No chain either side - how long could it take?

antsmusic1

Just to add my two cents
We had no chain as FTBs and our vendor was moving into a completed new build.
We put our offer in at the end of Jan and completed last week!
Our solicitor was willing to exchange/complete on the same day, we chose to wait two weeks between the two as we had time left on our rental lease.

buttonmoon

Mine took 3.5 months from start to finish. This was bacause the vendors solicitors took 6 weeks to send documents to my solicitors and then the searches took 4 weeks (backlog at the council) and then it was Christmas/New Year that delayed exchange further. No mortgage issued my end as had my offer accepted without a DiP and then managed to get a DiP and full mortgage offer in 2 weeks! It depends of how motived your vendor is!

Ellen016

Thank you all for your replies. Update - We just had a phone call and the survey is being done in 2 days, so fingers crossed it all goes well

Cakeguts

5 months. Empty property that had been rented. No mortgage needed. Delay caused by extra charges on property.

fed_up_and_stressed

Quizzical_Squirrel wrote: »

Four and a half weeks from offer to completion.
I was the seller and I believe the buyer needed a small mortgage.

Four and a half weeks for my sale too ..although our buyer was a cash buyer no chain. Delay was his searches which took ten days.