u/Disastrous_Design_74

Hi all, we're due to view a house this weekend which we're extremely keen on, its in an area where not many go up for sale very often in our price range.

Currently there is a tenant residing in the property, they were served notice (section 21) back in March meaning their notice period is coming to an end in a couple of weeks.

If we like the property and decide to place an offer what should be do to protect ourselves? I understand this could potentially drag on should the tenant not leave however should we wait to instruct solicitors/have our mortgage appointment until they vacate?

I've also been advised by relatives if we do decide to put an offer in to say it is 'on condition of the property being vacant on completion'.

We've been hunting for our next home for several months, we tried to sell and move around 2 years ago but ended up parking the move as our buyers pulled out and our onward purchase flagged massive issues after survey. We thought it best to wait until our daughter was a little older but before we had to start applying for her school.

We finally found the absolute perfect property, we viewed and immediately agreed we needed to get our property sold. We quickly placed our property on the market and managed to turn around our sale within a week after 22 viewings on one weekend.

We then placed our offer on the dream house, the next day a second offer was placed on the property. It final went to full and final offers and unfortunately we didnt get it.

We're now a week since this date and the property is still being advertised online. My mum called pretending to ask to book a viewing and the estate agent advised they are still waiting on paperwork from the buyer.

Whats frustrating is we sent everything in email as requested by the offer deadline.

Do i call them to see if we can offer again? Or just accept the loss and move on?