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The NEW waiting to exchange thread...
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I'm drained. Our buyer has given his contract and deposit in but one of our sellers is in the navy and yet to return the TR1 and give authority. Apparently it's winging it's way from whatever ocean he's in. Fed up of being told things by different people and getting no feedback unless I'm chasing. Still hoping to complete on the 6th1
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How did it go? We are a chain of 3. FTB below us, then our vendors are moving into an empty property. Actually they’ll have a vendor too won’t they so that’s a chain of 4! Eek.stillwaiting1 said:
we are doing both today hopefully. I am not sure why its turned out that we are doing both on the same day but it just has. I asked my solicitor yesterday if it will be ok doing both and she said yes, its fine there's normally only issues when there is a chain, not sure if there is a chain in yours but we are chain free so keeping positive that it all should go ok.LizaVCook said:Confirmation today that we exchange and complete on December 2nd. Week today!! So much to do until then and I’ve heard horror stories of exchanging and completing it on same day.3-4-21 House on market. Sold to first viewers (B#1)
May B#1 pulled out (We still hadn’t found a house)
May sold to B#2
30-06-21 B#2 pulls out
01-07-21 we find dream home
07-07-21 sold to B#3 (we are chain of 4:us our vendor, our Buyer B#3 and their buyer)
08-07-21 offer accepted on dream home
27-07-21 Mortgage Applied 13-08-21 Mortgage recieved
27-08-21 Searches requested.
10-09-21 B#3’s buyer decided to apply for business mortgage!!
15-09-21 searches back, enquiries raised.
September and October nothing happens while we wait for B#3s buyers to get their business mortgage.
01-11-21 everyone ready to exchange. b#3 pulls out.
03-11-21 We find new buyers. FTBs so no chain! They appoint B#3’s solicitor and reuses all previous searches
15-11-21 B#4 has their mortgage offer and homebuyers survey undertaken on our house.0 -
@Duck345 Congratulations ! After 6 months !! You must be very happy. Enjoy!
@KeepOnKnitting Perhaps you can check with the solicitors if they will open for business between the period of xmas and new year.
@Hebblethwaite @greensalad Money transferred is a HUGE step! So happy for you guys !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!2 -
As far as I know, we’re still on for exchanging and completing this Thursday- the house has been pretty much divided up into boxes, we’ve sold our big lovely fridge (new house has one integrated)- yet I have this unshakable feeling of dread that something will go wrong. Is this normal??3-4-21 House on market. Sold to first viewers (B#1)
May B#1 pulled out (We still hadn’t found a house)
May sold to B#2
30-06-21 B#2 pulls out
01-07-21 we find dream home
07-07-21 sold to B#3 (we are chain of 4:us our vendor, our Buyer B#3 and their buyer)
08-07-21 offer accepted on dream home
27-07-21 Mortgage Applied 13-08-21 Mortgage recieved
27-08-21 Searches requested.
10-09-21 B#3’s buyer decided to apply for business mortgage!!
15-09-21 searches back, enquiries raised.
September and October nothing happens while we wait for B#3s buyers to get their business mortgage.
01-11-21 everyone ready to exchange. b#3 pulls out.
03-11-21 We find new buyers. FTBs so no chain! They appoint B#3’s solicitor and reuses all previous searches
15-11-21 B#4 has their mortgage offer and homebuyers survey undertaken on our house.2 -
Absolutely normal. Until you get the phone call from your solicitor to say you've exchanges/completed (or bothLizaVCook said:As far as I know, we’re still on for exchanging and completing this Thursday- the house has been pretty much divided up into boxes, we’ve sold our big lovely fridge (new house has one integrated)- yet I have this unshakable feeling of dread that something will go wrong. Is this normal??
) that feeling will always be there 1 -
Feeling a little better as our vendor got in contact to say they've been having problems with the immense slowness of their solicitor and have raised it up to senior partner because it's been taking too long. While it's less than ideal at least it's a known reason for why it's so slow, plus shows the vendors are still very keen. Have to say, our solicitor has been fine. Not always the easiest to get hold of but in no way as bad as theirs it seems! Even if she does scare me a little.0
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I've been lurking on this thread for weeks now, and reading other people's posts has helped keep me sane through this whole process.
We had our offer accepted on 19 July (after a previous sale/purchase fell through due to Covid) and finally we actually have dates!
We're hoping to exchange on Weds (1st) and complete next Thurs (9th). Our buyer has confirmed he's happy with the dates and the property we're moving to is currently empty. Fingers crossed!2022 mfw #46 - £1503/£14002 -
Well mine haven't said they are closed.novelle said:
@KeepOnKnitting Perhaps you can check with the solicitors if they will open for business between the period of xmas and new year.
To be fair I don't mind if it's before. It would just be massively convenient to me if I can move before I start my new job 60 miles away in January. I know it's pretty unlikely, but if I don't put it out there and ask the universe/everyone involved, then there is no way it can happen.
My solicitors are amazing and have already sent me a sale contract. My mortgage company are a bit slow and have insisted on sending me a paper mortgage application through the post for the porting. My buyer is still to organise a survey, I think.Save £12k in 2025 #33 £2531.77/£5000 (If this carries on I might have to up my target!)
April take lunch to work goal - 3 of 120 -
I also vote completely normal. This is what makes house moving so completely stressful.LizaVCook said:As far as I know, we’re still on for exchanging and completing this Thursday- the house has been pretty much divided up into boxes, we’ve sold our big lovely fridge (new house has one integrated)- yet I have this unshakable feeling of dread that something will go wrong. Is this normal??Save £12k in 2025 #33 £2531.77/£5000 (If this carries on I might have to up my target!)
April take lunch to work goal - 3 of 121 -
3-4-21 House on market. Sold to first viewers (B#1)
May B#1 pulled out (We still hadn’t found a house)
May sold to B#2
30-06-21 B#2 pulls out
01-07-21 we find dream home
07-07-21 sold to B#3 (we are chain of 4:us our vendor, our Buyer B#3 and their buyer)
08-07-21 offer accepted on dream home
27-07-21 Mortgage Applied 13-08-21 Mortgage recieved
27-08-21 Searches requested.
10-09-21 B#3’s buyer decided to apply for business mortgage!!
15-09-21 searches back, enquiries raised.
September and October nothing happens while we wait for B#3s buyers to get their business mortgage.
01-11-21 everyone ready to exchange. b#3 pulls out.
03-11-21 We find new buyers. FTBs so no chain! They appoint B#3’s solicitor and reuses all previous searches
15-11-21 B#4 has their mortgage offer and homebuyers survey undertaken on our house.0
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