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The NEW waiting to exchange thread...
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Still waiting to exchange; comment from my solicitor on speaking to the buyers solicitor,
"To be honest, the lawyer sounded like he was half asleep and had not got up to speed on the file."
It is so frustrating!!
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oh no, that does not sound good. Hope that phone call "wakes" him up from his sleep!Ref44 said:Still waiting to exchange; comment from my solicitor on speaking to the buyers solicitor,"To be honest, the lawyer sounded like he was half asleep and had not got up to speed on the file."
It is so frustrating!!
FTB on no chain house
15/8 offer accepted
18/8 instructed solicitor
20/8 instructed surveyor
1/9 Draft contract received
1/9 Local searches ordered
15/9 Survey done
17/9 Survey report received. No major issue
21/9 Survey report sent to our solicitor
4/10 A bunch of documents received from solicitor (inc. local search results, fitting fixtures forms...)
4/10 Enquiries raised
Hoping exchange in mid Oct, completion on end of Oct
20/10 Suggested 1/11 as completion date - let's see how it goes!
1/11 Exchangrd & Completed!0 -
Well I'm still trying to send the solicitors my deposit and they still haven't sent me any bank details... Apparently still on track to complete on Friday but they are cutting it fine if they don't send me these details soon....0
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Congrats!!!!!FirstLadyKirkman said:and....... We've exchanged 😬😬😬😬0 -
Well it's been a roller coaster of a ride with an unhappy ending. After questioning the seller if they actual want to proceed with the sale the seller signed and returned the contract. Delayed exchanging until they could confirm removals availablity. All confirmed and booked on Monday, gave authority and tried to exchange yesterday. Seller pulls out this morning. Heartbroken. No idea why they decided to wait until the very end. Stringed us along the whole way by dragging it out. Extremely angry and now have considerable fees to pay for nothing to show for it.sacvwgolf said:
Updated today to say the seller has had a 'change in personal circumstances' and would sign the contract later this week. Been 4 weeks since the contracts were posted out and we returned ours the day after. Pretty sure the seller is going to pull out.sacvwgolf said:EA said the seller signed and posted the contract to their solicitors yesterday so hopefully it'll arrive today
Of course the EA lied to us!FTB
23/6 - Offer accepted
7/7 - Application for mortage
8/7 - Searches ordered21/7 - Mortage Offer issued30/7 - Contract pack received. Enquiries raised.
9/8 - Mortgage Deed signed and witnessed.
11/8 - Searches returned.12/8 - Survey completed. Nothing major.
23/8 - Home buyers report received.
6/9 - Enquiries response received.
15/9 - LISA deposit paid to solicitors
5/10 - Contract signed27/10- Seller pulled out at exchange15/11- Exchanged1 -
I'm so sorry, @S@sacvwgolf. That sounds really atrocious... It seemed like they'd got cold feet; but why they didn't take the opportunity to pull out when you asked is baffling. I can't imagine how frustrated and upset you must be.sacvwgolf said:
Well it's been a roller coaster of a ride with an unhappy ending. After questioning the seller if they actual want to proceed with the sale the seller signed and returned the contract. Delayed exchanging until they could confirm removals availablity. All confirmed and booked on Monday, gave authority and tried to exchange yesterday. Seller pulls out this morning. Heartbroken. No idea why they decided to wait until the very end. Stringed us along the whole way by dragging it out. Extremely angry and now have considerable fees to pay for nothing to show for it.sacvwgolf said:
Updated today to say the seller has had a 'change in personal circumstances' and would sign the contract later this week. Been 4 weeks since the contracts were posted out and we returned ours the day after. Pretty sure the seller is going to pull out.sacvwgolf said:EA said the seller signed and posted the contract to their solicitors yesterday so hopefully it'll arrive today
Of course the EA lied to us!
Do you have any insurances on the costs you paid? Our solicitors adds an insurance option by default which limits the conveyancing cost to £75 + costs (so searches etc) if the chain fails. I'm not sure if it's standard but I didn't notice it the first time ours failed; so I thought it might be worth mentioning.
