Completion date - do I need everything cleared out on the same day?

Errata

AdrianC wrote: »

Exchange means that both sides are contractually bound to the sale. You can't pull out. .

Untrue, either side can pull out after exchange but will be financially penalised for doing so.

pk83

Thanks guys, you have answered my query.

jc808 wrote: »

You dont even know what youre asking, so my advice would be ask your solictior

jc808 - there is no need to patronise and insult me, it's not every day I move house!

My query was clarified and explained by the kind folk who provided relevant advice. Is that not the point of these forums?!

Sonofa

pk83 wrote: »

Thanks guys, you have answered my query.



jc808 - there is no need to patronise and insult me, it's not every day I move house!

My query was clarified and explained by the kind folk who provided relevant advice. Is that not the point of these forums?!

Take no notice pk. You need a thick skin to brave these forums (or any for that matter). Pick the pearls as you find them and ignore the sewage.

I recall helping my sister-in-law and family move house; moving day came and we were trying to move wardrobes full of clothes and the fridge was still fully stocked, including open bottles of milk. I was a bit irritated at first and then thought, it's the first time they've moved.

Some are just too quick to judge and assume everyone should know the 'obvious stuff'.

Hope everything goes well for you.

densol_2

As its a repo and you rightly pointed out someone could pitch in a higher bid right up to exchange - then INSIST on an agreed exchange with completion a week or so later so you know exactly where you are and when you are moving - so you can pack up and plan accordingly

MobileSaver

Errata wrote: »

Untrue, either side can pull out after exchange but will be financially penalised for doing so.

Well if you want to be pedantic...

Your statement is also untrue, either side can attempt to pull out but a judge can grant Specific Performance and force the sale to go ahead.

agrinnall

pk83 wrote: »

jc808 - there is no need to patronise and insult me, it's not every day I move house!

My query was clarified and explained by the kind folk who provided relevant advice. Is that not the point of these forums?!

But jc808's point is that you are paying your solicitor so that you can get definitive answers to any questions you have, so why not make use of that? In this case the question was simple and easily answered, but your next one might not be.

pk83

densol wrote: »

As its a repo and you rightly pointed out someone could pitch in a higher bid right up to exchange - then INSIST on an agreed exchange with completion a week or so later so you know exactly where you are and when you are moving - so you can pack up and plan accordingly

Thanks densol, I will be insisting on that indeed.

duchy

Your solicitor really should have explained the basic process to you.
That's part of what you are paying them for.

You are spending tens if not hundreds of thousands of pounds -you are bound to have questions and yours was a basic one that they should have covered in standard correspondence to you anyway.

pk83

agrinnall wrote: »

But jc808's point is that you are paying your solicitor so that you can get definitive answers to any questions you have, so why not make use of that? In this case the question was simple and easily answered, but your next one might not be.

jc808 didn't have to be ignorant about it. Just to answer your question:

It was a Sunday - my solicitor was obviously closed,
It was playing on my mind,
I thought I would get a fast, satisfactory answer on MSE (which I did).

If everyone made sole, exclusive contact with solicitors, accountants and mortgage/financial advisers for advice what would be the point of these forums?

agrinnall

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Many of us regularly suggest that people do just that when they are already paying for the privilege of access to professionals. Your question was hardly of such urgency that it could not wait for a few hours, but hopefully in this case you are happy with the answers that the forum community had provided.