APoc184
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Going to keep it as short as possible.
We are in the market for a new home.
Went looking at a few places and liked one a lot. But house does need some work and area is not exactly our preferred location.
Original listing price was way out of feeling with the market and area.
We decided to offer R130k less on the house on recommendation of the agent that took us through the property. (She actually recommended R150k drop).
Offer expires tonight at 18h00.
Husband and wife seller... Busy getting divorced. Joint owners.
1st seller immediately accepted offer and signed. 2nd seller however played for time and was actually playing hard ball for a day or two. Late last night he informed the agent verbally that he wants R30k more. She conveyed this to us via a Whatsapp Message.
We didn't respond as it was late last night. But upon sleeping on it and talking it over we decided that we might have offered too much on the property and especially with the work still needed. We would actually like the offer to expire and look at another property next week that the wife saw.
Or even offer less if the property is still available and we can't find anything else in due time.
Simply just Fear of missing out and first time buyer jitters that made us sign quicker than we actually should have.
After we never replied late last night and was too busy this morning due to a crisis at work, the agent started pushing real hard for the seller #2 to accept the first offer.
This is after she sent us the message that he wanted more. She then messaged the seller this morning saying that we will not be offering more and that is our final offer. Which we never did. We never replied to the original counter message.
According to our knowledge he rejected the offer before the expiry and made a counter offer. And now can not go back to accepting the offer again without our consent.
Can we walk away from this deal?
Especially since she now messaged my wife and said that we still have a binding contract until 18h00 tonight and seller #2 can still sign it and we can get the home.
To be honest we would really like out of this property for now. Home buyer Noob!
Thanks guys. Really appreciate.
We are in the market for a new home.
Went looking at a few places and liked one a lot. But house does need some work and area is not exactly our preferred location.
Original listing price was way out of feeling with the market and area.
We decided to offer R130k less on the house on recommendation of the agent that took us through the property. (She actually recommended R150k drop).
Offer expires tonight at 18h00.
Husband and wife seller... Busy getting divorced. Joint owners.
1st seller immediately accepted offer and signed. 2nd seller however played for time and was actually playing hard ball for a day or two. Late last night he informed the agent verbally that he wants R30k more. She conveyed this to us via a Whatsapp Message.
We didn't respond as it was late last night. But upon sleeping on it and talking it over we decided that we might have offered too much on the property and especially with the work still needed. We would actually like the offer to expire and look at another property next week that the wife saw.
Or even offer less if the property is still available and we can't find anything else in due time.
Simply just Fear of missing out and first time buyer jitters that made us sign quicker than we actually should have.
After we never replied late last night and was too busy this morning due to a crisis at work, the agent started pushing real hard for the seller #2 to accept the first offer.
This is after she sent us the message that he wanted more. She then messaged the seller this morning saying that we will not be offering more and that is our final offer. Which we never did. We never replied to the original counter message.
According to our knowledge he rejected the offer before the expiry and made a counter offer. And now can not go back to accepting the offer again without our consent.
Can we walk away from this deal?
Especially since she now messaged my wife and said that we still have a binding contract until 18h00 tonight and seller #2 can still sign it and we can get the home.
To be honest we would really like out of this property for now. Home buyer Noob!
Thanks guys. Really appreciate.
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