completion date 20th feb on a repo..

Minky2Slice

downs523 wrote: »

got my completion date for the 20th feb for a repossession house i bought, now question is..

when do i sort out electricity, gas, phone and water? now or when i actually have the keys?

also how do i find out who the suppliers are for these services as its a repo and are all likly to be disconnected or shut off? are there telephone numbers to call?

any advise would be grateful. thankyou

SNAP!!! We also complete on the 20th Feb on our repo house also :j
Hope it all goes well for you!

woozypete

if you get the option to complete before your comp date do it i've been caught out twice where mort comp have pulled out with another buyer and apparently its legal

downs523

just to update people the completion day went smoothly, got keys at about 12pm, had a drama with scottish power/royal mail though!!. the electricity meter is a pre payment meter which requires a key to top up credit for electricity. i ordered one of these to be delivered saturday by special delivery. it did not come so i waited till monday and still... nothing, so i then called scottish power and explained its not arrived, they posted another out special delivery, tuesday.... nothing!!!!! so i called up the delivery office and..... the letters where there!!!

this was all down to royal mail- they tried to deliver post the week before and saw the letterbox was nailed shut due to it being a repo. so they havent even bothered to check the property from friday onwards to see if its open!!! how stupid are they!! they told me "i assumed it was inaccessible still" surely this is wrong....

my advise to anyone who buys a repo and their letterbox has been nailed shut for a while is to contact your local sorting office and let hem know!!!