The NEW waiting to exchange thread...

natashah1903

Littlebobo1981 wrote: »

Oh no ...that sucks

...any reason ?

it does suck indeed yes you would think that we have been told its gone to appeal but to consider other properties.

mailmannz

sugar_candy_123 wrote: »

Hi mailmannz, we sold our house back in August and had a similar problem where we didn’t have evidence of permissions for 2 things. The buyers said they would continue with purchase if we provided an indemnity insurance policy for each issue, which we did. Each policy cost us approx £150. Speak to your solicitor and request the seller provides an indemnity policy, then you can sort out the issue at a later date.

Hi Sugar,

Yes, our solicitors mentioned the indemnity to the vendors solicitors who came back saying the vendors won't pay for it.

Im not losing sleep as the insurance is £60 so not overly bothered by having to pay out for it.

Regards

Mailman

Katapolt

sugar_candy_123 wrote: »

Well we are now on week 17, buying a new build no chain. We are waiting on the developer responding to our quieries (there were 21) they have had them for 4 weeks now. Given them a deadline date of conpletion next fri or we pull out (as mortgage offer expires). The waiting is killing us inside, fingers crossed for some good news soon. I’m hoping to exchange and complete same day, if we run out of time to be able to exchange earlier. How Lon do you need between exchange and completing if you are getting a mortgage? Does it take time for solicitor to request mortgage funds?
Good luck to everyone else.

Im surprised the developer has taken so long, they tend o want to push completion so they can start on the next phase!

chase them, they will need nagging by the sounds of it.

Re the mortgage and exchange/completion dates it all depends on your lender, ask them if they have any requirements. my docs said 14 days notice to complete but on the phone they said they only need a few days.

chazzab

Aliliva wrote: »

please, tell me you're my vendor! The timeline is suspiciously spot on :rotfl: (and if you are, just know that I'm waiting for the lender to contact me back with the valuation date)

Ahh I wish! Your story does sound very suspiciously like my same but a few details don't quite add up. (My flat was a split from the original and lots of leasehold /freehold entries! Spookily similar but I dont think it is! (My flat is in Poole!)

I've just been told a date of Tuesday for be valuation so that's some progress. I can breathe til Tuesday and nothing else can go wrong (at least o hope not!) til then!

MRPEEVED

I was told yesterday that exchange was imminent. Both us and our buyer are desperate to move before Christmas...clocks ticking.

Pumpkim

mailmannz wrote: »

Thought we were getting close to settling on an exchange date but an issue with the houses conservatory has come up.

Our lawyers say the conservatory requires planning permission because its open plan and the wall mounted heating has been plumbed in to the central heating system for the house.

The solicitors say we have two options. The first one is to request the vendors put internal doors in (so turning the conservatory from an extension to a conservatory) but more problematic for them to get planning permission because of the heating being connected main central heating system.

The second option was to take insurance cover out that protects against the costs incurred if we have to fix everything (ie. get planning permission) as, in the solicitors opinion, the house would not be sellable without the insurance being in place for future sales.

I guess there is a third option and that would be to walk away from the sale, which we don't really want to do at this point.

Has anyone here come across an issue like this in the past? If so, how did you handle it?

Thanks in advance.

Mailman

mailmannz wrote: »

Hi Sugar,

Yes, our solicitors mentioned the indemnity to the vendors solicitors who came back saying the vendors won't pay for it.

Im not losing sleep as the insurance is £60 so not overly bothered by having to pay out for it.

Regards

Mailman

Hi Mailman, we are about to complete on a house with exactly the same conservatory design you describe. We have accepted an indemnity which the buyers paid for at a cost of £38. This in itself tells me how little risk there is of any comeback so we're not concerned at all about the setup. I'm really surprised at your buyers not paying for the policy but at the same time I also would just pay it myself if I really wanted the house. We really wanted the house, so seeking retrospective permission wasn't something we considered for the fact it would slow everything down and also the chance it wasn't granted meaning any future indemnity would be invalid.

mutley74

I paid for searches 2 weeks ago. Vendor disagree on the completion date he told me (from what I told vendors since October) - so I advised my solicitor I can only do completion mid-January. I have not heard anything the past 2 weeks - should I be concerned or just hold on??

ang87

Hi Everyone
Been following for a while but decided now to post. We are FTB and very excited. Our time line is:
Viewing 27th October
Offer accepted 28th October
Mortgage application submitted 30th October
Solicitor instructed 2nd November
Survey conducted 6th November
Mortgage offer received 8th November
Searches submitted 17th November

We have completed our paperwork and returned Ed with proof of deposit and now just waiting on our solicitor to get back to us. All very excited and Congratulations to everyone exchanging and completing

JoJo1978

Do you know when you are due to exchange, Mutley74? Completion only gets finalised them so it may be that your vendor is working out exactly when is possible based on your preference. I wouldn't be concerned so long as the solicitors are making progress on the searches, after the searches come back they will raise questions to your sellers solicitor so may take a while. I used to check in with our solicitor once a week.

Hello ang87!

mutley74

JoJo1978 wrote: »

Do you know when you are due to exchange, Mutley74? Completion only gets finalised them so it may be that your vendor is working out exactly when is possible based on your preference. I wouldn't be concerned so long as the solicitors are making progress on the searches, after the searches come back they will raise questions to your sellers solicitor so may take a while. I used to check in with our solicitor once a week.

Hello ang87!

Jojo1978 - I not been advised any dates on exchanging. I guess they maybe waiting to clear the searches, will give them a few days and call them up.