roxycampbell

Thank you so much for all your replies. I have a lot to consider! I spoke to the vendor yesterday (mainly because I hadn't slept a wink the night before with worry), I thought honesty is the best policy and if it were me I would rather know what was going on! They have said they will give me a little more time, not sure how much, but at least it gives me a little more breathing space to decide what I can do. Will keep you posted! Thank you again Roxy.  

Hello, this is my first post and I hope some of you may be able to offer me some advice, I desperately need it! Earlier this year I decided I wanted to move to France, lock, stock so to speak after a long period of research and reflection.  So I did the whole "House Doctor" bit on my house in the UK, put it on the market, had an offer within two weeks and started the process of finding a house in France. Anyway, I found the perfect house, put an offer in, which was accepted. By this time I was a week away from exchanging on my house in England after three months of backwards and forwards to the various solicitors.  As you can imagine I thought it it was a done deal, so I signed the compromis de vente with a completion date of September. But, and this is a big but, my buyer pulled out at the very last minute apparently because he couldn't afford the house in the first place!  Literally on the day of exchange. The vendor in France was understandably upset but, agreed to give me another three months grace on the compromis. This is where it gets tricky, I have only ONE month before my extra time is up. What on earth do I do? My house in the UK is still unsold. I have paid the deposit on the house in France. The only good thing (perhaps?) is that the vendor isn't buying somewhere else, they are going to build a new house on some land they have had for a very long time.  Which isn't really that good because it means they can't begin building until I give them the money for their house which I can't until my house in England is sold. I honestly just don't know what to do.  They have said to me that they cannot wait past the New Year already. One other thing, I never received (from the estate agent) was a copy of the compromis signed by both of us.  Does this make any difference to my situation?  Though I really don't want to go down that road even if it does. Any advice would be gratefully received!  Though I'm sure I may get a bit of an ear-bashing too for being so naïve/stupid. Thank you in advance. Roxy