Property buying/selling timeline - currently into week 21
04/12/20: Both properties listed for sale
11/01/21: Offers
accepted on both sales & on our joint purchase
25/01/21: Identity checks completed, solicitors instructed
27/01/21: Purchase survey & valuation complete, mortgage offer
received
05/02/21: Reduction agreed on partner's sale (under-valuation) & on
purchase. Mortgage offer amended
08/02/21: Buyers pack returned to solicitor - sellers packs already returned
26/02/21:
Partner's sale contract signed
10/03/21: Purchase searches all back
16/03/21: My sale contract signed
28/03/21: Purchase enquiries satisfied, Title
Report & contracts issued, contracts signed & returned
11/05/21: Still waiting on final enquiry in the adjoining chain to be resolved. Consent to break the chain granted, instruction to move to exchange given.
17/05/21: All parties agreed to June 3rd for completion
27/05/21: Exchanged on my sale only
28/05/21: ALL EXCHANGED!
03/06/21: Completion
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I think I will try this if my solicitor doesn't get their finger out this week - good tip, thanks for sharingBountyBlink said:
Drop some chocolates and a card into their office tomorrow if you can? Little note saying “really appreciate all your hard work, hopefully we are now ready to exchange. Hope everyone in the office can enjoy some chocolate!!”Natbag said:Awwww thank you @BountyBlink and @amyr
Well it's 4pm and my solicitor hasn't called as I asked, so another day of NOTHING. If we weren't so close I would sack her, in fact, if I did sack her now we'd probably still complete sooner at this rate. Livid.
i did that once to a solicitor that was really bad, 24 hours later we had exchanged lol
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So stressful for you!jenni_fer said:What a difference a week makes! Last Monday we had confirmation that everyone had agreed 'June' and we were set to try and exchange by the end of May.
Today...buyers who started at 'we're really flexible and are in rented til August' are claiming they have to be out of their rental by end of June (i.e. they want to save the LTT). Sellers who were 'July unless the LTT holiday is extended then we'll be fine with June' now claim they are being generous by offering 23rd July not 31st! (They are buy a new build that won't be ready in time so have no incentive to do June).
We're stuck in the middle and totally frustrated!
Have to say though, I was getting almost instant replies from our solicitor at 6pm tonight, she does seem pretty good, although how did we go backwards from the other solicitors confirming June last week?
Here's to another stressful week for all! Hope there are some positive movements for other this week!Best way is to work out house much they would save in zero SDLT - so say for example it’s £2500 they would save, can the chain above them (inc you) have a conversation to discuss if the chain can absorb their cost of completion can be in July. If just you and your vendor above can you both pay £1250? Etc
If you can’t, then there is no way this buyer in rented could find another property now and complete before end of June, so they would have to pay SDLT on another property in any event. So thei “demands” to dates are slightly a moot point here.I would discuss with your agent to do some fact finding. Really get your agent to explore what your buyer is trying to do here. If they really don’t have the £XYZ to pay ok SDLT then perhaps they will have to walk away. So it will come down to what the chain can do to help them out, or call their bluff and say no and see if they pull out, or find another buyer.So hard for you!!0 -
@BountyBlink – that’s so funny! I’m not sure I could bring myself to do it though, let’s see what happens today!
@naomibm – aww, thank you lovely! I just like to try and support everyone, as everyone else has me for so many months now!
@ODEN33 – awesome news, congratulations! Always nice to see an exchange happen in here! Hope you enjoy your new home, and I’m sure the stress will soon be forgotten.
@alipops1986 – welcome! Sounds like you have one of the rare efficient solicitors on board – I’m very envious!
@jenni_fer – oh no, that’s rubbish. Why can’t people just be upfront, and not mess around?! Hope you can make the end of June, maybe an incentive might help?
@laura-lau – did you get any joy with your solicitor?
My update: I left several messages and sent an email to my solicitor yesterday, and no reply until 5.28pm when she replied to my email to say that she hoped to be in a position to exchange tomorrow (today) – hmmmm, ‘in a position to’? Not exactly concrete then. I won’t hold my breath. She also asked us both to send her authority to exchange – are you kidding me?! I’ve been asking you every day for the last 10 days to get it done, what more do you need?! YES, JUST DO IT ALREADY FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!!!
Really hope it’s today, please, please, please!
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@Natbag crossing my fingers and toes for you !!!1
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Really hope it happens for you (and us!) Today!Natbag said:@BountyBlink – that’s so funny! I’m not sure I could bring myself to do it though, let’s see what happens today!
@naomibm – aww, thank you lovely! I just like to try and support everyone, as everyone else has me for so many months now!
@ODEN33 – awesome news, congratulations! Always nice to see an exchange happen in here! Hope you enjoy your new home, and I’m sure the stress will soon be forgotten.
@alipops1986 – welcome! Sounds like you have one of the rare efficient solicitors on board – I’m very envious!
@jenni_fer – oh no, that’s rubbish. Why can’t people just be upfront, and not mess around?! Hope you can make the end of June, maybe an incentive might help?
@laura-lau – did you get any joy with your solicitor?
My update: I left several messages and sent an email to my solicitor yesterday, and no reply until 5.28pm when she replied to my email to say that she hoped to be in a position to exchange tomorrow (today) – hmmmm, ‘in a position to’? Not exactly concrete then. I won’t hold my breath. She also asked us both to send her authority to exchange – are you kidding me?! I’ve been asking you every day for the last 10 days to get it done, what more do you need?! YES, JUST DO IT ALREADY FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!!!
Really hope it’s today, please, please, please!
