FTB - offer accepted - Timescales

bubsy82

Hi!
Me and my husband are FTB's and we had our offer accepted on a house last wednesday.

My father in law has given us a big deposit and we are using a very good mortgage adviser who has told us we have our AIP in place and have an appointment on Tuesday for the next step.

There is no chain and the house is empty and ready to go, they are keen for a quick sell.

Can anyone tell me the process of what happens now and a rough timescale? We are keen to get in and get decorating :j

Thanks in advance xxxx

Squirrell

The mortgage people will then send someone to do a valuation, ask them about getting a survey done whilst they are there, saves time and money....

Instruct your solicitor to start the searches....

well that is about how far we are.... feels like it is taking AGES!

hairdye

we had our offer accepted on 17th May, FTB, no chain either side, we are (fingers crossed!) getting the keys on Friday (25th June) signed contracts Friday just gone (18th June). That included having homebuyers survey, searches, environmental searches and a quote for some woodworm work. Hope it goes well for you

Old_Git

anything from 6 to 10 weeks .Really depends on the solicitor getting there act together .

bubsy82

Thanks for the info guys!

Wow 4 weeks hairdye, thats good going! Im hoping 6-8 weeks max as I see no reason why it would go beyond that...

I plan on daily hounding sessions with the solicitors so fingers crossed it all happens quickly xx

jockosjungle

If you hound them every day they will charge you every time they speak to you

R

hairdye

jockosjungle wrote: »

If you hound them every day they will charge you every time they speak to you

R

not necessarily, you can get a solicitor to give you a fixed fee

G_M

hairdye wrote: »

not necessarily, you can get a solicitor to give you a fixed fee

you should get a solicitor to give you a fixed fee.

Here's a guide to the process.

bubsy82

Amazing links there G_M, exactly what I was after - thank you!

I will be getting the solicitors pack in the post tomorrow so I will be requesting a fixed fee.

Thank you all so much

Eric1

Squirrell wrote: »

The mortgage people will then send someone to do a valuation, ask them about getting a survey done whilst they are there, saves time and money....

In my case, the homebuyer survey was a waste of money, failed to see a serious problem disclosed by the seller six weeks later, so I'm no longer in any hurry to exchange

andrewmp

I did it in less than a month, from first viewing to completion.