Miserable bastards! Govt 90 day no fault eviction in use already.

[Lilith7]

And the property owners could at the very least, have had sufficient empathy & common decency to have waited till after xmas - y'know, the season of goodwill to all - had passed.

So the seller is meant to let the sale fall over because they couldn't provide vacant possession? When the tenants have known for a very long time that the property was to be sold and it was unlikely that the tenancies would continue? Legally they have had 90 days notice. In every other way of looking at it they have had much longer notice already.

They could simply have pointed out that it is the season of goodwill (to all, including lowly tenants) & requested them to have a little understanding,& made it clear that the properties would still be available then. 

Most of us have a bit of decency so there's no reason they can't also manage it - it might even have done their reputation some good.