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marliepanda · 4 October 2017 at 10:31AM

Im joining, solicitor has our 10% deposit and we're aiming for completion on... Friday 13th!

trix-a-belle · 4 October 2017 at 11:05AM

Congratulations to those who have exchanged, good luck for the moves.

My seller apparently wants to complete on the 23rd, my buyer apparently has a date in mind to complete but isn't sharing it with us but their buyer who is bottom isn't ready to exchange yet so i'm not counting any chickens yet.
Also I've just had my final reports through & paperwork to sign, the seller has now decided to remove the oven (range), not something I was expecting to need to buy as when I viewed again after the chain was linked up they said they were leaving it as all their stuff is going into storage & don't have a house to go to & I only had to query something about it as the fixtures and fittings form was as clear as mud relating to it & now this at the last minute

I will mostly be hunting on gumtree me thinks but I need the connection details and dimensions, not sure whether to go through the solicitor, estate agent or try to get them direct?

purpleparrotuk · 4 October 2017 at 12:05PM

trix-a-belle wrote: »

Congratulations to those who have exchanged, good luck for the moves.

My seller apparently wants to complete on the 23rd, my buyer apparently has a date in mind to complete but isn't sharing it with us but their buyer who is bottom isn't ready to exchange yet so i'm not counting any chickens yet.
Also I've just had my final reports through & paperwork to sign, the seller has now decided to remove the oven (range), not something I was expecting to need to buy as when I viewed again after the chain was linked up they said they were leaving it as all their stuff is going into storage & don't have a house to go to & I only had to query something about it as the fixtures and fittings form was as clear as mud relating to it & now this at the last minute I will mostly be hunting on gumtree me thinks but I need the connection details and dimensions, not sure whether to go through the solicitor, estate agent or try to get them direct?

I would ask for money off the house if you knew it was included when you offered. If you didn't then you obviously cant. Go through the EA for the cooker dimensions, solicitor will not want to deal with this. My solicitor told me the other day that on another sale she did the buyers asked her to find out what the broadband speed was. That was just a ridiculous query she should not be dealing with!

Natbag · 4 October 2017 at 2:30PM

Congrats HGW2012! How exciting! :beer:
Hope everyone else gets some joy on this long and frustrating wait soon.
I'm a bit giddy today, I finally got an answer from my solicitor on potential dates. He said he's going to chase our vendor for their replies to our enquiries and provided these come back satisfactory and our buyers are ready then we could complete in about 2 weeks! Eeeeeek! So I'm hoping for around October 20th or 27th, fingers crossed! Either would be great as that second week is half term so my husband will also be off work to either pack up at one side or unpack and settle in at the other. :j

Natbag · 4 October 2017 at 2:38PM

Updated timeline:
* 27/7 - current property listed for sale
* 29/7 - offer accepted from buyers for current property, our offer accepted from vendor on new property
* 3/8 - mortgage application received
* 6/8 - solicitors instructed and forms received
* 15/8 - valuation survey carried out on purchase property
* 18/8 - valuation survey carried out on current property
* 21/8 - our mortgage offer confirmed
* 26/8 - survey on current property returned, property under-valued (Countrywide strikes again!)
* 1/9 - negotiations fail, buyers pull out, current property relisted for sale
* 14/9 - current property under reduced offer with new buyers
* 15/9 - vendor's contract documents received from solicitors and enquiries raised
* 16/9 - buyers' offer formalised, our mortgage offer readjusted
* 19/9 - buyers' survey/valuation booked
* 21/9 - updated mortgage offer received
* 22/9 - contract received for sale
* 23/9 - mortgage deed signed and witnessed
* 25/9 - valuation & home buyers report survey carried out on existing property
* 28/9 - valuation & home buyers report on existing property returned, all ok!
* 29/9 - enquiries received from buyers' solicitor
* 3/10 - all enquiries from buyers answered and supporting documents provided
* 4/10 - vendors' replies to enquiries chased, potential completion date of 20/10 mentioned
* 5/10 - buyers' electrician booked to test the electrics on current property

trix-a-belle · 4 October 2017 at 4:05PM

purpleparrotuk wrote: »

I would ask for money off the house if you knew it was included when you offered. If you didn't then you obviously cant. Go through the EA for the cooker dimensions, solicitor will not want to deal with this. My solicitor told me the other day that on another sale she did the buyers asked her to find out what the broadband speed was. That was just a ridiculous query she should not be dealing with!

Thanks am mulling it over
It was detailed in the estate agents details but not specifically stated as included/excluded, when I viewed the vendor said they were leaving it, then the fixtures & fittings form turned up detailing an oven/grill inc, hob inc & cooker excl which didn't make sense for the 1 unit (hob & grill integral) that it is so clarified & got presented with this.
I've heard from some that if something is detailed on the listing it is included, will be discussing with the agent when he calls back about going to get the dimensions & details.

Looking like it is hopefully on for the 23rd assuming the investor at the bottom completes their lender paperwork (slightly concerned that it suggests they may not have a full mortgage offer yet)

Jaglad111 · 4 October 2017 at 5:39PM

Into week 5, solicitors ring the wife for a payment for mine searches after all other searches back. Wouldn't be arsed but they already knew a mining search was required, incompetent !!!!!!!s, already in the initial quote, I'm seriously going to drive to Carlisle and rip these cowboys a new one.

On a more positive note its cold and its raining.

Fiesto88 · 4 October 2017 at 5:51PM

Paperwork all signed, but two enquiries still haven’t been addressed satisfactorily. Both are relatively simple documents, so if they can be provided quickly (chasers from solicitor and ourselves to the EA sent today) we could theoretically be ready to exchange/complete by the end of next week. Not holding my breath though as I have a feeling the required paperwork doesn’t exist and will need to be retrospectively obtained.

If it does all come together for Friday 13th, it’ll have been 10 weeks exactly since offer accepted.

pollyannaL · 4 October 2017 at 6:46PM

Paid my deposit today (was a little nerve racking!)
Exchanging tomorrow and completion Friday.

It's been the slowest 12 weeks of my life, and all my excitement has long gone! Hope it comes back when i'm in the house Friday.

Good luck everyone else.

Former_MSE_Andrea · 5 October 2017 at 10:04AM

I'm joining. Signed contracts yesterday, waiting to exchange! It was at this point in our last sale that it collapsed, though - our buyers' buyers pulled out. This time around we have first time buyers so fingers crossed!

Good luck to everyone else waiting to exchange

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