The NEW waiting to exchange thread...

Mkk298

Missbeexx said:

Omg I am on cloud 9. Just exchanged today 🥳 completing Friday. 

I am selling a leasehold home and buying a freehold 🥳

my timeline has been:

22/02/22 - offer accepted on my house
24/02/22 - viewed house I liked
25/02/22 - put offer on the house I liked
28/02/22 - offer accepted 🥳
02/03/22 - instructed solicitor 
10/03/22 - contract & title documents for sale received, signed & sent back to solicitor
31/03/22 - buyer initial enquiries received & answered
08/04/22 - searches requested 
10/04/22 - mortgage offer received
11/04/22 - contract and title documents for purchase received, signed & sent back to solicitor 
11/04/22 - initial enquiries on purchase raised

*insert lots & lots of enquiries in between*
14/04/22 - searches received 

24/05/22 - contracts exchanged

completion set for 27/05/22

for me the biggest headache was the ongoing enquiries and solicitors taking their time with them and not chasing them. I swear I hate the word enquiries and I am so glad to not be hearing it again 😂

also forgot to add it was a help to buy I was selling, never again!

roll on Friday 🥳🏠🔑

That’s so exciting, congratulations! 

We had our offer accepted on 21/02 and it doesn’t look like we’re near to exchanging yet even though enquiries started a month ago! Fingers crossed for not too much longer. 

ironlady2022

Missbeexx said:

Omg I am on cloud 9. Just exchanged today 🥳 completing Friday. 

I am selling a leasehold home and buying a freehold 🥳

my timeline has been:

22/02/22 - offer accepted on my house
24/02/22 - viewed house I liked
25/02/22 - put offer on the house I liked
28/02/22 - offer accepted 🥳
02/03/22 - instructed solicitor 
10/03/22 - contract & title documents for sale received, signed & sent back to solicitor
31/03/22 - buyer initial enquiries received & answered
08/04/22 - searches requested 
10/04/22 - mortgage offer received
11/04/22 - contract and title documents for purchase received, signed & sent back to solicitor 
11/04/22 - initial enquiries on purchase raised

*insert lots & lots of enquiries in between*
14/04/22 - searches received 

24/05/22 - contracts exchanged

completion set for 27/05/22

for me the biggest headache was the ongoing enquiries and solicitors taking their time with them and not chasing them. I swear I hate the word enquiries and I am so glad to not be hearing it again 😂

also forgot to add it was a help to buy I was selling, never again!

roll on Friday 🥳🏠🔑

This sounds super quick. Well done! 

Missbeexx

Mkk298 said:

Missbeexx said:

Omg I am on cloud 9. Just exchanged today 🥳 completing Friday. 

I am selling a leasehold home and buying a freehold 🥳

my timeline has been:

22/02/22 - offer accepted on my house
24/02/22 - viewed house I liked
25/02/22 - put offer on the house I liked
28/02/22 - offer accepted 🥳
02/03/22 - instructed solicitor 
10/03/22 - contract & title documents for sale received, signed & sent back to solicitor
31/03/22 - buyer initial enquiries received & answered
08/04/22 - searches requested 
10/04/22 - mortgage offer received
11/04/22 - contract and title documents for purchase received, signed & sent back to solicitor 
11/04/22 - initial enquiries on purchase raised

*insert lots & lots of enquiries in between*
14/04/22 - searches received 

24/05/22 - contracts exchanged

completion set for 27/05/22

for me the biggest headache was the ongoing enquiries and solicitors taking their time with them and not chasing them. I swear I hate the word enquiries and I am so glad to not be hearing it again 😂

also forgot to add it was a help to buy I was selling, never again!

roll on Friday 🥳🏠🔑

That’s so exciting, congratulations! 

We had our offer accepted on 21/02 and it doesn’t look like we’re near to exchanging yet even though enquiries started a month ago! Fingers crossed for not too much longer. 

Hope you don’t have to wait too much longer! Good luck 🍀🍀🍀

Missbeexx

mayling03 said:

Missbeexx said:

Omg I am on cloud 9. Just exchanged today 🥳 completing Friday. 

