Season 1. The house that had to leave · Episode 5
This story is based on real events. Names, exact addresses, selected dates, amounts and some identifying details have been changed or combined to protect the participants’ privacy.
The main conflict was the payment schedule.
The buyer wanted to pay 15% after signing the contract and 85% later.
The seller proposed 30/70.
On paper, it looked like an argument about percentages.
In reality, the parties were discussing who would take the main risk.
The buyer did not want to transfer almost the whole amount in advance for a house that still stood on someone else’s land.
The seller did not want the buyer to start dismantling the structure, pay only a small part of the price and then change their mind.
After several emails, the seller agreed to the 15/85 structure, but with one clear condition: the full amount had to be received before any work on the house could begin.
The keys would be handed over only after full payment.
That already looked like a workable compromise.
It only had to be written properly.
The first draft of the contract looked fine. Until we started checking the payment, handover and removal dates at the same time.
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Part 6. A contract for a house that had to disappear
One clause said the house had to be removed by the end of May. Another allowed the final payment in June. Both could not be true at the same time.
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