Stupid question - completion day - how does it work?

HouseBuyer77

No, these things do just work. They really do. So long as you take a slightly relaxed attitude, and don't fret too much.

Seconding this. Don't focus too much on precise timings and exactly what the contract says. Just be organised for the day, ensure you get out in a prompt manner and that you and the vendor are on the same page with respect to timings. A quick discussion of plans with them go make things go far more smoothly.

Plus if you're on friendly terms they'll be happy to answer the occasional question you will inevitably have about the house ('Where's the stopcock searching everywhere', 'oh yeah bit of an odd one it's covered by a loose paving slab on bottom corner of the garden').

easilydistracted

Top cat tip: don't wait too long before putting them into cat carriers. Or like my grumpy old girl you may find that they decide to run off with all the upheaval of packing and only appear looking arrogant and covering the scrubbed floor in slimely mud when you've cried at the removal men and left a frantic note for your buyers that you don't really like.

Levs01

DaftyDuck wrote: »

Ahh, G_M is in a good mood again... he does like a nice seller.... He's in his jovial Barry Cryer mode :kisses3:

I've only once had problems, when the police had to get the daughter of the owner out, she having handcuffed herself to the stair rail. Oh, then there was the time the removal lorry manoeuvred in the drive, found a drain, and tipped over. On arrival at the new property, so my entire Life went to 60°. The time the police were informed I was probably a drug dealer (misheard job description, and the several hundred plants and gro-bags I'd brought before the professional removals arrived). And the time I found that only three sockets in the entire house actually worked on arrival, and another where the owner (who had moved just next door to a house he'd built in the garden) hadn't emptied all his furniture, or anything from the cellar, and, again, this time, when it took an extra day for the previous owner to empty their junk from the now-my house.

No, these things do just work. They really do. So long as you take a slightly relaxed attitude, and don't fret too much.

:D:D

Oh my goodness, I hope mine goes smoother than that, though there is a sister I think would chain herself to something if she could. We are buying a probate house so there will be no one there but maybe a house clearance crew but they should be long gone before we get there. I do not expect our purchase house to be clean. I will hoover round here and then, if the bin men havent been yet, empty the hoover and then go do my new house, if the bin men have been i'll wait to empty it as ive arranged for the bins to be cleaned for our buyers so they can have clean fresh bins.

DaftyDuck wrote: »

Now I think I really do love you! Cleaning the house and kittens. I have kittens; mine are now six. But still kittens!

That's me and G_M in a good mood; you have done the impossible!


Kittens can help you pack and clean....


But your (still cheery) removal crew may need a little help from two rescue lorries in getting out again...


Relax; it'll work.

I have very helpful Kittens, they are only 4 months old and do like to climb into boxes as I pack them and cupboards as I empty them. They are going to be shut into the smallest room on move day so that they dont get lost or shut in somewhere. They have truly kept me totally sane during this whole process.

easilydistracted wrote: »

Top cat tip: don't wait too long before putting them into cat carriers. Or like my grumpy old girl you may find that they decide to run off with all the upheaval of packing and only appear looking arrogant and covering the scrubbed floor in slimely mud when you've cried at the removal men and left a frantic note for your buyers that you don't really like.

Haha oh goodness, yes, my old boy was like that, bless him. These two are only 4 months old so not going out yet as they haven't been 'done' yet so no frolicking for them lol

I am on good terms with our vendor and with our purchaser so I am sure between us we can work it out. I am going to chat with our Solicitor tomorrow to see if there is a time in the contract as I don't remember seeing one when I read it but maybe it is there. Most of the house is packed now and every cupboard I empty is being scrubbed and then out of bounds so its nice and clean and as our vendors are having our white goods I spent several hours cleaning them the other day. When I moved in here it wasn't the cleanest so I want to make sure I leave it how I would like to find it.

G_M

Also your buyer's solicitor may not transfer the money to you unless they know you have definitely gone and it is 'vacant possession'.

AnotherJoe wrote: »

How would the buyers solicitor know that?

By taking insructions from his client?

Sounds unlikely, but consider the regular threads we see here started by people looking to buy properties with tenants. We regularly advise them not to Exchange till the tenants have gone, but at the end of the day it's the seller's responsibility to provide vacant possession - on Completion, not Exchange.

If there were still tenants in occupation at Exchange, I'd certainly advise the buyer to check they'd gone before authorising their solicitor to pay.