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I live far away from my solicitor and I sent everything recorded. I wanted proof that it had been successfully delivered!charlotteo1988 said:P.S I hand delivered all my documents too. I guess some people don’t think or live too far away. You’d thought they special delivery for a certain time but think they sent it first class.0 -
Less than two weeks now for our completion, I'm so nervous about packing up the house. We don't even technically need to leave our current home until the 24th March (rented) but all our plans revolve around me being at the new house decorating and my partner being at our current house (it's over 2hrs away and we only own one car). So I'm starting to feel like I need everything sorted by the day we actually get the keys as the plan is I won't come home again except to pick him up on our final day of the tenancy!0
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Hoping to exchange today.What is actually involved in the exchange process?
who needs to do what?
have emailed solicitors for an update but she said she will let us know when/if it happens…0 -
Has your solicitor got agreement form your lender that they can have the funds available for completion date?amylou1107 said:Hoping to exchange today.What is actually involved in the exchange process?
who needs to do what?
have emailed solicitors for an update but she said she will let us know when/if it happens…
I only ask as I was expecting us to exchange today but he said he needs the lender to confirm they can make the date agreed - one hurdle after another! 🤪1 -
Brilliant news.greensalad said:We exchanged! I can't believe it! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
This time last week I had just sent an email to the sales progressor saying we were getting really frustrated with the waiting and nothing happening that we were going to start looking at the market again.
Friday we heard that everything was in place that we might be able to exchange, but no discussion of dates.
Yesterday an out of the blue email with a suggested date. Didn't quite make it due to some discussion in the rest of the chain.
Then exchanged today!
Haven't been on since our move as we still don't have an internet connection, but just learned how to tether phone to PC and came here for a peek at others progress. Glad you've finally exchanged.0 -
We've exchanged! 🥳 Completing on Monday, just have to home Storm Eunice hasn't blown the roof/fences etc off today!3
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Completed today as planned! Thank god!5
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Lots of boxes, lots of tape, a marker to say what’s in each box and maybe a glass (bottle) of wine! That’s my weekend 🤣greensalad said:Less than two weeks now for our completion, I'm so nervous about packing up the house. We don't even technically need to leave our current home until the 24th March (rented) but all our plans revolve around me being at the new house decorating and my partner being at our current house (it's over 2hrs away and we only own one car). So I'm starting to feel like I need everything sorted by the day we actually get the keys as the plan is I won't come home again except to pick him up on our final day of the tenancy!1 -
great news for everyone that has either exchanged or completed ... I'm still hanging on in there . hopefully better news next week for those of us still waiting. No good worrying about things we can't control0
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@charlotteo1988 hope to hear some good news from you
@greensalad i feel so excited for you ! Really need some good planning on your removal. Good luck.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!1
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