The NEW waiting to exchange thread...

WorriedKirkels

stressedout45 said:

Does anybody else feel like their entire life is absolute clown shoes at this point because of this whole process?!  🙈😂😂

Yep, definitely agree with this! x

birdmadgirl8

@Mizydoscape Welcome aboard - yep, that's rubbish! The cheery optimism you describe from the agent (shared by our sellers' agent) is really getting me down now. If I hear 'it's full steam ahead' one more time, when we're actually stranded between stations with multiple signal failures, I'll explode. Adding a house to the chain (where supposedly there is none) is happening way too often on this thread. I'm willing to bet your chain free purchase was never any such thing. It's rotton and you have my sympathy. Fingers crossed they'll proceed quickly though.

WorriedKirkels

Mizydoscape said:

Hello can I join? Our house went SSTC on 26/05, we had an offer accepted on a house 2 weeks later. They found a chain free onward purchase sometime mid June so we got a shift on and are just waiting for enquiries to be answered on our purchase now. Have signed the contracts for sale. 

Yesterday I had an update from our agent to say that another property has literally just been added to the top of the chain 😒 so now we wait for them to catch up with everyone else. I said we had hoped to be in to avoid Stamp duty at the end of September and my agent was like "oh... well they can usually catch up really quickly once everything gets going". So now I'm feeling a bit blah about it. 

Uhhh so frustrating!

Your timeline and experience sounds similar to ours. I totally agree with how frustrating it is! I just wish the top of the chain would give honest answers to the chain so we can all plan. I don’t want to get too excited and then it drag on for months and months 😬 fingers crossed 🤞 for you, us and everyone else on here that things speed up a little x

E_D_FTB

birdmadgirl8 said:

@Mizydoscape Welcome aboard - yep, that's rubbish! The cheery optimism you describe from the agent (shared by our sellers' agent) is really getting me down now. If I hear 'it's full steam ahead' one more time, when we're actually stranded between stations with multiple signal failures, I'll explode. Adding a house to the chain (where supposedly there is none) is happening way too often on this thread. I'm willing to bet your chain free purchase was never any such thing. It's rotton and you have my sympathy. Fingers crossed they'll proceed quickly though.

It feels like what estate agents consider "chain free" and what a rational human being would consider "chain free" are worlds apart! Welcome @Mizydoscape! You're certainly not alone in your frustration, but we'll all get there in the end! And in the meantime we have somewhere to vent our frustrations about this ridiculous process. 

cheeky-peach

Please can someone reassure me that waiting for searches is the longest of the waits??? We were originally told they were due back 28/07... called today and they said 30/07 now and apparently 'it can change again'. What is going on?  

geostar37

WorriedKirkels said:

stressedout45 said:

Does anybody else feel like their entire life is absolute clown shoes at this point because of this whole process?!  🙈😂😂

Yep, definitely agree with this! x

Yes - and my alcohol consumption has gone through the roof 🤦‍♀️  Final day today to exchange to meet original completion date and not heard anything from anyone. Have phoned solicitors and left a message at 10 and emailed estate agents this afternoon. 

Feel like giving up 😩

House_owner

geostar37 said:

WorriedKirkels said:

stressedout45 said:

Does anybody else feel like their entire life is absolute clown shoes at this point because of this whole process?!  🙈😂😂

Yep, definitely agree with this! x

Yes - and my alcohol consumption has gone through the roof 🤦‍♀️  Final day today to exchange to meet original completion date and not heard anything from anyone. Have phoned solicitors and left a message at 10 and emailed estate agents this afternoon. 

Feel like giving up 😩

Know the feeling - my chocolate consumption has gone up!

[Deleted User]

And we've completed! Just over 10 weeks. Woo hoo!

harsxx

Deleted_User said:

And we've completed! Just over 10 weeks. Woo hoo!

Congratulations 🍾🍾

Mizydoscape

Ahh so glad I'm not alone here! I was doing so well at not getting stressed about anything. This is my first time selling and our buyers have been great so far. Apparently they're cool too wait it out and we really really want the house we're buying and felt like we were getting towards the end but now. Ugh is the word I think!

Best of luck to those who are closer than we are!