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Oh yes, of course, I think your position is entirely reasonable. Sorry - you've caught me hijacking and turning the thread into a philosophical debate not directly related to your situation... ooops! Sorry. :o

As the vendor, unless there's a significant issue that couldn't reasonably have been anticipated, my position is that you continue or you cancel, but I won't drop the price for things like Propertunity mentioned. Hmmm... hard to put a dollar value on it, but basically, I think it's reasonable...

Well of course! But in my defence, I only use it to walk away if I need to, or to negotiate on major issues, not as an opening to revisit the purchase price and have a "second bite" at getting a good deal based on trivia.

Based on my lawyer's advice as to whether their reason for withdrawing would stand up in court. :)

Fair enough. I just think it's a bit disingenuous to claim after a building inspection - with wide-eyed innocence we know you don't possess ;) - "oh gosh, what a surprise! The building's not perfect? We couldn't possibly pay what we offered before, now that we've had the devastating revelation...

If it's "at the buyer's absolute discretion", there's no need to prove any problems. If worded that way, it is a "get out of jail free" card. ;) So is "subject to finance", really - we all know you can manufacture a finance refusal if necessary. (Even though I agree that would be unethical and...

Only if you've accepted a poorly written clause. If the clause says something like "to the buyer's satisfaction at the buyer's absolute discretion" rather than the pathetic "major structural defects" clause (don't let anybody convince you to go with that turkey), then I don't see that they have...