Two weeks after offer, no survey.

bclark

Should I be worried? We accepted an offer on our house two weeks ago now and we have stilk heard nothing from our buyers about a survey being arranged. We had the one arranged on the one we are buying the same day and it happened 3 days later.

I got my estate agent to chase on Friday but he couldn't get hold of them and will try again on Monday. They seemed immensely keen buyers but I can't help but think something may be wrong, although this is the first time I have sold and so I am never sure what the norm is.

What do you think?

Better_Days

Would certainly follow this up on Monday. When I accepted an offer the survey was booked within a week and done within a fortnight.

However, it will depend on what kind of survey your buyers are having. If it is just a mortgage valuation then they will be dependent on their banks time frames. You really need more information.

Has your buyer appointed a solicitor yet?

bclark

Yes they have a solicitor appointed and our solicitor has sent them the contract etc although we haven't had any queries back or anything yet.

Fire_Fox

Did your buyer have an MIP before you accepted an offer, has the estate agent had sight of this even if just a vague wave not a full inspection?

Yorkie1

Bear in mind that Easter was in the middle of the two weeks period you refer to. The lender and the surveyor firms will have been shut for some time.

Also, I understand from other threads on these forums that some lenders only instruct the surveyor towards the end of the process rather than the start.

I think it is far too early to assume there are difficulties, although a phone call to gently enquire about progress would not be out of order.

phoebe1989seb

It does appear that some lenders don't deal with the survey side of things till pretty late on in the process. I've only experienced this from the POV of a seller - in 2011 we accepted our buyers' offer in the second week of March and it was a good four weeks before their Homebuyer's Report was carried out

Our solicitor had sent out the contract etc and we were getting a bit tetchy by that time too, but our EA assured us they were good to go and they were right. Once the survey had been done it was all systems go and in the end completion took place roughly eight weeks after their offer was made, so we'd been worrying over nothing as it happened.

I guess it seems odd that in some cases surveyors are instructed very early on which is an indication that the buyer is serious, yet in some cases - through no fault of their own (just lenders doing it differently) - the buyer is seen as a bit flaky

cayennepepper

My Buyer had the survey carried out 2 1/2 weeks after the offer was accepted. Not because he was lazy or late to get it done, but because the surveyor was fully booked and could not do it any earlier. If you are worried, ask the EA to make enquiries on your behalf.

Ivana_Tinkle

Yorkie1 wrote: »

Also, I understand from other threads on these forums that some lenders only instruct the surveyor towards the end of the process rather than the start.

Yes, I think that's the norm now. Certainly when we moved last year it was the case both for our mortgage and our buyer's. I think ours took about three weeks from our application to booking the survey, then the survey was a week later. Interminable, it was...

bclark

Thanks all, it's good to hear that its not totally unheard of. I will get my estate agent to follow it up on Monday.