The NEW waiting to exchange thread...

baileykxo

AnnexeRegular said:

Completion is off. My solicitor hasn't received the funds from Santander in time.

Oh no, I feel so bad for you! 😣 hope it goes ahead Monday!! 

baileykxo

I’ve chased the EA for a completion date and she is chasing the vendors solicitors. Don’t think I should call the EA again but no ones got back to me still and they close at 5 🤦🏼‍♀️

 Is there anything else I can do or should I wait until Monday? 

baileykxo

Louise.H said:

Just heard we're aiming to exchange Tuesday, complete Friday. *Everything crossed*.

Everything crossed for you!! 🤞🏻 

kkcoco

Been a weird rollercoaster Friday here!

Searches came back earlier than expected - hurrah!

Solicitor thinks completion could be possible by end of the month. Ask EA to contact vendors to check expectations on completion to ensure we are all singing from the same song sheet. Seems we are not - they don't want to complete until late August at the earliest - opposite of hurrah!

Dealt with the disappointment in the most grown up way I could think of, said sod the healthy stuff for today and went to buy biscuits 

Oscarboi76

kkcoco said:

Been a weird rollercoaster Friday here!

Searches came back earlier than expected - hurrah!

Solicitor thinks completion could be possible by end of the month. Ask EA to contact vendors to check expectations on completion to ensure we are all singing from the same song sheet. Seems we are not - they don't want to complete until early August at the earliest - opposite of hurrah!

Dealt with the disappointment in the most grown up way I could think of, said sod the healthy stuff for today and went to buy biscuits 

Aww that's a shame... how long did it take for the searches to come back ?

pluto261

I'm now 8 weeks into a chain-free purchase of an empty freehold property and my solicitor still won't even discuss the idea of setting an exchange/completion date. 

• Mortgage offer came weeks ago
• All searches are back (also weeks ago)
• Survey was done weeks ago
• The only thing left was "enquiries," but the seller's solicitor says she responded to those days ago.

I mainly left my solicitor alone in June because I knew she must be busy with the stamp duty deadline, but that was over a week ago and still getting her to do anything is like getting blood out of a stone. When I sent her a reminder of some paperwork that she'd forgotten to send out, she instead had her assistant email me a copy of the form so that I could send it out myself. Which I did, because at least when I do stuff myself I know it's getting done, but I feel like I should be billing the firm for my conveyancing work.

I'm keen to exchange, the sellers are keen to exchange, and the seller's solicitor has been great. It's just my solicitor slowing things down. I've privately taken to calling her Snorlax, because she's just this big lump in the road blocking any progress.

Grrrrr...

baileykxo

pluto261 said:

I'm now 8 weeks into a chain-free purchase of an empty freehold property and my solicitor still won't even discuss the idea of setting an exchange/completion date. 

• Mortgage offer came weeks ago
• All searches are back (also weeks ago)
• Survey was done weeks ago
• The only thing left was "enquiries," but the seller's solicitor says she responded to those days ago.

I mainly left my solicitor alone in June because I knew she must be busy with the stamp duty deadline, but that was over a week ago and still getting her to do anything is like getting blood out of a stone. When I sent her a reminder of some paperwork that she'd forgotten to send out, she instead had her assistant email me a copy of the form so that I could send it out myself. Which I did, because at least when I do stuff myself I know it's getting done, but I feel like I should be billing the firm for my conveyancing work.

I'm keen to exchange, the sellers are keen to exchange, and the seller's solicitor has been great. It's just my solicitor slowing things down. I've privately taken to calling her Snorlax, because she's just this big lump in the road blocking any progress.

Grrrrr...

This is literally me!!! 

I can’t get a completion date at all but everything is ready to go!! 

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pluto261 said:

I'm now 8 weeks into a chain-free purchase of an empty freehold property and my solicitor still won't even discuss the idea of setting an exchange/completion date. 

