The NEW waiting to exchange thread...

KeepOnKnitting

charlotteo1988 said: I’ve unpacked all the boxes now 

Wow, you're fast!

bekil91

Hi guys!

I’m new to this thread and reading back through everyone’s experiences in the hope I’ll get an idea of how long our process will take (I know that’s impossible to guess though, I wondered if anyone had any thoughts on what they’d predict?)

our time line is;

16/2 - accepted offer on our house.
17/2 - our offer accepted on house we’re buying.
25/2 - mortgage offer agreed
25/2 - survey booked on new house 
2/3 - contract pack sent to seller 
3/3 - contract pack received from seller (everything ready and signed, will send recorded first class today) 
3/3 - survey took place 
3/3 - searches requested on house we’re buying (suggested on council website these are taking 8-10 days)

i believe our buyers have had their searches requested and they have booked their survey on our house for Wednesday next week.

Can anyone advise on what the next steps I should expect are - I presume it will be enquiries from searches etc which I know can take a while but hoping as everyone in the chain has been very proactive so far that things will move quickly?

TIA!
 

MINNIEMOMO

It does make me laugh that our vendor's estate agent was chasing us like crazy for something out of our control, now we are waiting for them they go silent. Hoping to exchange and complete next week...

Alias_Omega

Had surveys

Mortgage offer sorted

Received PIF

What's next? Kinda feel like we're waiting for nothing 🙄. Solicitor is probably busy, need to offer them more £££ to be faster. 

Slithery

Alias_Omega said:

Had surveys

Mortgage offer sorted

Received PIF

What's next? Kinda feel like we're waiting for nothing 🙄. Solicitor is probably busy, need to offer them more £££ to be faster. 

Searches and enquiries are usually next which can be the longest part of the process. Most of this is your solicitor waiting for replies from other parties, offering them more money won't make this any faster..

Alias_Omega

Sorry,

Viewed
Made an offer
Mortgage Offer issued
Had survey
2nd Viewing
Counter offer ~ accepted
Searches complete ~ no issues

Received Property Info Form / Fixtures & Fittings

What is next?

Exchange?
Complete?
Move?

Slithery

Enquiries are next, which as I mentioned earlier can be the longest part of the process.

faylou

Alias_Omega said:

Sorry,

Viewed
Made an offer
Mortgage Offer issued
Had survey
2nd Viewing
Counter offer ~ accepted
Searches complete ~ no issues

Received Property Info Form / Fixtures & Fittings

What is next?

Exchange?
Complete?
Move?

All of the above happened extremely fast for us . Our purchase is now stuck on enquiries and the sellers solicitor being extremely slow / unresponsive.  To give you and idea we are now moving into month 5 since offer accepted and mortgage in place . 

The wait continues despite chasing. Some solicitors move at snails pace . It’s so frustrating 

harz99

Funds to your solicitors ready for exchange... 

MrsC1234

Ahhhh the anxious wait for notification to say exchanged. Sounds like its my mortgage funds holding up our exchange today, might not happen until monday. Nervous wreck here lol