Shady Homeowner Loses £12,000+ on the Sale of His House After Trying to Pull a Fast One on Buyers With a Irrefutable Offer; They Find Somewhere Else to Live

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    Font - r/pettyrevenge. Posted by u/AccountFar86 12 hours ago House seller loses his dream house This was some time ago, but I thought might be appropriate for this sub. My wife and I were moving
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    Font - to a new area. We'd found a house we liked. We agreed to pay the full asking price as long as we could complete by half term (my wife is a school teacher). The seller was ecstatic because it allowed him to buy his dream house near the coast.
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    Font - Because it was a new area to us, we were living in B&B type accommodation during the week, and going back to our old home at weekends. The
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    Font - accommodation didn't allow pets, so our dog was staying in kennels. The first couple of weeks were OK, but the dog clearly didn't like it, and was resisting going back in each week.
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    Font - It wasn't great, but we figured we could endure it for the six weeks to half term, which was the completion date we'd agreed with the seller.
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    Font - The house purchase seemed to be going slowly, so I proposed via the estate agent that the seller pay a contribution to our accommodation costs for delays extending beyond half term. I wasn't asking for much.
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    Font - He flatly refused. I asked again, also turned down. I rang his office to try to come to some agreement. His receptionist let slip that he never had any intention to move at half term - he'd booked a week in his diary for later in the year. We were furious.
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    Font - My wife and I decided to go to see some alternative houses, and found a new build that was perfect. It was right at the limit of our budget, but the small developer agreed a deal. It
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    Font - wouldn't be finished for six months, but we found a rental house that allowed dogs. We pulled out of buying the first house.
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    Mammal - The seller rang me at work over the next two weeks. He offered £2.5k off the asking price. Then £5k. Then £7.5k. Then 10k, followed by £12.5k. I kept just turning him down.
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    Human body - He lost his dream home. If he'd been honest with me and given me £1000 towards my costs that need not have happened.
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    Font - cmori34 hr. ago This is the way to deal with holes - be so reasonable and accommodating that they will arrogantly manifest their worst traits, with zero awareness of their own vulnerabilities.
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    Font - MoreRamenPls 4 hr. ago Hope your dogs ok too! ↑ ↓ 21 Reply Share Papazi-7 4 hr. ago You served him right, taught him a good lesson in ethics!
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    Font - Gubba Monster 1 hr. ago Not even petty, just totally reasonable! Still pathetic of him though
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    Human body - SketchyMoron 23 min. ago Nice! I would've bought HIS dream house for X2 pettiness.
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    Font - Riovem 3 hr. ago Different in the UK, anyone can pull out at any point for any reason right up until exchange (which wouldn't have happened as the date is legally binding from then) England and Wales at least, Scotland is different. Unsure of NI
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    Font - pie_in_a_bag 5 hr. ago edited 4 hr. ago This is great. My family did something similar in the spring, when we were looking to buy a house. The house we found had a massive, split cottonwood tree in the backyard that made us nervous, as cottonwoods are known for being weak trees. The
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    Font - sellers wanted to close immediately so they could buy their dream house, as their offer was contingent on the sale of their home. We offered $5k under asking price
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    Font - (still more than the home was worth), were accepted, and, after receiving five different estimates on the tree - every single arborist had a look of panic in their eyes when they recommended removing the tree immediately
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    Font - removing the tree immediately because it WOULD fall and it WOULD kill someone (based on the proximity to surrounding houses and the direction of the trunk split) - we asked the sellers to cover half the cost of the removal. They refused, and said
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    Font - they'd had the tree maintained yearly by an arborist who didn't recommend removal. When we asked to see those invoices, they immediately agreed... Then went silent for three days. When
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    Font - prompted, they claimed they suddenly couldn't find the invoice, and went so far as to accuse US of being manipulative and trying to scam them. We pulled out of the sale and,
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    Font - while they eventually sold for full asking, they missed out on buying their dream home because of lack of immediate funds. The house we ended up buying is way nicer, has full (and free) access to a huge
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    Font - field behind the house, and is right around the corner... so now I give the tree side eye whenever I drive by, because I'm just waiting for it to fall. I hope it doesn't actually kill anyone when it does. Anyway, the revenge was petty enough to satisfy me.
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