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The NEW waiting to exchange thread...
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Not looking good for Friday then
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Fingers crossed for u, email your solicitor Thursday and Friday morning to make sure they are thereOscarboi76 said:Not looking good for Friday then
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Of you know which lender you can google to find out. Fingers crossed as I’m sure your solicitor wouldn’t be talking about dates they can’t make🤞Oscarboi76 said:Not looking good for Friday then
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Agree with this…definitely happening this week. Think of it as the first day of a new month tomorrow….and your first day owning your new home 🏡Cookie211 said:
I feel like screaming to be honest, my solicitor can’t complete as she’s waiting on the cash statement , I don’t know 🤷♀️ my solicitor have said she’s holding the funds so I’m hoping now tomorrow hurry’s up, but I bet u I will be in the same boat when something will go wrong 😑Monsternextdoor said:
Ahhh mate !Cookie211 said:looks like it’s not today 😭😭 EA is telling me the sellers solicitor is pushing for today and my solicitor then tells me seller solicitor wants to complete tomorrow morning 😭😭😭 so cheesed off
Its gonna happen this week, Has to happen this week.
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It can be done if people are motivated 🤞cheeky-peach said:Top of our chain (house above the house we are buying) has said they want to complete within 3 weeks. We are still waiting on answers to enquires for our purchase though and I believe our vendor is waiting on the answers to enquires for the top of that purchase. Is it even doable? Assuming they get back to us soon, fingers crossed it may be.2 -
Oh fab news and sounds like you will beat some of us still here from your sale. Very exciting 😁ss2020jd said:So it looks like the final loose ends are hopefully being tied up this week. I did say to my solicitor that I didn’t want to pursue minor items that would hold up exchange as I can see that the solicitors would just be going back and forth with no resolution.
So we are finally starting to discuss exchange although still have to receive, sign and return the contract yet!Good luck to everyone who seems so close now!1 -
Sounds positive if a partner has taken on the case 😁SaucySecrets said:Finally got an update...
Our solicitor is now on leave for personal reasons and a firm director will take over. Enquiries from our buyer have been responded to, and we're awaiting responses to our enquiries from our seller.
Our buyer is having his remortgaged property surveyed tomorrow, and then they'll book their survey for here.
They have, apparently, committed to being "keen" for a September completion.
My nerves are frayed. Someone have a wine for me, the pregnant non-alcohol stuff isn't cutting it 😂
if it’s any consolation, even the real alcohol stuff doesn’t quite cut it with the stresses of house buying….I would definitely recommend reaching for the chocolate 🍫 although my jeans may not agree 😂0 -
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Similar happened to my mum years ago, The seller pulled out of the sale as he wanted more.Homebuyer1973 said:
Thank you, so do I. It doesn’t feel like it now but I think it might be a blessing in the long runE_D_FTB said:
Oh no, I'm so sorry - that's absolutely terrible! I know part of selling your house is about making money, but seeing things like that makes me so sad. It's also meant to be your home, and someone else's future home!Homebuyer1973 said:So after our vendor pulled out of the sale on Monday, they have now resisted the house for £25K more!!!! I think they wanted to do this to us all along!!! The delay caused by our buyer’s solicitor and lender just gave them the excuse to justify this course of action. It’s so very annoying of them to do it four days from exchange though. I offered full asking price when it was listed so it wasn’t like I tried to cheat them in any way. Needless to say we will not be pursuing purchase of their property at any price!!! Congrats to those of you who have either exchanged or completed!!!!
There really should be some protections for buyers for these sorts of situation, because it's totally unfair to string someone along and have them spend money on the process for them to decide suddenly they'd actually like more money. Like you said, it sounds like they were just looking for an excuse. Fingers crossed you'll find something better being sold by less selfish people soon!
My mum and dad had paid for a survey and he argued with the fact the roof was goosed, So as my mum left she gave the copy of the survey to the next person viewing the property.
4 Months later they get a call off the EA asking if they were still interested in the house at a heavily reduced rate, Short answer no.
She had taken a job that came with a large 3 bed apartment as part of her contract and if she had bought the house she would have been at a major disadvantage.
