Hi there,
I am selling an apartment, in the past week the purchaser has sent back signed contracts with the deposit to my solicitor. In the contract they had handwritten in a clause requesting all the kitchen appliances. This was never agreed on the sale of the property when we went sale agreed. We sold for a cheaper price as we were not including these items. Now at the last minute purchaser has said they will not go through with sale unless they get these. EA and solicitor have said we do not have a leg to stand on. After a lot of frustration we agreed to this but purchaser has not come back and said he is happy yet. We are worried he might start demanding more furniture. Can he do this if it has not been put on contracts? Our solicitor has said the contracts are not binding yet as they have not yet been sent back to the purchasers solicitor even though he has signed them and sent deposit and my partner and I have signed them also. Do we really not have a leg to stand on. I do not want to lose sale but cannot afford to include anything else. This is very upsetting, purchaser is being so ruthless and I feel I have no rights at all.
I am selling an apartment, in the past week the purchaser has sent back signed contracts with the deposit to my solicitor. In the contract they had handwritten in a clause requesting all the kitchen appliances. This was never agreed on the sale of the property when we went sale agreed. We sold for a cheaper price as we were not including these items. Now at the last minute purchaser has said they will not go through with sale unless they get these. EA and solicitor have said we do not have a leg to stand on. After a lot of frustration we agreed to this but purchaser has not come back and said he is happy yet. We are worried he might start demanding more furniture. Can he do this if it has not been put on contracts? Our solicitor has said the contracts are not binding yet as they have not yet been sent back to the purchasers solicitor even though he has signed them and sent deposit and my partner and I have signed them also. Do we really not have a leg to stand on. I do not want to lose sale but cannot afford to include anything else. This is very upsetting, purchaser is being so ruthless and I feel I have no rights at all.