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I understand your frustration, it is a really really complicated process and it seems has been even more tricky for you... but you might find something better (and cheaper) and be in a more proceedable position in the near future. There will be more properties for sale in spring/summer and, hopefully, that will turn the tables.
Also, try to see things from their perspective (difficult, I know) they might need the money, or simply got tired of waiting and unfortunately things are made to work in their favor (nothing is final until exchange)
If you are really keen on this place your best chance might be to reach completion asap, so try to speed the process up as much as you can. If they waited this long they are nor that bad and you might still have a fighting chance
frankohara-
I totally get that, and you're right of course - it's a shark pit for everyone - I think I'd just find it much easier to take if he was a bit more honest with us and said 'I'm not prepared to take it off the market and you'll have to take your chances'. At least we'd have had an accurate understanding of the situation. It's the relief of tension followed by the realisation that I was stupid to allow myself to feel that relief.
ReekBlefs
Been trying to buy a little Warner flat in E10 for the last nine or so months. Our buyers have pulled out three times, and our seller put the place up on the market over Xmas, but we just got a third buyer in just after Xmas and our seller took it off the market. This is real last-gasp territory for us, this process has been really hard, but we were feeling as though we were finally on the last stretch and we had a proper run at it.
Walked past the place on Sunday and saw another couple outside the place clearly discussing whether or not to put an offer in. The place isn't online anymore, so he's clearly conducting additional negotiations.
How can we buy off someone who is so fundamentally dishonest about the way they conduct the sale? How are we supposed to keep our energy up when he's just straight up lying to our faces? How the heck does anyone manage to keep their humanity when the London property market is full of these people?!