Sorry Mate, But This Is Business

[poliphilo]

 The wind has started lifting the plastic roofing off the shed. It's nasty cheap stuff which comes away in splinters not sheets. We've had to do repairs a couple of times during the past four years but we won't be bothering again. This is a job for whoever ends up buying the place. 

We have copies of the correspondence between our representative and the neighbour who is thinking of making us an offer. The neighbour strikes a plaintive note. Do we not understand how distressing it is for him to have developers threatening to build houses on his doorstep? And please would we bear in mind how much it'll cost him to renovate the farm if he buys it.  Our man withholds the tea and sympathy and says he's still negotiating with the developers and when he's done the neighbour can come in with a better offer if he wants to. 

Comments

[strange_complex]

TBH, your neighbour sounds like he is trying to emotinally blackmail you into accepting a cut-down price for the farm. Indeed, it wouldn't surprise me from the noises he is making if he proves altogether flaky when it comes to paying any actual money at all. You are dead right to stick to your guns and get the most money you can for the property, regardless of the consequences for him.

[poliphilo]

This is why we've made sure we have someone negotiating on our behalf.

Our neighbour is a very wealthy man.

[strange_complex]

Ha! Good for you.

[cmcmck]

We had this from a couple with the Gillingham house when we already had a better offer in- oh' but we're so stretched!'

Tough!

[poliphilo]

Our neighbour owns a Victorian mansion with lots of land attached. He doesn't actually reside there at present because he's been posted to Hong Kong- where he lives in a de luxe property (we've seen pictures) which is paid for by his employers. None of which inclines me to respond favourably to his self-pity.

[qatsi]

All's fair in love and war - and certainly the latter includes the property market.