I'm so sorry.Signature down for maintenance :rotfl:1 -
Our buyers solicitor has now woken up; only to find that he hasn't as yet verified the source of his clients deposit! Now looking to exchange Thursday or Friday. Not impressed.
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@sacvwgolf I am so sorry. After all these. And pulled out at the very last minute after the contract has been signed.
@Ref44 hope it doesn't take long to do the verification.FTB on no chain house
15/8 offer accepted
18/8 instructed solicitor
20/8 instructed surveyor
1/9 Draft contract received
1/9 Local searches ordered
15/9 Survey done
17/9 Survey report received. No major issue
21/9 Survey report sent to our solicitor
4/10 A bunch of documents received from solicitor (inc. local search results, fitting fixtures forms...)
4/10 Enquiries raised
Hoping exchange in mid Oct, completion on end of Oct
20/10 Suggested 1/11 as completion date - let's see how it goes!
1/11 Exchangrd & Completed!0 -
I don't believe so. I have asked for the final bill but I am not holding my breath. We will certainly be taking out insurance from now onHopeAndDriftWood said:
I'm so sorry, @S@sacvwgolf. That sounds really atrocious... It seemed like they'd got cold feet; but why they didn't take the opportunity to pull out when you asked is baffling. I can't imagine how frustrated and upset you must be.sacvwgolf said:
Well it's been a roller coaster of a ride with an unhappy ending. After questioning the seller if they actual want to proceed with the sale the seller signed and returned the contract. Delayed exchanging until they could confirm removals availablity. All confirmed and booked on Monday, gave authority and tried to exchange yesterday. Seller pulls out this morning. Heartbroken. No idea why they decided to wait until the very end. Stringed us along the whole way by dragging it out. Extremely angry and now have considerable fees to pay for nothing to show for it.sacvwgolf said:
Updated today to say the seller has had a 'change in personal circumstances' and would sign the contract later this week. Been 4 weeks since the contracts were posted out and we returned ours the day after. Pretty sure the seller is going to pull out.sacvwgolf said:EA said the seller signed and posted the contract to their solicitors yesterday so hopefully it'll arrive today
Of course the EA lied to us!
Do you have any insurances on the costs you paid? Our solicitors adds an insurance option by default which limits the conveyancing cost to £75 + costs (so searches etc) if the chain fails. I'm not sure if it's standard but I didn't notice it the first time ours failed; so I thought it might be worth mentioning.
I'm so sorry.
FTB
23/6 - Offer accepted
7/7 - Application for mortage
8/7 - Searches ordered21/7 - Mortage Offer issued30/7 - Contract pack received. Enquiries raised.
9/8 - Mortgage Deed signed and witnessed.
11/8 - Searches returned.12/8 - Survey completed. Nothing major.
23/8 - Home buyers report received.
6/9 - Enquiries response received.
15/9 - LISA deposit paid to solicitors
5/10 - Contract signed27/10- Seller pulled out at exchange15/11- Exchanged0 -
This is awful, I'm so sorry this has happened to you.sacvwgolf said:
Well it's been a roller coaster of a ride with an unhappy ending. After questioning the seller if they actual want to proceed with the sale the seller signed and returned the contract. Delayed exchanging until they could confirm removals availablity. All confirmed and booked on Monday, gave authority and tried to exchange yesterday. Seller pulls out this morning. Heartbroken. No idea why they decided to wait until the very end. Stringed us along the whole way by dragging it out. Extremely angry and now have considerable fees to pay for nothing to show for it.sacvwgolf said:
Updated today to say the seller has had a 'change in personal circumstances' and would sign the contract later this week. Been 4 weeks since the contracts were posted out and we returned ours the day after. Pretty sure the seller is going to pull out.sacvwgolf said:EA said the seller signed and posted the contract to their solicitors yesterday so hopefully it'll arrive today
Of course the EA lied to us!
Hope you find something soon.3
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