Sorry, I may have not seen some posts about it. But if your laws are ANYTHINK REMOTELY like ours, "a contract is a contract".
In belgium: - there is a contract, when both parties agree on WHAT to buy/sell and at which price.
That means: a drunk slapping hands with another fellow, and saying "You can buy my car" didn't sell it. But if the other one asked him "Can I buy your car for 150 EUR" and the drunk guy slaps the other ones hand yelling "Of course, I throw in the spar tire", then it's a deal.
This one is debatable.
For "immobilien" it's custom to put everything down in writing: which house, how many land, in good/bad shape, for which price, and ... if there still is some "annulation" possible, and at which price.
A common "annulation" clause would be: the buyer NOT finding a "normal" loan, within a month, and proving refusal from at least N financial institutions. (Right, if I buy a house, sign the contract, then say "I can't get a loan, because my brother didn't lend me anything without interest", it's claer there won't be a sale, but there WILL be a price to pay for delaying the real transaction.
After some months, the sale of a house HAS TO BE notarized. Buit the notary cannot change the terms of the first contract.
Hence my question(s) :
- did these buyers already SIGN an agreement ?
- Which clauses did you (have)put in the agreement ? An annulation option "without cost" ? One "with a fee" ? A possibility to "negotiate about things fixed to the house" ?
I would think they want to get the house (on day D) "without your junk blocking entry", but that's only human courtesy, normal practice.
You can't force them to pay for anything you leave behind, and you can be forced topay their "removal cost" for everything you leave behind , except for what's in the contract.
So if they whine, but bought the house when the garage hadn't a door: THAT's what they bought, UNLESS the contract tells otherwise.
I can't believe other countries allowing for contracts tobe changed by one party.
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