QUESTION
A woman signed a contract to buy my mobile home, then refused to complete the deal 7 months later.
Asked on Jan 07th, 2013 on Contracts - Florida
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The contract was signed, as to amount, time of us moving out and her taking possession of the mobile home. It is in a mobile home park in Clermont, Florida. The park does not permit dogs, and she knew that before signing. She decided she could not give up her dog and will not pay for the mobile home. Can we enforce this contract? It iis not considered real estate because we do not own the land it's on. We bought plane tickets, packed everything in the house, and were ready to leave when she said she would not buy the mobile home. We had an apartment waiting for us in another state. Can we collect for the damages?
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Legally, probably yes. Practicality, then becomes the issue. Unless the buyer clearly has the money that you can actually recover, you may find youself in a position where the expense or hassle of litigating the issue simply out weighs the benefit. This is a classic example of where the small expense of a lawyer to help in the transaction phase would have saved heaps of angst and money through such simple things as requiring a deposit to be placed on the purchase of the property which I beleive any competent lawyer would have recommended. This would have forced the buyer to think long and hard about last minute cancellation due forfeit of deposit and compensated you for these types of damages. For now you may want to direct your energies on reselling the mobile home and then seeing if legal action is needed.
Answered on Jan 21st, 2013 at 2:06 PM
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