I am selling a leasehold home and buying a freehold 🥳

my timeline has been:

22/02/22 - offer accepted on my house
24/02/22 - viewed house I liked
25/02/22 - put offer on the house I liked
28/02/22 - offer accepted 🥳
02/03/22 - instructed solicitor 
10/03/22 - contract & title documents for sale received, signed & sent back to solicitor
31/03/22 - buyer initial enquiries received & answered
08/04/22 - searches requested 
10/04/22 - mortgage offer received
11/04/22 - contract and title documents for purchase received, signed & sent back to solicitor 
11/04/22 - initial enquiries on purchase raised

*insert lots & lots of enquiries in between*
14/04/22 - searches received 

24/05/22 - contracts exchanged

completion set for 27/05/22

for me the biggest headache was the ongoing enquiries and solicitors taking their time with them and not chasing them. I swear I hate the word enquiries and I am so glad to not be hearing it again 😂

also forgot to add it was a help to buy I was selling, never again!

roll on Friday 🥳🏠🔑

This sounds super quick.  Well done! 

Thank you! It felt like a lifetime throughout the process and felt like there was weeks what passed where absolutely nothing was happening but when you write the dates down it’s not as bad as you think! Target who are the administrators of the Help To Buy Loan were also fantastic and so quick at responses (bonus being you can contact them yourself rather than wait for the solictor to contact them) that was the part I was stressing about the most but was one of the easiest! 😊

Durban

Durban said:

Durban said:

Thought we were going to exchange today but we aren’t. 

The buyers solicitors have received the signed contract but still waiting for the deposit 

Hoping to exchange on Monday now 

No exchange today either 

Buyers solicitor doesn’t respond to estate agents emails asking for an update 

Deposit finally received from buyer 

Buyers solicitor makes contact this afternoon with my solicitor  asking for completion date 

My solicitor says let’s complete on Friday and waiting now to hear back from buyers solicitor. 

No exchange today. 

Hopefully tomorrow 

Slowly getting there 

Mkk298

Durban said:

Durban said:

Durban said:

Thought we were going to exchange today but we aren’t. 

The buyers solicitors have received the signed contract but still waiting for the deposit 

Hoping to exchange on Monday now 

No exchange today either 

Buyers solicitor doesn’t respond to estate agents emails asking for an update 

Deposit finally received from buyer 

Buyers solicitor makes contact this afternoon with my solicitor  asking for completion date 

My solicitor says let’s complete on Friday and waiting now to hear back from buyers solicitor. 

No exchange today. 

Hopefully tomorrow 

Slowly getting there 

Fingers crossed for you!

hpsauce86

Durban said:

Durban said:

Durban said:

Thought we were going to exchange today but we aren’t. 

The buyers solicitors have received the signed contract but still waiting for the deposit 

Hoping to exchange on Monday now 

No exchange today either 

Buyers solicitor doesn’t respond to estate agents emails asking for an update 

Deposit finally received from buyer 

Buyers solicitor makes contact this afternoon with my solicitor  asking for completion date 

My solicitor says let’s complete on Friday and waiting now to hear back from buyers solicitor. 

No exchange today. 

Hopefully tomorrow 

Slowly getting there 

Good luck today! We’re still waiting to hear if we can exchange this week, fingers crossed as we need to give notice on or before the 27th 😵‍💫

hpsauce86

Missbeexx said:

SunsetLover08 said:

Missbeexx said:

Omg I am on cloud 9. Just exchanged today 🥳 completing Friday. 

