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House sale fallen through day before exchange

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Suzie13 Sat 08-Nov-25 17:09:18

I feel like that because I am so angry. No I wouldn’t leave a bad review I just feel like doing that because we have waited 5 months for them. They had 5 months to insist on building regs which we would have got for them but nobody their solicitor or our estate agent told us that is what they wanted. Yes we will have to move on but we have lost our business we were going for. At 63 and jobless the business we were going for would have given us a reason to carry on. We are not nasty people just angry.

notgran Sat 08-Nov-25 16:58:39

Exactly, well said, Lathyrus3.

Lathyrus3 Sat 08-Nov-25 16:53:26

I’m utterly appalled that you would do something so dishonest as to leave a bad review of their cafe. Not because the cafe is bad but to “get revenge”.

And you think they are nasty.🙄

fancythat Sat 08-Nov-25 16:50:32

My DH and I say it is not done until it is done.
We never ever count chickens.

Sorry about what has happened.

BlueBelle Sat 08-Nov-25 16:49:16

I agree with Skydancer step above taking revenge as much as you want to you’re better than that, but I certainly wouldn’t be helpful or chatty. I d keep my distance, what a cheeky couple of so and so s arriving next door after giving you the run around

StripeyGran Sat 08-Nov-25 16:44:19

What did your gut tell you? Has this come totally out of the blue?

Skydancer Sat 08-Nov-25 16:41:47

Time wasters. Don’t leave a bad review but ignore them when they move in and don’t be a helpful neighbour. I hope you find some genuine buyers.

welbeck Sat 08-Nov-25 16:11:34

They were not nasty.
They were doing what's best for them. It's a business transaction not a social relationship.
They probably lost confidence on discovering the lack of compliance and wondered what else might be lurking as yet undetected.
You should have ensured that all necessary certificates were in place.
They probably feel that you wasted their time.
If you leave malicious reviews it could rebound on you negatively.
You could even be sued.
Regard it as a learning experience.

Suzie13 Sat 08-Nov-25 16:01:15

We had our house on the market from January this year. Very slow to sell so dropped the price. In June we had 2 offers on the same weekend. The couple we chose seemed lovely so we started the sale process. We were told by the agent they were keen to get the deal done as she was having a baby at the end of September. We had found a business we wanted to go for so everything looked positive. Fast forward to the end of October after waiting for them to obtain their mortgage offer, have the baby, drop the price after a survey, they pulled out of the sale the day before exchange. Our agent told us the reason why was because we didn’t have building regs for a door we put in 5 years previously. We had offered an indemnity insurance but they weren’t happy with that but we were never told. We have now got retrospective building regs, it took us a week. To cap it all off they are now buying next doors property. They wasted 5 months of our time and a £1000 solicitors bill. I am so angry. How on earth can we live next door to these people until our house sells which at the moment could be a long time. It is a very small town and they have a cafe. I am so tempted to put on some bad reviews to get a little bit of revenge. We have now lost the business we were going for. How can people be so nasty.