• Mortgage offer came weeks ago
• All searches are back (also weeks ago)
• Survey was done weeks ago
• The only thing left was "enquiries," but the seller's solicitor says she responded to those days ago.

I mainly left my solicitor alone in June because I knew she must be busy with the stamp duty deadline, but that was over a week ago and still getting her to do anything is like getting blood out of a stone. When I sent her a reminder of some paperwork that she'd forgotten to send out, she instead had her assistant email me a copy of the form so that I could send it out myself. Which I did, because at least when I do stuff myself I know it's getting done, but I feel like I should be billing the firm for my conveyancing work.

I'm keen to exchange, the sellers are keen to exchange, and the seller's solicitor has been great. It's just my solicitor slowing things down. I've privately taken to calling her Snorlax, because she's just this big lump in the road blocking any progress.

Grrrrr...

@pluto261 could you not get the estate agent to assist with this as well? If with the estate agent you could get a date negotiated that you would like for completion through a sales progressor liasing with the seller (or directly with the seller if you have contact) then I would email something to the solicitor along the lines of:

Dear ......

Given the stage in the process we are at (mortgage offer & searches in hand, survey done & enquiries responded to), I am under the impression that next stage should be setting a completion date and arranging exchange of contracts.

The vendor and I have said between us that we would like to complete on x date and this is convenient to both of us.

We would like to exchange contracts as soon as possible for completion on x date.

Please could you get any relevant paperwork out to me to sign and return.

Thanks,
.............

If everything that's stated has been done then I would take the lead and as long as you can negotiate a date then the solicitor should be able to fall in to line with that.

C_N_

baileykxo said:

pluto261 said:

I'm now 8 weeks into a chain-free purchase of an empty freehold property and my solicitor still won't even discuss the idea of setting an exchange/completion date. 

• Mortgage offer came weeks ago
• All searches are back (also weeks ago)
• Survey was done weeks ago
• The only thing left was "enquiries," but the seller's solicitor says she responded to those days ago.

I mainly left my solicitor alone in June because I knew she must be busy with the stamp duty deadline, but that was over a week ago and still getting her to do anything is like getting blood out of a stone. When I sent her a reminder of some paperwork that she'd forgotten to send out, she instead had her assistant email me a copy of the form so that I could send it out myself. Which I did, because at least when I do stuff myself I know it's getting done, but I feel like I should be billing the firm for my conveyancing work.

I'm keen to exchange, the sellers are keen to exchange, and the seller's solicitor has been great. It's just my solicitor slowing things down. I've privately taken to calling her Snorlax, because she's just this big lump in the road blocking any progress.

Grrrrr...

This is literally me!!! 

I can’t get a completion date at all but everything is ready to go!! 

Maybe we all have the same solicitor

baileykxo

C_N_ said:

baileykxo said:

pluto261 said:

I'm now 8 weeks into a chain-free purchase of an empty freehold property and my solicitor still won't even discuss the idea of setting an exchange/completion date. 

• Mortgage offer came weeks ago
• All searches are back (also weeks ago)
• Survey was done weeks ago
• The only thing left was "enquiries," but the seller's solicitor says she responded to those days ago.

I mainly left my solicitor alone in June because I knew she must be busy with the stamp duty deadline, but that was over a week ago and still getting her to do anything is like getting blood out of a stone. When I sent her a reminder of some paperwork that she'd forgotten to send out, she instead had her assistant email me a copy of the form so that I could send it out myself. Which I did, because at least when I do stuff myself I know it's getting done, but I feel like I should be billing the firm for my conveyancing work.

I'm keen to exchange, the sellers are keen to exchange, and the seller's solicitor has been great. It's just my solicitor slowing things down. I've privately taken to calling her Snorlax, because she's just this big lump in the road blocking any progress.

Grrrrr...

This is literally me!!! 

I can’t get a completion date at all but everything is ready to go!! 

Maybe we all have the same solicitor

By the sounds of it they are all as useless as each other haha. Praying we all get answers!!