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Re: Having a nightmare buying this house - advice please!!!
Originally Posted by hot wasabi peas
(Post 5098868)
Buyers are allowed reasonable access to the property once all conditions on the contract are lifted. It is a standard clause in most real estate transactions in Canada. And, in my experience, standard practice.
If the buyer goes into to the property, as above, and finds something 'wrong', too bad for the buyer. As to the original post, the seller did nothing wrong, and the buyer could hardly expect to have free access after they had already tried to get out of the contract. House buying and selling here is nothing like in England. |
Re: Having a nightmare buying this house - advice please!!!
We are going ahead with the purchase and no point were we threatening to break the contract as we happen to be people of our word. All we did was ask if they would consider walking away with 5K in return to let us walk from the deal...... we never threatened or anything else and after 6 days and an extremely brisk housing market I don't think it was that unreasonable to ask....
My lawayer said that we should aim to flip the house back out as the market here is so brisk, and we would much rather do that than let another family down..... However, can I just make one point...... I thought on here it was supposed to be a community, I honestly thought we were people all in the same boat..... It seems to me that there are certain users of the site who enjoy taking an agressive and belittling tone at every opportunity with snide comments and generally nasty attitudes. Not just to me but to many other users and on many other threads too. It makes me wonder, they are often people who post frequently and appear to take enjoyment at putting others down. It makes me wonder just how well they are getting on in their new lives? Or maybe wherever they go they just can't help but spread a little unhappiness? It's one thing to disagree with people and point out where they may, in your opinion have gone wrong, but I think in general there seems to be certain individuals who really go out of their way to make people feel awful. And when you are alone in a new country trying to figure things out you can do without that. Especially from one of the few places that you can go to which gives a bit of support... Thanks for your support (mostly) guys and I am now off to look at the new house, which will only be my second time to do so. For the few of you out there who knows it's you I am talking about, maybe you should take stock at just how you come across to people both on and off the internet. Just a thought. Take Care Mrs Miggins x |
Re: Having a nightmare buying this house - advice please!!!
Originally Posted by startwin
(Post 5099875)
No it's not standard practice. It's entirely up to the seller if the buyer is allowed in to measure or whatever. Most reasonable sellers will, if you ask them nicely!
As to the original post, the seller did nothing wrong, and the buyer could hardly expect to have free access after they had already tried to get out of the contract. House buying and selling here is nothing like in England. My point is that it is a clause available to the buyer and, like I said, in my experience, it is standard practice. All the real estate that I have ever purchased in Canada (BC and AB) and anyone else I know that buys real estate have included this clause as it has been important to have reasonable access to get measurements, estimates for renos, etc... and there's no real point in doing that if the deal is still in wishy-washy phase (ie, the conditions for sale not being lifted). I have never had a seller have a problem with this clause, ever. To me, this is very much standard practice. I'm not suggesting buying property in Canada is like buying in England. I'm well aware of the differences. |
Re: Having a nightmare buying this house - advice please!!!
Originally Posted by Mrs Miggins
(Post 5100055)
My lawayer said that we should aim to flip the house back out as the market here is so brisk, Yes its a community, but if you do something a bit odd, its a bit much to expect it to pass without comment. This place works best when we learn from each others experiences, so lets hope someone else can avoid this situation as a result of this. |
Re: Having a nightmare buying this house - advice please!!!
I hope so too - that someone else avoids this situation....
The guy who owns the house is lovely - wife is defo a nut job. Anyway, still hate the house, decided to sell it asap...... People will only share experiences if this is a safe forum to do so. Thanks Mrs Miggins x |
Re: Having a nightmare buying this house - advice please!!!
Hi Mrs M,
If you REALLY don't want the house, but you think someone else might, you can assign the contract. This means that you are selling the house to someone before completion - assuming you have time before your completion to do this. This is a common practice here in BC for sales of pre-construction condo's - where they are flipped before they are built - sometimes more than once. Your realtor should be able to tell you if there's any likelihood of this working in your circumstances. Otherwise you will be buying small items of furniture by the sound of it - the same as Vancouver condo buyers have to do :D Good luck whichever way you go on this. Warmly, Frank
Originally Posted by Mrs Miggins
(Post 5096830)
Right,
Bought a house (well husband did) I went and looked at it on the 7th of June and realised it was too small and too overlooked.....tried to give the sellers 5 thousand dollars (after only having just lifted conditions) to let us out of the sale. So 5k for one week. They said no. OK take it on the chin. Sellers dissapear for two weeks with key..... tell nobody Meanwhile I need to get in to measure for furniture Sellers are back one week. Still refuse....... I have to move in and buy furniture ............ obviously can't. I am a great believer in being reasonable - and I really don't think they are being so. Right, is there anything in a bog standard contract that when the seller sells means they have to be reasonable about letting the buyer in to view/measure etc????? I know our contract is bog standard so just thought that I would ask....... Advice would be good guys.................... Thanks (in frustration) Mrs Miggins x |
Re: Having a nightmare buying this house - advice please!!!