Things happen for a reason !Monsternextdoor said:
Similar happened to my mum years ago, The seller pulled out of the sale as he wanted more.Homebuyer1973 said:
Thank you, so do I. It doesn’t feel like it now but I think it might be a blessing in the long runE_D_FTB said:
Oh no, I'm so sorry - that's absolutely terrible! I know part of selling your house is about making money, but seeing things like that makes me so sad. It's also meant to be your home, and someone else's future home!Homebuyer1973 said:So after our vendor pulled out of the sale on Monday, they have now resisted the house for £25K more!!!! I think they wanted to do this to us all along!!! The delay caused by our buyer’s solicitor and lender just gave them the excuse to justify this course of action. It’s so very annoying of them to do it four days from exchange though. I offered full asking price when it was listed so it wasn’t like I tried to cheat them in any way. Needless to say we will not be pursuing purchase of their property at any price!!! Congrats to those of you who have either exchanged or completed!!!!
There really should be some protections for buyers for these sorts of situation, because it's totally unfair to string someone along and have them spend money on the process for them to decide suddenly they'd actually like more money. Like you said, it sounds like they were just looking for an excuse. Fingers crossed you'll find something better being sold by less selfish people soon!
My mum and dad had paid for a survey and he argued with the fact the roof was goosed, So as my mum left she gave the copy of the survey to the next person viewing the property.
4 Months later they get a call off the EA asking if they were still interested in the house at a heavily reduced rate, Short answer no.
She had taken a job that came with a large 3 bed apartment as part of her contract and if she had bought the house she would have been at a major disadvantage.
Things happen for a reason !
They certainly do. It might not be obvious now but in time it will.Monsternextdoor said:
Similar happened to my mum years ago, The seller pulled out of the sale as he wanted more.Homebuyer1973 said:
Thank you, so do I. It doesn’t feel like it now but I think it might be a blessing in the long runE_D_FTB said:
Oh no, I'm so sorry - that's absolutely terrible! I know part of selling your house is about making money, but seeing things like that makes me so sad. It's also meant to be your home, and someone else's future home!Homebuyer1973 said:So after our vendor pulled out of the sale on Monday, they have now resisted the house for £25K more!!!! I think they wanted to do this to us all along!!! The delay caused by our buyer’s solicitor and lender just gave them the excuse to justify this course of action. It’s so very annoying of them to do it four days from exchange though. I offered full asking price when it was listed so it wasn’t like I tried to cheat them in any way. Needless to say we will not be pursuing purchase of their property at any price!!! Congrats to those of you who have either exchanged or completed!!!!
There really should be some protections for buyers for these sorts of situation, because it's totally unfair to string someone along and have them spend money on the process for them to decide suddenly they'd actually like more money. Like you said, it sounds like they were just looking for an excuse. Fingers crossed you'll find something better being sold by less selfish people soon!
My mum and dad had paid for a survey and he argued with the fact the roof was goosed, So as my mum left she gave the copy of the survey to the next person viewing the property.
4 Months later they get a call off the EA asking if they were still interested in the house at a heavily reduced rate, Short answer no.
She had taken a job that came with a large 3 bed apartment as part of her contract and if she had bought the house she would have been at a major disadvantage.
Things happen for a reason !
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Aww yes, this makes me feel a bit better, I’m making my way to bed in hope I fall asleep so tomorrow hurry’s up 😂WorriedKirkels said:
Agree with this…definitely happening this week. Think of it as the first day of a new month tomorrow….and your first day owning your new home 🏡Cookie211 said:
I feel like screaming to be honest, my solicitor can’t complete as she’s waiting on the cash statement , I don’t know 🤷♀️ my solicitor have said she’s holding the funds so I’m hoping now tomorrow hurry’s up, but I bet u I will be in the same boat when something will go wrong 😑Monsternextdoor said:
Ahhh mate !Cookie211 said:looks like it’s not today 😭😭 EA is telling me the sellers solicitor is pushing for today and my solicitor then tells me seller solicitor wants to complete tomorrow morning 😭😭😭 so cheesed off
Its gonna happen this week, Has to happen this week.
Pack, chill and get on the gin !1 -
its shocking that countries like Australia and Japan has e-conveyancing fully working for making property purchasing easier/faster. During Pandemic UK should have stated to use e-conveyancing.
My vendor is International so I suspect the signing of contracts will take weeks due to having to send to different country! Thats if we get to that stage lol1
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