Buying A Home
CowgirlK39
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Seller is being difficult and causing issues
We are a week away from our closing date. This date has already been moved once due to the seller not paying attention to what was going on. But we recently found out that he has not done very much in terms of repairs. His lawyer has not sent our lawyer a single thing. He still has to replace the septic. When the agents asked him what's up he basically said "oh yeah I will get it done in time, don't worry." He does not even have the permits yet to do the septic! Everyone I know is telling me to start making demands from our lawyer and agent, and try to get them to be more aggressive to make sure the seller is getting stuff done. Then, others are saying that closing dates always get over around multiple times. We are sick of waiting and do not really have a choice since we need to be out of our apartment before Nov 1. Should we be putting pressure on people to get this done? What should we say? Is it normal for closings to get pushed back a lot?
Re: Seller is being difficult and causing issues
We had a difficult seller when we bought the house we're in. Not sure what state you're in, but here in Va where I'm at, all the seller has to do is prove they're making a sincere effort to close.
We missed our initial closing date once and almost missed it a second time due to a lien they knew about, but didn't report when listing the house.
I think I'd be pushing your closing attourney and agent to push the sellers or cancel the contract and start looking again.
Is the seller doing the work himself or is he having a professional do it?
I always negotiate for reduction of the home price rather than allowing the seller to do the work as then I can control who will do the work and I can control the choice of processional and the quality of the work done etc.
Hopefully it will be done to meet your time table.
Technically, you could as a rent back. You'd be paying them rent to live there until closing.
We spoke with our lawyer yesterday and found out that the mortgage has not even been underwritten because there are so many steps missing due to the seller slacking. Our only options are either to give up, or to ask for early occupancy. The lawyer said we would be able to ask to not pay "rent" because this is entirely the sellers fault. We decided to go the early occupancy route and hopefully we will hear back soon.