Selling a House - Deposit query

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   So we were sale agreed 3 months ago with a purchaser who dragged their heels and eventually pulled out, costing us 8 weeks of prime viewing time in May/June. We know he has unsuccessfully bid on another house nearby and looked at several others. 
He is back in to us with a lower bid than before which we plan to negotiate up but my question is this:

As he has messed us around before, can we stipulate that the booking deposit is non refundable if he pulls the sale again? Or can we progress the sale with the understanding that if we get a better offer at any point in the process we can pull out and go elsewhere. 

Cheers in advance. 

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Trap for Pope Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Liam Brady Joined: 13 Oct 2011 Status: Offline Points: 1744	Post Options Post Reply Quote Trap for Pope Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Selling a House - Deposit query Posted: 04 Aug 2019 at 7:51am
	So we were sale agreed 3 months ago with a purchaser who dragged their heels and eventually pulled out, costing us 8 weeks of prime viewing time in May/June. We know he has unsuccessfully bid on another house nearby and looked at several others. He is back in to us with a lower bid than before which we plan to negotiate up but my question is this: As he has messed us around before, can we stipulate that the booking deposit is non refundable if he pulls the sale again? Or can we progress the sale with the understanding that if we get a better offer at any point in the process we can pull out and go elsewhere. Cheers in advance.
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MayoMark Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group The NEW angrier Freewheeler Joined: 27 Jan 2009 Location: Castlebar Status: Offline Points: 26322	Post Options Post Reply Quote MayoMark Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 Aug 2019 at 8:20am
	Nope, deposit is refundable until contracts are signed. You can keep marketing the property, but the purchaser would be foolish to agree to that!
	They finally did it man... They killed my f**kin' car...

Trap for Pope Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Liam Brady Joined: 13 Oct 2011 Status: Offline Points: 1744	Post Options Post Reply Quote Trap for Pope Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 Aug 2019 at 8:44am
	Cheers Mark.
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