Thanks for the advice Frank, I really appreciate it.
But all the realtors just say can't sell until it's in our names. Went back today - really really don't want to live there. It's like a rabbit hutch. So will be on the market Tuesday morning. Thanks again, I appreciate your time Mrs Miggins x |
Re: Having a nightmare buying this house - advice please!!!
Originally Posted by Mrs Miggins
(Post 5102232)
Thanks for the advice Frank, I really appreciate it.
But all the realtors just say can't sell until it's in our names. Went back today - really really don't want to live there. It's like a rabbit hutch. So will be on the market Tuesday morning. Thanks again, I appreciate your time Mrs Miggins x I bought our house here in Kamloops on my own when my Wife was in the UK. Thank God she approved of it :) |
Re: Having a nightmare buying this house - advice please!!!
Originally Posted by Mrs Miggins
(Post 5100055)
We are going ahead with the purchase and no point were we threatening to break the contract as we happen to be people of our word. All we did was ask if they would consider walking away with 5K in return to let us walk from the deal...... we never threatened or anything else and after 6 days and an extremely brisk housing market I don't think it was that unreasonable to ask....
My lawayer said that we should aim to flip the house back out as the market here is so brisk, and we would much rather do that than let another family down..... However, can I just make one point...... I thought on here it was supposed to be a community, I honestly thought we were people all in the same boat..... It seems to me that there are certain users of the site who enjoy taking an agressive and belittling tone at every opportunity with snide comments and generally nasty attitudes. Not just to me but to many other users and on many other threads too. It makes me wonder, they are often people who post frequently and appear to take enjoyment at putting others down. It makes me wonder just how well they are getting on in their new lives? Or maybe wherever they go they just can't help but spread a little unhappiness? It's one thing to disagree with people and point out where they may, in your opinion have gone wrong, but I think in general there seems to be certain individuals who really go out of their way to make people feel awful. And when you are alone in a new country trying to figure things out you can do without that. Especially from one of the few places that you can go to which gives a bit of support... Thanks for your support (mostly) guys and I am now off to look at the new house, which will only be my second time to do so. For the few of you out there who knows it's you I am talking about, maybe you should take stock at just how you come across to people both on and off the internet. Just a thought. Take Care Mrs Miggins x Yes people may disagree, have opposite viewpoint but there is a way of phrasing things that allow the readers to pick up their point, but doesn't give offense. Mrs Miggins I hope that you get the speedy turn around you want and find your dream house quickly. Thankyou for posting your experiences, it is valuable to learn from others bad experiences, I know now what happened to you and won't make your mistake, I'll probably just make different ones:o. New house selling karma sent. Does this mean we can't call in for a brew on our reccee then if your house is too small:confused:;) Sharon |
Re: Having a nightmare buying this house - advice please!!!
Originally Posted by Howard1944
(Post 5098642)
No Obligation to let you in before deal closes, Lawyer would advise they don't.
We would not let next owner in, gives them a chance to find a reason to back out of sale. Not unreasonable standard practice. |
Re: Having a nightmare buying this house - advice please!!!
Originally Posted by tonster
(Post 5104109)
We actually have a stipulation in our contract requiring them to allow 2 more visits before we move in.
But this advantage can easily be reversed by the use of appropriate conditions written in, in favor of the Buyer.:thumbsup: For instance a condition the could have been written in for the benefit of the OP would be something like; " Subject to the viewing and subsequent approval of Mrs Muggle by date, time" It would then be up to the Seller whether they accepted/amended/rejected that condition. But I can not stress enough the importance when buying a home in Canada to get your own representation, a Good Realtor and a Good Lawyer are all you need, and really there are far more good ones out there than bad ones. |
Re: Having a nightmare buying this house - advice please!!!
Sorry just saw its "Mrs Miggins", not Mrs Muggle been reading Harry Potter:o
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Re: Having a nightmare buying this house - advice please!!!
Originally Posted by MB-Realtor
(Post 5105174)
Sorry just saw its "Mrs Miggins", not Mrs Muggle been reading Harry Potter:o
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Re: Having a nightmare buying this house - advice please!!!
Is this the same Mrs Miggins that had a request played by Johnny Walker today on BBC radio 2
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Re: Having a nightmare buying this house - advice please!!!
Originally Posted by Edna Bucket
(Post 5105274)
Is this the same Mrs Miggins that had a request played by Johnny Walker today on BBC radio 2
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