The race to be in for Christmas!

We had our offer accepted on 25th August and accepted an offer on ours on the same day. The survey was done on 9th Sept. The mortgage offer was received on 11th Sept. Conveyancing started on 14th Sept and fixtures and fittings lists, searches, contract pack details etc were almost complete up until yesterday. We were waiting on one last piece of paperwork and thinking we would be exchanging by end of next week. Then our vendors vendor (top of the chain of 3 purchases) decided she isn't going to move until January. So while the rest of us had all got used to the idea we would nicely settled in before christmas, it just took one individual to decide something like that for it all to change in an instant! So bah humbug!

dccarm wrote:

Well if they've no chance then we're in real shtoom. We offered yesterday (subject to survey) with an intended completion date of December 1st. The surveyor is doing his stuff today, and the mortgage application has commenced. Our own sale is due to complete on the same date.

It IS possible, but things will need to go VERY smoothly (and quickly) for you to hit 1/12, how long is your chain?

Good luck though,

I have known a sale go through in a week, nothing is impossible! However thats obviously not the norm.

It seems more often than not its one headache after another. Thats how its been for me this time, I am so stressed its unreal!

Cant wait to exchange (if we ever do) so that it will all be over.

Ho hum.

Latest problem is the FTB at the bottom of the chain, has had her mortgage refused as her work contract expires in a month, and so she has gone to another lender, cant see that being accepted though! It took her 7 weeks to get the first valuation done! And then it was refused, I just cant believe it, never have I known such incompetence.
However she has got the second lender to get a mortgage valuation done today, two days later!?!
Give me strength please.
Rest of the chain ready to exchange..............

Went to see solicitor yesterday and he says not to worry, HE can complete on the repo we are hoping to buy within the 28 day deadline. Problem is our chain below (only 2 involved)... apparantly my buyers seolicitor says by me buying a repo could mean nothing goes through!!! as I apparantly said I'd move out so as not to hold up the chain. I did say this but I said If I cant find a house, I will move out, well Ive found a house and now they dont think they will make my repo's deadline. Searches on my house back this week, searches on start of chain back next week, searches on my purchase not even started so how is it my solicitor is so confident yet the other solicitors cant do it with a head start.
Aaaaagh and after reading your stories, Im even more doubtful now.:eek:
Good luck everyone

Mine has sold after four weeks to a city person chasing his rural dream
His has sold to first time buyers who are ready to exchange and pretty p'd off with my buyer at the five weeks it took for him to offer on somewhere, and then two weeks to do his mortgage application yesterday
we had our offer accepted on dream home yesterday :j - it is empty so we are in with a chance of the target 8th December date, but I will believe it when it happens.
Solicitor is working on sale, waiting for pack to complete on purchase.
Cant find my P60 or prove my ID due to change of name a few months ago :eek: . Anyone know how long it will take to get my driving licence back if i send it today?