Is it anyway possible or could anyone give me guidance on how I can pull out of a sale of a new build in a new estate (which hasn't commenced yet) without losing my deposit? long story short deposit paid 18 months ago contracts signed 12 months ago and builder still hasn't started to build. we were told it would be 9-12 months from contracts being signed. There is always an excuse, none of them valid, is now blaming council for delays however Council have confirmed there is no issue at their end. Rumour has it he has no funding to build the estate. Contractually the whole Estate is meant to be fully completed by this November, which is impossible at this point. He has 10% deposit for past 12 months from us and we can only assume all the other purchasers and we are starting to grow concerned. We have missed out on several other suitable homes while waiting for this house to be built, we sold our own house and are renting and completely fed up at this point. I know legally we cannot get out unless the builder agrees - does anyone have any advice on how you would go about doing this? I have spoken to Solicitor and he is concerned we may lose deposit & says we cant do anything until builder surpasses the agreed completion date. Has anyone been in this situation?