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Gahhhhhh!!! Come on Natbag solicitor!!!!Natbag said:@BountyBlink – that’s so funny! I’m not sure I could bring myself to do it though, let’s see what happens today!
@naomibm – aww, thank you lovely! I just like to try and support everyone, as everyone else has me for so many months now!
@ODEN33 – awesome news, congratulations! Always nice to see an exchange happen in here! Hope you enjoy your new home, and I’m sure the stress will soon be forgotten.
@alipops1986 – welcome! Sounds like you have one of the rare efficient solicitors on board – I’m very envious!
@jenni_fer – oh no, that’s rubbish. Why can’t people just be upfront, and not mess around?! Hope you can make the end of June, maybe an incentive might help?
@laura-lau – did you get any joy with your solicitor?
My update: I left several messages and sent an email to my solicitor yesterday, and no reply until 5.28pm when she replied to my email to say that she hoped to be in a position to exchange tomorrow (today) – hmmmm, ‘in a position to’? Not exactly concrete then. I won’t hold my breath. She also asked us both to send her authority to exchange – are you kidding me?! I’ve been asking you every day for the last 10 days to get it done, what more do you need?! YES, JUST DO IT ALREADY FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!!!
Really hope it’s today, please, please, please!
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Thank you, yes you too, would be great if we both managed to get over that line today!naomibm said:
Really hope it happens for you (and us!) Today!Natbag said:@BountyBlink – that’s so funny! I’m not sure I could bring myself to do it though, let’s see what happens today!
@naomibm – aww, thank you lovely! I just like to try and support everyone, as everyone else has me for so many months now!
@ODEN33 – awesome news, congratulations! Always nice to see an exchange happen in here! Hope you enjoy your new home, and I’m sure the stress will soon be forgotten.
@alipops1986 – welcome! Sounds like you have one of the rare efficient solicitors on board – I’m very envious!
@jenni_fer – oh no, that’s rubbish. Why can’t people just be upfront, and not mess around?! Hope you can make the end of June, maybe an incentive might help?
@laura-lau – did you get any joy with your solicitor?
My update: I left several messages and sent an email to my solicitor yesterday, and no reply until 5.28pm when she replied to my email to say that she hoped to be in a position to exchange tomorrow (today) – hmmmm, ‘in a position to’? Not exactly concrete then. I won’t hold my breath. She also asked us both to send her authority to exchange – are you kidding me?! I’ve been asking you every day for the last 10 days to get it done, what more do you need?! YES, JUST DO IT ALREADY FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!!!
Really hope it’s today, please, please, please!
@Josephgousto - thank you too!Property buying/selling timeline - currently into week 21
04/12/20: Both properties listed for sale
11/01/21: Offers accepted on both sales & on our joint purchase
25/01/21: Identity checks completed, solicitors instructed
27/01/21: Purchase survey & valuation complete, mortgage offer received
05/02/21: Reduction agreed on partner's sale (under-valuation) & on purchase. Mortgage offer amended
08/02/21: Buyers pack returned to solicitor - sellers packs already returned
26/02/21: Partner's sale contract signed
10/03/21: Purchase searches all back
16/03/21: My sale contract signed
28/03/21: Purchase enquiries satisfied, Title Report & contracts issued, contracts signed & returned
11/05/21: Still waiting on final enquiry in the adjoining chain to be resolved. Consent to break the chain granted, instruction to move to exchange given.
17/05/21: All parties agreed to June 3rd for completion
27/05/21: Exchanged on my sale only
28/05/21: ALL EXCHANGED!
03/06/21: Completion1 -
So close!!!Natbag said:@BountyBlink – that’s so funny! I’m not sure I could bring myself to do it though, let’s see what happens today!
@naomibm – aww, thank you lovely! I just like to try and support everyone, as everyone else has me for so many months now!
@ODEN33 – awesome news, congratulations! Always nice to see an exchange happen in here! Hope you enjoy your new home, and I’m sure the stress will soon be forgotten.
@alipops1986 – welcome! Sounds like you have one of the rare efficient solicitors on board – I’m very envious!
@jenni_fer – oh no, that’s rubbish. Why can’t people just be upfront, and not mess around?! Hope you can make the end of June, maybe an incentive might help?
@laura-lau – did you get any joy with your solicitor?
My update: I left several messages and sent an email to my solicitor yesterday, and no reply until 5.28pm when she replied to my email to say that she hoped to be in a position to exchange tomorrow (today) – hmmmm, ‘in a position to’? Not exactly concrete then. I won’t hold my breath. She also asked us both to send her authority to exchange – are you kidding me?! I’ve been asking you every day for the last 10 days to get it done, what more do you need?! YES, JUST DO IT ALREADY FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!!!
Really hope it’s today, please, please, please!
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@Natbag sadly not, I feel really stuck now. Should I email again? Should I call again? Should I give her the time to do some work today and then decide? But then it will be another day of possibilities that passed and nothing happened. Today marks a week since I last heard from her!
Fingers crossed for you today, I really hope the exchange happens, and then you can finally relax!!Debt free journey started 30/08/2023:
CC1 - 5,151.92 now 5,335.15
CC3 - 4,166.15 now 5,345.28
CC4 - 4,625.87 (balance transfer from CC2) now 5,717.24
Current outstanding: 16,397.67
Debt free by Jul 2027.
Challenges:
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We definitely won't be exchanging today, probably not even this week. Solicitors say might be 11th June now, my OH starts his new job on 7th, my offer expires on 6th and I can't get leave for the 11th so I'm just exasperated!!!0
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