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We've Sold!

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  • skintlass
    skintlass Posts: 1,326 Forumite
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    well done - hope it all goes smoothly :-)
    Never let your sucesses go to your head and never let your failures go to your heart.:beer:
  • westv
    westv Posts: 6,605 Forumite
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    Well so far so good. The buyer's survey was done on Monday and the agent told us this afternoon that the BS had issued their mortgage offer today. I completed our property questionnaire and got that off to the solicitors. Not sure whether the buyer's solicitors will use the searches in our HIP or get their own done. i suspect perhaps to emphasise that there is no conflict of interest (different people but same group of solicitors) they may use their own. All we do know for certain is that we will either complete on or before 17th October or we won't complete at all - our buyers have to vacate by then.
  • swiftnick
    swiftnick Posts: 199 Forumite
    Fair play to you.

    You've played it by the board and hopefully it'll turn out trumps :T

    Nick
  • pawpurrs
    pawpurrs Posts: 3,910 Forumite
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    Lucky you glad its going smoothly so far, fingers crossed for the rest of us.:j
    Pawpurrs x ;)
  • pawpurrs
    pawpurrs Posts: 3,910 Forumite
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    Still bumbling along nicely? Are you buying somewhere else?
    Pawpurrs x ;)
  • westv
    westv Posts: 6,605 Forumite
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    pawpurrs wrote: »
    Still bumbling along nicely? Are you buying somewhere else?

    It is as far as we know. Not sure what else needs to be done now. I'll ask the solicitor on Monday. Not going to buy yet will rent for a period of time.
  • Barneysmom
    Barneysmom Posts: 10,152 Ambassador
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    That's the best news I have heard on here for ages! Well done and good luck to you xxx
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  • ad9898_3
    ad9898_3 Posts: 3,858 Forumite
    westv wrote: »
    Not sure if anybody remembers but a couple of weeks ago I mentioned that one of our neighbours knocked on the door asking if he could have a look round. Thought nothing more of it until today when his wife and her brother knocked. Apparently the brother wanted to buy it. To cut a long story short he is currently renting but needs to move out by the 17th October. His second offer was £ 225,000 (asking price was £ 229,995) which we have accepted. Now fingers crossed that we exchange and complete.

    I wish you all the luck, you are going to need it. I "sold" my house earlier in the years 3 times and all fell through, until contracts exchange the SOLD board is just that, a board.
  • westv
    westv Posts: 6,605 Forumite
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    ad9898 wrote: »
    I wish you all the luck, you are going to need it. I "sold" my house earlier in the years 3 times and all fell through, until contracts exchange the SOLD board is just that, a board.

    Agreed. The only thing that is in our favour is that the buyers HAVE to vacate their current property by 17th October.
    Did any of your 3 aborted sales reach agreed mortgage stage?
  • Jazzypap
    Jazzypap Posts: 42 Forumite
    Keep on top of it....the biggest factor in sales failing is the time delay between agreeing a price and completion.

    Congrats.
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