when selling your home can you ask for 30 days to move after closing
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when selling your home can you ask for 30 days to move after closing
We are selling our home the buyers knew we needed 30 days after closing to move
and now they say it is not legal to do it this way. We have always done our home
sales this way so we had time to move . Could you tell me if we can have this
added to the contract . Thank you
Asked on April 11, 2018 under Real Estate Law, Florida
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 6 years ago | Contributor
You could have negotiated it up front, or made it a requirement for you to accept a contract; it is perfectly legal, but it MUST be agreed to by the buyers before there is a signed contract, or they MUST completely voluntarily, of their own free will, agree to add it to the contract after the fact. The problem you face is that if there is already a signed contract which does not contain this provision, you cannot force them to add it or accept it; they can hold you to the contract as is; and if that contract does not include extra time to move, then if you are not out on the closing date, they could bring a legal action to remove you and also sue you for compensation (money) for being in what will then be *their* home.
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