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we are trying to move, and as we thought had an offer, just waiting for our buyer to get a sale on hers. hang on , will continue below

In order for us to complete a chain,the person at the top has offered to buy the botton House (thats our purchaser). Our stupid STUPID Purchaser now has said she want to go and look at another one and will the top person in our chain still buy hers? As the agent has explained to her, No they wont, they will only buy hers if she buys ours.... Apparently she will be asked for a decision on friday - is she going with mine, or the other one.... Please cross EVERYTHING that she goes with mine (the other house is identical, £5 more but has a consevatory) deflated Jess x ************************* Well , today is ''the day''. Our potential purchaser must decide if she is having my house or not (with the top of the chain buying hers to complete the chain) If She doesn't commit today THE OFFER IS OFF. Have a huge lump in my chest - or it feels that way- Pretty pretty please , if you have it CROSS IT FOR US!

They do say that has moving is the second most stressful things you can do apart from divorce. Sounds like you are getting an extra dollop though! Wishing you good luck. Anna

Jess, I know its a really stressful time for you at the mo with this but hang in there.. if they are bright enough to realise that the people at the top will save them a lot of waiting then your ready to go. Fingers crossed for you hun. Debs x

Oh Jess I know you really want your new house....some people eh? My fingers and toes are tightly crossed for you, so hope its sorted soon for you or I shall be stuck here xxxxxxx Good luck, and I will send positive house thoughts....

*Crosses fingers*

I'm gutted, to say the very least, just to think it was about to come together... Plan B then - start looking at nursing homes for Mum, what i so didnt want to have to do. promised her i never would.

Oh Jess it may sort out, don't give up yet....lots of luck xxxx

Hope it turns out well for you, Jess. Gwynne

Hope everything sorts itself out. If she hasn't a buyer what is the point of going to look at another house. If her only buyer is only buying hers to complete the chain. Germaine x

Jess Don't lose heart. This sale still may go through, if it doesn't, it will be for a reason, however upsetting it may be. Hubby and I were house hunting. We fell in love with this little house on an estate. We liked everything about it. We put in an offer (we were first buyers). Suddenly the estate agents called us, the deal was off, the owners couldn't get a mortgage on the property they wanted. I was devastated. cried all night. The next day the agents rang Dave and said about this house which had been on the market for a while, in fact it was chain free. We took a look and 13 years , a wedding and 2 kids later we are still here. We have brilliant neighbours either side, its nearer to town than the other and has a garden, not a small yard like the other house. It turns out we would have encountered problems with the house we lost as it had a flat roof, leading to possible future water damage etc. When one door closes, another opens Elaine x

Hi! Jess its me Norah!! its true when one door closes a better one can open or your buyer might still come back so don't give up hope I know as I'm in my 10th house Good luck Norah x

We're only in our second house in 34 years (31 in this one). When we bought it we saw it in the January, it had been on the market for a while and we put in a silly offer, which was accepted, as the guy had moved from Essex to Oxford for his job, the wife and kids were still her and they couldn't buy in Oxford before they'd sold this one. The chain broke twice and the vendors threatened to put it back on the market. When we finally moved in the August there were 14 people in the chain. So hang on in there.

Hi Jess Crossing everything for you. Juliexx

Hi Jess, we've had a stressful time a couple of times when moving, losing buyers both times. AND both times it came out okay. Fingers crossed it does for you Gloria xx :-))))

Hi Jess I can sympathise with you. We have a large house and as there are now only two of us, tried to sell it in 2003. Put it on the market and had an offer from the owner of a local indian restaurant in two days. He went on extended holiday to Bangla Desh and we never heard from him again. In Jan last year we had an offer from a local family, but shortly after, the chain collapsed. Within two days we had another offer from a lady who had a local shop. A business was buying hers and we understood everyone wanted a quick sale. We got all packed up and ready to move, having done many trips to charity shops and the tip. Then this business started causing problems. First they wanted a £25,000 reduction in the price of her shop. Which she agreed to. Then they wanted planning permission to make alterations. (The shop is a listed property) They applied for planning permission, but got their application in late, so we had a six week wait. They applied again and got the application wrong. Another 6 weeks. They applied the third time and their application was turned down. They had to make alterations to their plans and re-apply. They then asked for another substatial reduction in the price of her shop. At this point the lady withdrew, and appologised to us. In the meantime we last the property we were planning to buy, it was sol for £10,000 more than we agreed. But then property prices in our town were going down and where we were hoping to buy, we rising. Our 6 bedroom house would sell for about what we could buy a 3 bedroomed one for. At this point we gave up. We still have not finished unpacking. David

Oh Jess! Poor you and Alan! We've had so many problems in the past with 'firm' offers on houses we've sold. I think it's one of the most cut-throat transactions people ever encounter. There's so much at stake, and I think it would be much fairer all round if we had the same system in England and Wales as they have in Scotland, where the contract to buy kicks in in the initial stages. I do wish you success. CB >|< XX

Jess Such a stressful time moving - and terrible when you find the ideal house and it falls through. As many have already said, don't give up hope yet but I'm a great believer in what will be will be and there's usually a reason something doesn't happen. Good luck Debby

CB just to add insult to injury , we thought we were safe as they are Scots!, well, he is. feels as thought the whole world is wobbling on it axis at this moment in time.

Hi Jess, I do hope this works out for you. We have had a couple of house-move nightmares in the past, but not as bad as this I don't think. I will keep everything crossed for you. Liz x