The NEW waiting to exchange thread...

hippocrates1

laura_lau said:

Thank you @baileykxo, @catclaires and @BountyBlink for reassuring me! It was pretty much as you said. She said she received just this morning the insurance info from the seller's solicitor, and she's optimistic that we will be able to exchange Monday and complete Wednesday! I'm still not believing it, she said she'll send me the statement (I suppose completion statement?) shortly. She will then call me Monday for authority to exchange. She's just waiting final confirmation from seller that she's ok with these dates. Do I dare to hope? 
@CLJ2986 thank you and I hope your first day is not too stressful! Let us know!

Prayers for you. Fingers crossed

UnderOffer

rakoczigabi said:

TBG01 said:

rakoczigabi said:

 

Solicitor wants a FENSA certificate , I already told them twice I haven’t changed the windows. It was my house’s previous owner. 

And they keep asking about my roof rain drains… 

Im so fed up. 

The house I’m buying is empty since mid May. I jaunt want to move. 

A FENSA certificate still needs to be provided. 

Why can't you answer enquires about the drains?  

I'm sure you want to move, and I'm sure your buyer also wants to move. But right now you're the one holding things up. 

These are the pipes and I can’t even lift that little black lid off. My solicitor provided them these photos. Also my buyers been out twice so far and not once asked me about these. 

Any idea where can I find out where does the water goes ? I’m an end of terraced and all the houses drain pipes look exactly this. 

Thank you 😊 

@rakoczigabi We have this type of guttering drainage into ground, our assumption is that it drains into the surface water gully/drainage which feeds the balance pond on our estate. 

My understanding is the balance pond which is man made takes all surface water and allows it to filter into a second balance pond, as this fills up it then drains into a stream and eventually feeds into the local river. It just slows the process of excess water and stops the stream (and homes) from getting flooded etc.,  I think they are fairly common on new build estates. 

NotHydra

laura_lau said:

NotHydra said:

If the top part of a mortgage deed is not filled out, do we do this or the solicitor:
The borrower and property part?

What are you solicitor's instructions? She sent it to me with a big "sign here" post it where i was supposed to sign. She told me not to date it and not to compile anything, apart from my signature, and the details and address and signatures of my witness.

Instructions:

Please find attached contract and mortgage deed (first page) of you to sign and return scanned and original copies in the post.

 

You can drop these in the office.

Please do not date the documentation.

The witness needs to be independent cannot be a family/relative or person residing with you.

 

Please confirm if there is any adult occupiers ages 17 or over whom will be residing with you both at the property.

BountyBlink

laura_lau said:

Thank you @baileykxo, @catclaires and @BountyBlink for reassuring me! It was pretty much as you said. She said she received just this morning the insurance info from the seller's solicitor, and she's optimistic that we will be able to exchange Monday and complete Wednesday! I'm still not believing it, she said she'll send me the statement (I suppose completion statement?) shortly. She will then call me Monday for authority to exchange. She's just waiting final confirmation from seller that she's ok with these dates. Do I dare to hope? 
@CLJ2986 thank you and I hope your first day is not too stressful! Let us know!

HAPPY DANCE!! If you haven’t already fire off an email to the vendors agent to say something like 

Dear Blah 

My solicitor confirmed this morning all o/s enquiries satisfied, pending confirmation from your vendors solicitor to confirm Monday Exchange & Completion Wednesday. 

Please can you call your vendor to update in case any silence from your vendors solicitors part. 

Please can you email or call by COP today to confirm. 

Many thanks 


I so want this over the line for you now!!!!!! 

BountyBlink

Then maybe follow up on that email in an hour by calling them, to ensure they got that email so you are not left stressing all weekend. 

So excited for you!!! 

BountyBlink

Whoops and full stop after Exchange 
“ ...pending confirmation from your vendors solicitor to confirm Monday to Exchange. With Completion on Wednesday

sorry walking dog 🤣

baileykxo

ss2020jd said:

laura_lau said:

Thank you @baileykxo, @catclaires and @BountyBlink for reassuring me! It was
pretty much as you said. She said she received just this morning the insurance info from the seller's solicitor, and she's optimistic that we will be able to exchange Monday and complete Wednesday! I'm still not believing it, she said she'll send me the statement (I suppose completion statement?) shortly. She will then call me Monday for authority to exchange. She's just waiting final confirmation from seller that she's ok with these dates. Do I dare to hope? 
@CLJ2986 thank you and I hope your first day is not too stressful! Let us know!

That’s brilliant news! Fingers crossed for you. 

@laura_lau so happy for you!! Goodluck!! 

TBG01

BountyBlink said:

Then maybe follow up on that email in an hour by calling them, to ensure they got that email so you are not left stressing all weekend. 

So excited for you!!! 

You'd get a delivery failure notification if the email wasn't delivered. There's no need to pester them. 

BountyBlink

TBG01 said:

BountyBlink said:

Then maybe follow up on that email in an hour by calling them, to ensure they got that email so you are not left stressing all weekend. 

So excited for you!!! 

You'd get a delivery failure notification if the email wasn't delivered. There's no need to pester them. 

Not pestering it’s keeping everyone in the loop and ensuring messages are getting through. Would be awful to get to Monday and solicitors not touched base. Next week will need wheels tightly oiled for anyone wanting to exchange. 

It would cause much more of “pestering and mad panic” if the ground work today was not done by the agent. 

 it’s an agents job to progress to completion and @l@laura_lau is only helping the process. 

Tiglet2

rakoczigabi said:

@laura_lau @Octothorpe , 

Now I just need to figure out where does the water goes haha 

Just respond to this enquiry with "the buyer should rely on their own surveys and inspections".  This normally shuts them up.