better

Now i am not going to do that, but what i will say is i am a little disgusted at how this buyer has gone about his business with our house. :no

After spending last night behind thehttp://www.nearlygood.com/smilies/character38.gif (http://www.nearlygood.com) of my 44 tonner up and down the M6 & M1, and having plenty of time to think, i came to the conclusion that this guy was basically a time waster who had no thought for us and our plans. Yes if we had been moving around the corner then it wouldn't have mattered to us, but when its 12000 miles, and the movers had come on tuesday and priced us up, with the intention of them coming in, 5 weeks to ship our stuff,when only 30 mins before the call, i had booked our dog in to be kennelled for 2 weeks, the day before our flight( at least they hadn't been booked ) and clearing everything with my Dad for a £5000 loan to cover shipping and flights. Oh i could go on,but that will not make me feel any better.

When we questioned the estate agent yesterday we were told it was to do with personnel circumstances. I realised then he had gone and shacked back up with the ex. :eek I say this due to the second visit he made with his ex,they seemed very pleasent with each other. Why should she come and look? There was other evidence also.

Now when he turned up at the beginning of the week to measure up, and also to make the offer of us staying here after completion, should there be a problem with flights,we thought this is happening :yes .....Then bang the proverbial hits the fan. Now what?

He must have known this was going to happen,as he came on Monday to measure up. Then he drops this on us on Friday saying things had changed over the last 48 hrs. I think he hasn't kept his mind above his navel :? and thought lets give this another go.

Estate agent has put our details back in the court of interested buyers who were here prior to the offer from him. No news yet,apart from one offer, which came about 3 hours after the bad news. It was an insult, £125000. This guy had come along a few months ago when the price was £145000. He thought he would try and cash in, on our misfortune. :wah

So its now a waiting game, and hope that as one door closes, another one opens. So watch this space.

And to make matters worse, the Lions got LAMPED. Life can be so cruel :laugh

Kim

[Tanya]

And to make matters worse, the Lions got LAMPED. Life can be so cruel :laugh

Kim

We don't have sky and the first half has just finished on normal channel3 here!

Have you just ruined it for me?? :wah :wah
Tanya

[Moorf]

Same here Tanya - wish I hadn't have read that thread either :wah

[Tanya]

Oh well - may as well go to bed then :no :no

Tanya

[Moorf]

Nah, finish the bottle first ;)

[Tanya]

:nice1 :cheers

Tanya

[Smiler]

Kim

That looks like a good rant to me :eek .

He sounds like a complete idiot and people like this shouldn't be allowed to waste time like this. Like you say it's everything else too from the dog to the trip and everything inbetween.

I know there is good news around the corner for you so I'm watching this space.

Chin up

Deborah

[robothamma]

Hi Kim and Elaine,

Well I wasn't expecting to read that :no I really feel for all of you. This is one of the many stresses I found so hard to bear last year - your life is literally in some idiots hands :eek I can't say anything to make it all feel any better except Take it out on the rounders next weekend I'm sure we all won't mind! just don't send me running for the ball though :eek :laugh :laugh :laugh One tip I do have for anyone selling their house though is:- If you let the buyer know you are emigrating make sure they THEY think that you have no definate timescale/job waiting/flights booked etc... Our buyer tried to drop the price big time last year just the day before contracts exchanged we turned round and told the agent to get it back on the market if they weren't serious about buying it as we were in no rush as we wasn't going to make any plans until after exchange anyway! :eek Of course we were making plans, but lived in fear of something going wrong anyway! It did the trick and we exchanged at the agreed price BUT the gits still got their revenge by delaying the completion date and cocking everything up big time :no Still we are still here and thankfully so is NZ :nice1 and at least it has given us more time for research etc... and to meet you all next weekend! :nice1
Hope someone (nice) comes along very soon or failing that buy a lottery ticket for tonight :nice1

[Kim39]

:nice1 Just a quickie to thank all you kind people for your words and sympathy. We will have that person/family who wants this property eventually, but we'd rather have them sooner rather than later.

Kim

[Mildred]

It amazes me that if you want to buy a car you have to put a deposit down at the beginning of the transaction in order to reserve it.

Perhaps if there was a similar thing in place with house buyers, people wouldn't get messed around so much.

