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When I bought my house I had no interactions what so ever with the sellers. Everything was through the agent. I never even knew the names of the sellers. Dunno if that's normal or not but it was a relitively easy process. Even negotiating the price was done with the agent on the phone to the sellers. The house was tenanted but the tenant was given sufficient notice to vacate for the sale to go through with a 4 week settlement.