Property buying/selling timeline - currently into week 21
04/12/20: Both properties listed for sale
11/01/21: Offers
accepted on both sales & on our joint purchase
25/01/21: Identity checks completed, solicitors instructed
27/01/21: Purchase survey & valuation complete, mortgage offer
received
05/02/21: Reduction agreed on partner's sale (under-valuation) & on
purchase. Mortgage offer amended
08/02/21: Buyers pack returned to solicitor - sellers packs already returned
26/02/21:
Partner's sale contract signed
10/03/21: Purchase searches all back
16/03/21: My sale contract signed
28/03/21: Purchase enquiries satisfied, Title
Report & contracts issued, contracts signed & returned
11/05/21: Still waiting on final enquiry in the adjoining chain to be resolved. Consent to break the chain granted, instruction to move to exchange given.
17/05/21: All parties agreed to June 3rd for completion
27/05/21: Exchanged on my sale only
28/05/21: ALL EXCHANGED!
03/06/21: Completion
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'Home Bargains' Finds - Thread 3.
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Bags of 'mishapes' chocs in Northampton HB this morning - 99p. Thought the chocs looked familiar - checked when I got home and they are the M&S Chocolate Selection (red box) normally £6.99.
Not great for presents as have been rolling around in the bag, but great for a little festive treat while wrapping all the presents
Now proud Mumto3 :j0 -
Sheffield Parkway store-
loads of little ceramic Christmas mugs wrapped in cellophane with mini marshmallows in, 39pGod is good, all the time
Do something that scares you every day
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Dohnutters £6.99
Mini games they had operation and boggle £1.69 (paid £2.50 ish the other day in AsdaGive me the boy until he's seven and i'll give you the man.0 -
Liverpool (East Lancs)store.
18" Dalek- £39, was £100,cheapest I found on amazon £75!
Thanks Batty Bird for the heads up on the eyeclops. I went back and bought one! I didn't know what it was till you posted, so I looked it up and it looks fantastic!
Lots of great stocking fillers, Tie dye T-shirt &Zsocks £5 same one (£11 on line) Fantastic 4 figures £1.99, Hannah Montana hair colour &streaking £6, (£11) High school the musical tattoo parlour £6. "Cosmopolitan Magasine" branded popcorn maker £7 rrp £19.99
I also got a brilliant "grabbing machine" for £12.99 (£20 online) which we are going to fill with a pinata pack which was only 1.49!
Hp 20q £1.99
Dirt Racer 8.99 -cheapest on line £20
Loads of stuff really cheap- lots of Harry Potter stuffRight now I'm having amnesia and deja- vu at the same time. I think I've forgotten this before0 -
sure this has already been posted but i did not realise what a bargain it was hb price £9.99 here, girl tech im me down form £50+
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Radica-Girl-Tech-Im-Me/dp/B001CC1HNE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=kids&qid=1229455011&sr=1-1
http://www.littlewoodsdirect.com/rf/lxd/navigation/product.do?D=524966246&SNtk=littlewoods_search&thisprod=524966246&Ntk=group_search&SNtt=im%20me&N=85%20101&Nu=this_product&SN=85%20101&Ntt=524966246&Dx=mode+matchall&Np=1&product=524966246&Nty=1&Ntx=mode%20matchallpartial&SNu=pca_id&cm_mmc=google-_-Toys%20and%20Games-_-IM-Me-_-im-me0 -
Bought some lovely little stocking fillers today- make your own tooth fairy craft set.they have everything you need to make little fairy-bits fabric,wooden body,raffia,beads .Look really pretty and fun to make -only 99p -they are small square packets -found them on a shelf by side of xmas stuff think they new in as not noticed them before.:j this money saving is such fun:T0
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They had Disney Princess / Winnie the Pooh paint your own mugs in for 99p yesterday at Pontefract. They come in a lovely box with paints and a brush in - and the sticker on the box says £4. Excellent stocking filler.

Also Hot Wheels toy and sweet box sets for £1.99 and sweet tins in Ben 10 / Hulk / Simpsons for 39p.0 -
Edgeley - Stockport
First post on this thread, found some great bargains today, so here go !
Moon sand adventure island playset - £9.99 amazon price £24.20
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Spinmaster-74398-Moonsand-Adventure-Playset/dp/B001CDLDTG/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=kids&qid=1229455240&sr=1-3
Animal hospital seaplane and bonus boat £6.99 amazon price £19.49
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Animal-Hospital-Seaplane-Rescue-Bonus/dp/B000XYDHWG/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=kids&qid=1229455346&sr=1-3
High school musical socks 99p
Hannah montanna 3pk briefs £1.99
Tooth tunes survivor or walk away £1.99
WARNING !!!
Also bought Vidal sassoon ionic hair dryer, just opened it up and its a foreign 2 pin plug on it :mad:0 -
sweet tins in Ben 10 / Hulk / Simpsons for 39p.
They had those in Cannock today. My 8 year old wanted pressies for his three friends so they were perfect. Then I went back and got more for his and my 11 year old's stockings.
Also in Cannock, Electro Mags at £10.99. My son has this set and loves it. They're £29.39 in Argos so it's great value for money from HB
http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?storeId=10001&catalogId=1500001151&langId=-1&searchTerms=ELECTROMAGS0 -
Whitchurch, Shropshire
today:
Mishapes 99p
toblerone selection boxes £1.99
shilpa shetty perfume gift set £2.99
Winnie the pooh egg cups, set of two, 99p0
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