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The NEW waiting to exchange thread...
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Ooooo FriYAY! Exciting stuff! The weight will melt off us once this stress is over and done with. Too much time sat on my backside, constantly refreshing my emails (like a lunatic) for updates... For... past... SIX months 😩😩 that and the grey hairs! This whole process has aged me soooo much 🤦🏻♀️😩Caz_Mnaz said:
Friday!!! 4th transaction out of 7....solicitor says prepare myself for a long day haha!!!BountyBlink said:
Hahahahaha with the magnums!!! Such a lucky find! Can’t sit for this house moving shenanigans yo he over I have put on 2 stone through sheer stress and worry lolCaz_Mnaz said:I'm in that wonderful 'yaaaay we're moving on Friday' 'noooooooo we have so much stuff' stage BUT v grateful to be at such a stage. Other half and dog moved up today to lodge with friends so I'm now working the 9-5 whilst trying to pack. On the plus side I've found 3 boxes of magnums in the freezer which need eating 😂
when are you competing? So excited for you!!!
1.5 stones for me.. Pre-magnums** 😂
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That's so true! The day after we exchanged I was still refreshing emails and then thought.... Why am I even still doing this!!!
It'll happen for you, rooting for you!!!!2 -
18 more working days to end of SDLT holiday. (And yeah I know it tapers from 1/7, but really I think we all want to save many thousands with paying £0!)
Gotta make every day count now! Hope that so many of us get it over the line in next few weeks!!1 -
Still here! Friday was meant to be exchange day for our chain, but at 3:30 we found out our vendor´s hadn´t even signed the paperwork and they want to exchange and complete on the same day (next week)!!! Not ideal when we´re in a chain, and everyone else has already booked removals etc for this Friday! I think it will be a long week for me
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That happened to us @Josephgousto. We were due to exchange and found out the bottom of the chain hadn't had contracts sent out so to be fair to them they drove up to Leeds from London to sign them in the office. Just hated being kept in the dark as the agents had said all ready to go!1
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Good luck to everyone this week. Hoping we do get the survey today and can move towards exchange.0
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Oh annoying!!! We had that with our sale (the buyer at bottom was getting a 100% springboard Barclays mortgage, hence no deposit. So we refused to simultaneously exchange/complete and asked for £2500 deportati to be passed up chain - we had to as we needed to secure a rental and couldn’t E&C on sale day and sort a tenancyJosephgousto said:Still here! Friday was meant to be exchange day for our chain, but at 3:30 we found out our vendor´s hadn´t even signed the paperwork and they want to exchange and complete on the same day (next week)!!! Not ideal when we´re in a chain, and everyone else has already booked removals etc for this Friday! I think it will be a long week for me
though on my sale 6 years ago I did E&C same day and it went smoothly so I’m sure yours will too!1 -
Just on the phone to Barclays trying to close my HTB ISA. Man on the phone clearly has no idea what he’s doing. I feel like I’m going to join the £0 completion statement horror stories.DIP 09/02/21
Offer on property 17/02/21
Offer accepted 18/02/21
Mortgage application submitted 22/02/21
Desktop valuation 22/02/21
Mortgage offer received 22/02/21
Solicitor instructed 23/02/21
Draft contract received and enquiries sent 02/03/21
searches back 08/03/21
Enquiries back 10/06/21
Exchanged 23/06/210 -
Hope it all goes well and you get the report back in 24 hours.Louise.H said:Good luck to everyone this week. Hoping we do get the survey today and can move towards exchange.0 -
Yay a new thread I can now get involved with since we’ve levelled up from Mortgage threads... Here’s our timeline... looking forward to the next stage in the process!
19/4 - Kensington DIP Accepted - 5.19%
27/4 - 1st Viewing (No Chain)
28/4 - Initial Offer £187,500 Submitted (Declined) / Re-Offer £190,000 (Tentative)
29/4 - 2nd Viewing / Offer £190,000 Re-Submitted (Accepted)
6/5 - Nationwide DIP Referred pending documents
7/5 - Nationwide DIP Accepted - 3.39%
12/5 - Nationwide Full Application Submitted
13/5 - Solicitor Instructed
14/5 - Surveyor Instructed
28/5 - Nationwide Application declined due to “Financial Association”
*Cry, put kettle on, Broker back on it*
28/5 - Barclays DIP Accepted - 3.22% Fixed
28/5 - Barclays Full Application Submitted
28/5 - Desktop Valuation Approved
28/5 - Hard Credit Search
5/6 - Mortgage Offer received
9/6 - Full (Level 3) Building Survey
.... and now we wait.... again... 😃
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