[Kim39]

Am in total agreement with you Frances. It goes for about anything that is expensive. You have to put down that deposit if you want it.

Ok, we weren't as close as some folks have been. Our friends who are out in NZ, have actually been let down three times. It just becomes so disheartening. Time wasters just don't have any understanding of peoples situations.

People like this, need what is known in these parts as a good Knobbing :eek and this isn't a disgusting remark before anybody gets the hump. ;)

Kim

[blue]

Sorry to hear your news. I dont come on the forum as much as I used to but look in from time to time due to being let down with my house sale which has fallen through twice.
the second time it was a day or so before exchange the people simply changed their minds. I had booked the shipper, pets and given in my notice. Luckily I was able to sort it out but have not had an offer since and that was in feb.
The house has now been on the market for 15 months.

[baboonworld]

1. How dare he get back together with his ex -!!!!! Doesnt he know how much upset he is causing!!


2. You wont worry about the Lions when u live in NZ (it is called divided loyalties - ie. u get to support whoever is winning NZ or Lions) - just ask my Dad - Yorkshireman but lived in NZ 40 yrs.

3. Never trust anyone - in fact just a thought - but how about telling his ex you have been seeing the "potential buyer" and are having his love child - might get the sale rolling agin.

(seriously though LOL!!!)

[sarahw]

Firstly Baboonworld - I like suggestion 3! :laugh

Kim,

What can I say - I do feel for you... in fact we've been there - we were due to exchange on our house in March & the mortgage company refused the mortgage at the last minute because there were undisclosed debts that the buyer had conveniently forgotten to tell them about! :no

The house went back on the market & it did sell - of all the people I know at home who have been struggling to sell (my brother's house has been on the market for 16 months - he had 6 offers that fell through!) in the last 2-3 months everyone's houses have suddenly found buyers & gone through so things are looking up. I know its not much consolation to hear that when your buyer has just pulled the rug from under your feet & you're depending on that sale & your whole life is on hold until something happens but it'll happen....

Be heartened by the fact that in NZ its a very straightforward process to buy a house - we signed the contracts when we made the offer & exchanged within 7 working days of putting in that offer & could have moved in not long afterwards if we'd wanted! So...if you ever do decide to sell a house over here its going to be a lot less painful! :cool Although - after the last 8 months of house selling hell I've told Ian he's got to carry me out of that house in a box as I never want to move again!!!

[Kim39]

Sarah,

Thanks for those words. I have read your posts regarding your house problems, and mine pale into insignificance compared with yours and others, but it does hurt no matter how far down the line you get.

The problem that highlights ours is that we have had the house on the market for 12 months now and have used two agents in this time. Yes, we have had viewings, but not major numbers coming through, and out of all these potential buyers this was our one and only offer on the property. Needless to say, we were hoping we could get through this without any problems, but how wrong were we.

Have just emailed my future employer explaining what has gone wrong and i am hoping that he understands, which i'm sure he will. The problem i face, is that the job offer has been there for 12 months now. How much longer are they prepared to wait?

Kim

[kiwidollie]

:( So sorry Kim.

What goes around comes around but that's not much consolation to you I know.

Hang in there matey - it can only be a matter of time.

Alison and Neil :(

[marcia]

Kim and Family

How horrible what sad news.

What a load of 'pilchards' there are out there. Don't they have hearts - I just hope that the the saying 'what goes around comes around' is true and these gits get it back with a vengance!!

Just try and keep focused on what you are aiming for and believe that the wait will be worth it in the end!

There are some good people out there (like us lot on this forum for instance! :cool ) And one will come walking through the door soon.

Chin up - don't let them get you down! ;)

[Babette & Andy]

Oohhh Kim & Elaine :no :no how totally unfair to be taken down from the heights of all systems go. It was so well deserved for it to be your 'turn' to make the journey to NZ. Hang in there guys, you know your time will come, just really sorry for you that it's later rather than sooner.

Big hugs coming your way on Saturday ;) ;)
Babette & Andy

[Jon]

oh Kim, sooooo sorry for you!

Can't really say anything to console you just keep the chin up!

Cheers
Jon

[lindajax]

Awe Mates ... Bummer!!
Thinkin of yer and wishing big time for a new family to but that house!!!
Linda x