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exhange/completion date

goldengirl28 · 2010-03-12 08:33:25

apologies if this seems like a stupid question, but how/who agrees the exchange completion date. my buyers is having the electrical certificate finished later today, then thats all his paperwork in order to get his mortgage. at what point do we agree the exchange and is that somethng i need to do or him? we have only just…

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p00hsticks Posts: 14,427 Forumite

12 March 2010 at 11:33AM

LandyAndy wrote: »

CLAPTON said you sign without agreeing the completion date. That is generally correct. You return the signed contracts to your solicitor who holds them pending agreement of the completion date and exchange.

That's how I read it anyway.

That makes sense now - I had a feeling there must be an alternative reading of it as I know CLAPTON posts a lot of sensible stuff here.....

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