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Same house booked twice

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  • 09-03-2017 9:40pm
    #1
    siraff
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭


    Hi.

    I am in a really weird situation.

    We booked a house in an open view day. Obviously it was available, since we were able to book it.
    The next day, we pay the booking deposit by bank transfer but the agency tells us that the house was booked for another person. We complain. They tell us that they remember to have booked that house for us before, not for the 2nd person.

    One day later, we receive a confirmation from the agency stating that the house is for us.
    Two days later, we receive a call from the agency telling us that the house cannot be for us, even when we booked it before, because the other person has already made all the paperwork to buy the house.

    Has anybody been in a situation like this?
    Thanks.


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    CIARAN_BOYLE
    Registered Users Posts: 14,599 ✭✭✭✭CIARAN_BOYLE


    Booking deposits mean nothing. They were ready to buy and the seller was in a hurry to sell. Most estate agents would, do have increased the price until one of you dropped out.

    If they haven't closed maybe you could increase your offer.


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    siraff
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭siraff


    Well, yes, you're right, the deposit means nothing.

    We assumed a written confirmation from the agency stating that we are the buyers of that particular house (the day after all this happened) would be enough. Maybe it isn't either.

    Thanks for your reply.


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    the_syco
    Registered Users Posts: 37,301 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    If you want it badly enough, gazump?


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    siraff
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭siraff


    We're not in a situation where we can put more money to it.
    Thanks for the tips, we are new to the market and we did not expect this at all.


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    the_syco
    Registered Users Posts: 37,301 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    siraff wrote: »
    We're not in a situation where we can put more money to it.
    Thanks for the tips, we are new to the market and we did not expect this at all.
    There's also a possibility that you were gazumped; the other bidder may have just rang up, found out that the house was gone, and added 20k to the bid.


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    davo10
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,926 ✭✭✭davo10


    siraff wrote: »
    We're not in a situation where we can put more money to it.
    Thanks for the tips, we are new to the market and we did not expect this at all.

    This is a lesson for you, there is no fairness in buying a house and the house is not yours until the contracts are signed.

    Have you already been approved for a mortgage?


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