Do I smell something fishy.

silvercar

The house I'm hoping to buy is shown as "under offer" on the rightmove and estate agent's website. All parties are ready to exchange. Personally I couldn't care less what the websites are showing, until you've exchanged anything can go wrong.

Doozergirl

Valencia wrote:

What's the difference with having a house 'under offer' and 'sold subject to contract', because in my case I put the offer in, had it accepted and have had the surveys done and they haven't changed the status of the house to anything. (I'm regulary on rightmove)

What is common practice and when should it show Sold STC, because I'm getting slightly concerned as I'm spending all this money and they don't seem to want to take me seriously. I want the house and at the moment I'm getting the specialist reports done. They won't even give me a completion date to work with and I need to notify my landlord and give notice.

If it makes you feel any better, here's my house...

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/viewdetails-9632192.rsp?pa_n=1&tr_t=buy

We completed last week and the money's in the bank, a lack of communication on the EAs part obviously. Anyone wants to buy it, they'll be dealing with the new owners! :rolleyes:

Don't worry about completion dates just yet; they are totally unreliable, even with all best intentions. You'll have to give a month's notice to your landlord and when the time comes nearer, you'll have a far more reliable date than setting one early in the proceedings. It's also something for the solicitors to deal with more than the estate agents, who sound very slow, but as the purchaser there's not much you can do about it, except mention it to your vendors if you're planning any more viewings.