Buying and selling a house is a complex affair where all these little legal obligations need to line up perfectly so that, even at the most basic level, at least everyone can move in and out of their current residences at the same and necessary times. Of course, there's a lot at stake, so it's a stressful time, and that's before you factor in that there are plenty of dishonest folk out there, both selling homes and otherwise involved in the process, which makes it essential to be on guard and not take anything anyone says at face value and without legal coverage. Even then, you're probably going to miss something or get something wrong. No house is perfect, and there's always going to be an element of uncertainty involved.
But, despite all of this, and at the end of it all, we're all human. Allowing each other a little flexibility and offering concessions outside of legal obligations—that don't necessarily benefit us in any way—is important… and it's quite petty to hold someone to a minor clause in a contract just because you can, even if you stand to gain nothing from it. Heck, at the very least, if you're buying a house from someone, it pays to at least know that they weren't leaving your new home with a vengeance. Houses already hold an untold number of places where problems could possibly be lurking, and the last thing you want is for the seller to be hiding more of them.
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It pays to be kind, and—well, being ingenuous can wind up being expensive or at least inconvenient if you mess with the wrong petty person, like the seller of this house in this trending story that generated a lot of response from this online community soon after it was posted.
I'd say there's probably an argument to be had here that the Original Poster shouldn't have agreed on a settlement date that he didn't think he could keep in the first place and should have otherwise organized a temporary living situation for his family to bridge the gap until their new build was ready. Just because they had agreed that an extension of settlement would be possible doesn't mean that it wouldn't be inconvenient and that they wouldn't want something in return for it… Besides prior planning should have been essential, as, especially in recent years, the only thing you can count on in residential building projects is that the build will be finished long after you expect it to be. But this is the internet, and the narrative of the person telling the story is king above all else… So, I'll save my breath.
See the original story as it was shared with the popular yet ethically dubious r/pettyrevenge community below.
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