Viewed a property for sale in beith over the bank holiday weekend, absolutely perfect for us, and on phoning the estate agents found out "the seller only wants first time buyers?". Absolutely insane to me that you can post a property saying "all viewings welcome" then have people fall in love with a property to find out we can't purchase it because we aren't first time buyers? Why was this not listed in the description? It literally listed the opposite. Really upset as it was the perfect house for us given the recent mobility issues I face. Wish it had been listed in the actual description then I wouldn't have gotten my hopes up or even looked at it. Didn't even get the chance to explain we didn't need to sell our property first.
Reply from Thomas Morris - Huntingdon: Good Evening,
I’m really sorry to hear how disappointed you’ve been after viewing the property.
I just wanted to clarify that the seller hasn’t specifically restricted the sale to ‘first-time buyers’ The guidance we were given is that they are looking for a buyer who is not in a chain which is why this was discussed with you when you called. This is ultimately the clients decision not ours. I’m sorry if this came across as a firm restriction as that certainly wasn’t our intention. At the time you mentioned you had a property to sell and you did not make an offer for the property. If you did we could have discussed your position further with our client.
The property is still on the market and I will be in touch tomorrow morning to hopefully get this matter resolved,
Kind Regards
Mel Connelly
Director
