The NEW waiting to exchange thread...

birdmadgirl8

@Gemm83 @E_D_FTB So much juggling to do! We don't have to worry about handing in notice (for which I'm very grateful). We have a big move involved though and our movers need 4 days to complete the process, all of which means we need to book well in advance. The lead time is 4-5 weeks at the moment and they won't take bookings until exchange. This is also making early September look impossible for us. Of course we'll look at other companies, but with pets involved too (and heavy workloads for us) it's tricky to negotiate. I hate that it's so hard to plan ahead with this process!

E_D_FTB

birdmadgirl8 said:

@Gemm83 @E_D_FTB So much juggling to do! We don't have to worry about handing in notice (for which I'm very grateful). We have a big move involved though and our movers need 4 days to complete the process, all of which means we need to book well in advance. The lead time is 4-5 weeks at the moment and they won't take bookings until exchange. This is also making early September look impossible for us. Of course we'll look at other companies, but with pets involved too (and heavy workloads for us) it's tricky to negotiate. I hate that it's so hard to plan ahead with this process!

Moving with pets is definitely tough! We just have the one cat, but you really need to factor him into timeframes and planning. We're away mid-Sep for work and visiting family, and we don't want to give notice before then because we're worried about the estate agents doing viewings and the cat escaping!

Agreed on the planning - without any dates to work towards it makes it basically impossible! And communication up and down the chain (at least for us) is painful and just makes everything more complicated than it needs to be. I wish there was some sort of dashboard with an overview of how all parts of the chain are progressing that we could all see, so at least we wouldn't be blindsided by changes further up the chain all of a sudden!

Justonemorecupoftea

So after me being the person doing all of the coordination etc for the last week or so to work toward exchange, I'm on a work call when they ring and my husband gets the good news phonecall.

Oh well ... We've exchanged!!!

Gemm83

birdmadgirl8 said:

@Gemm83 @E_D_FTB So much juggling to do! We don't have to worry about handing in notice (for which I'm very grateful). We have a big move involved though and our movers need 4 days to complete the process, all of which means we need to book well in advance. The lead time is 4-5 weeks at the moment and they won't take bookings until exchange. This is also making early September look impossible for us. Of course we'll look at other companies, but with pets involved too (and heavy workloads for us) it's tricky to negotiate. I hate that it's so hard to plan ahead with this process!

Absolutely. The place we are moving to needs a full rewire. We've got an electrician on board but we can't actually book him until we know when we are getting in. So frustrating. So much work to do, but without a date we can't do any of it or even plan for it 😡

birdmadgirl8

Justonemorecupoftea said:

So after me being the person doing all of the coordination etc for the last week or so to work toward exchange, I'm on a work call when they ring and my husband gets the good news phonecall.

Oh well ... We've exchanged!!!

Sod's Law! Great news though - congratulations!

birdmadgirl8

E_D_FTB said:

birdmadgirl8 said:

@Gemm83 @E_D_FTB So much juggling to do! We don't have to worry about handing in notice (for which I'm very grateful). We have a big move involved though and our movers need 4 days to complete the process, all of which means we need to book well in advance. The lead time is 4-5 weeks at the moment and they won't take bookings until exchange. This is also making early September look impossible for us. Of course we'll look at other companies, but with pets involved too (and heavy workloads for us) it's tricky to negotiate. I hate that it's so hard to plan ahead with this process!

Moving with pets is definitely tough! We just have the one cat, but you really need to factor him into timeframes and planning. We're away mid-Sep for work and visiting family, and we don't want to give notice before then because we're worried about the estate agents doing viewings and the cat escaping!

Agreed on the planning - without any dates to work towards it makes it basically impossible! And communication up and down the chain (at least for us) is painful and just makes everything more complicated than it needs to be. I wish there was some sort of dashboard with an overview of how all parts of the chain are progressing that we could all see, so at least we wouldn't be blindsided by changes further up the chain all of a sudden!

It's our cat I'm especially worried about too. Our vet will give her something to help clam her down, so hopefully we can minimise the stress for her. I'm glad we still have the crate from when she first arrived, as she feels safe there and I can restrict her to one room for the main part of the move.

Yes, I really wish the process was more transparent. This time round we're in contact with our (lovely) sellers and it's really helping. We only contact each other with key info, but hopefully it will help when things get stuck...which they're bound to.

clare19811

We're very impatiently waiting for dates now, we're in rented at the moment so don't need our sale and purchase to exchange/complete at the same time but do need our sale to happen first. 

Last Friday our solicitor and estate agent were going to push for a completion date for next week on our sale but we've heard nothing yet and we've half given up chasing!

Our vendors are moving to a new build which is meant to be ready in September but initially they had said they'd move out sooner if we needed them to. We're waiting to hear if they're still prepared to do that. We want to be in asap and definitely before the end of the stamp duty relief.

It's all so stressful and frustrating isn't it! It will be worth it in the end though for all of us I'm sure!

Tiddleshalifax

Morning again!! 

I’ve had what I’m told is the final enquiries this morning so hopefully now full steam ahead!! 

E_D_FTB

birdmadgirl8 said:

E_D_FTB said:

birdmadgirl8 said:

@Gemm83 @E_D_FTB So much juggling to do! We don't have to worry about handing in notice (for which I'm very grateful). We have a big move involved though and our movers need 4 days to complete the process, all of which means we need to book well in advance. The lead time is 4-5 weeks at the moment and they won't take bookings until exchange. This is also making early September look impossible for us. Of course we'll look at other companies, but with pets involved too (and heavy workloads for us) it's tricky to negotiate. I hate that it's so hard to plan ahead with this process!

Moving with pets is definitely tough! We just have the one cat, but you really need to factor him into timeframes and planning. We're away mid-Sep for work and visiting family, and we don't want to give notice before then because we're worried about the estate agents doing viewings and the cat escaping!

Agreed on the planning - without any dates to work towards it makes it basically impossible! And communication up and down the chain (at least for us) is painful and just makes everything more complicated than it needs to be. I wish there was some sort of dashboard with an overview of how all parts of the chain are progressing that we could all see, so at least we wouldn't be blindsided by changes further up the chain all of a sudden!

It's our cat I'm especially worried about too. Our vet will give her something to help clam her down, so hopefully we can minimise the stress for her. I'm glad we still have the crate from when she first arrived, as she feels safe there and I can restrict her to one room for the main part of the move.

Yes, I really wish the process was more transparent. This time round we're in contact with our (lovely) sellers and it's really helping. We only contact each other with key info, but hopefully it will help when things get stuck...which they're bound to.

Our plan is similar - my partner will stay with the cat in the bathroom while the movers take everything and we get the new place somewhat set up. Once they're done and gone we'll move the cat - just trying to minimise noise and stress for him. But I know it's gonna be horrible and I'm going to feel like a terrible cat mum! It's our first time moving with him too, and he's a very nervous boy when it comes to noise and strangers, so basically his worst nightmare

That's so good that you're in touch with your sellers. We've been going through the EA, but they're very communicative and open with some repairs that need doing pre-completion which we are extremely grateful for! Further up the chain, however...

mat1964

birdmadgirl8 said:

@mat1964 Sorry to hear that you're still having problems with those buyers. Good luck with remarketing & hope you find some new/solid buyers quickly.

thank you

Hot of the press, my GF has today received a letter marked 'urgent' from Nationwide addressed to her buyers but sent to her address.  Totally bizarre - why would the Bank send a letter to the address of the place you are trying to buy when you've not even exchanged, let alone completed!