I am selling a leasehold home and buying a freehold 🥳

my timeline has been:

22/02/22 - offer accepted on my house
24/02/22 - viewed house I liked
25/02/22 - put offer on the house I liked
28/02/22 - offer accepted 🥳
02/03/22 - instructed solicitor 
10/03/22 - contract & title documents for sale received, signed & sent back to solicitor
31/03/22 - buyer initial enquiries received & answered
08/04/22 - searches requested 
10/04/22 - mortgage offer received
11/04/22 - contract and title documents for purchase received, signed & sent back to solicitor 
11/04/22 - initial enquiries on purchase raised

*insert lots & lots of enquiries in between*
14/04/22 - searches received 

24/05/22 - contracts exchanged

completion set for 27/05/22

for me the biggest headache was the ongoing enquiries and solicitors taking their time with them and not chasing them. I swear I hate the word enquiries and I am so glad to not be hearing it again 😂

also forgot to add it was a help to buy I was selling, never again!

roll on Friday 🥳🏠🔑

Congrats!! We had our offer accepted 3 weeks before you and still not there, so you did really well i think! Enjoy your new home!

 SunsetLover08 said:

Missbeexx said:

Omg I am on cloud 9. Just exchanged today 🥳 completing Friday. 

I am selling a leasehold home and buying a freehold 🥳

my timeline has been:

22/02/22 - offer accepted on my house
24/02/22 - viewed house I liked
25/02/22 - put offer on the house I liked
28/02/22 - offer accepted 🥳
02/03/22 - instructed solicitor 
10/03/22 - contract & title documents for sale received, signed & sent back to solicitor
31/03/22 - buyer initial enquiries received & answered
08/04/22 - searches requested 
10/04/22 - mortgage offer received
11/04/22 - contract and title documents for purchase received, signed & sent back to solicitor 
11/04/22 - initial enquiries on purchase raised

*insert lots & lots of enquiries in between*
14/04/22 - searches received 

24/05/22 - contracts exchanged

completion set for 27/05/22

for me the biggest headache was the ongoing enquiries and solicitors taking their time with them and not chasing them. I swear I hate the word enquiries and I am so glad to not be hearing it again 😂

also forgot to add it was a help to buy I was selling, never again!

roll on Friday 🥳🏠🔑

Congrats!! We had our offer accepted 3 weeks before you and still not there, so you did really well i think! Enjoy your new home!

Awww really? What’s holding yours up currently? 

Thank you so much 🥰

Just waiting for the vendors new build to be finished (we were told it would be ready two months ago! And since been told end of this month). Fingers crossed we exchange this week! I really don’t want to have to pay rent for longer than we need to. Though our mortgage offer doesn’t run out until end of august so I think we’ll be ok. Famous last words! 

Missbeexx

hpsauce86 said:

Missbeexx said:

SunsetLover08 said:

Missbeexx said:

Omg I am on cloud 9. Just exchanged today 🥳 completing Friday. 

I am selling a leasehold home and buying a freehold 🥳

my timeline has been:

22/02/22 - offer accepted on my house
24/02/22 - viewed house I liked
25/02/22 - put offer on the house I liked
28/02/22 - offer accepted 🥳
02/03/22 - instructed solicitor 
10/03/22 - contract & title documents for sale received, signed & sent back to solicitor
31/03/22 - buyer initial enquiries received & answered
08/04/22 - searches requested 
10/04/22 - mortgage offer received
11/04/22 - contract and title documents for purchase received, signed & sent back to solicitor 
11/04/22 - initial enquiries on purchase raised

*insert lots & lots of enquiries in between*
14/04/22 - searches received 

24/05/22 - contracts exchanged

completion set for 27/05/22

for me the biggest headache was the ongoing enquiries and solicitors taking their time with them and not chasing them. I swear I hate the word enquiries and I am so glad to not be hearing it again 😂

also forgot to add it was a help to buy I was selling, never again!

roll on Friday 🥳🏠🔑

Congrats!! We had our offer accepted 3 weeks before you and still not there, so you did really well i think! Enjoy your new home!

 SunsetLover08 said:

Missbeexx said:

Omg I am on cloud 9. Just exchanged today 🥳 completing Friday. 

I am selling a leasehold home and buying a freehold 🥳

my timeline has been:

22/02/22 - offer accepted on my house
24/02/22 - viewed house I liked
25/02/22 - put offer on the house I liked
28/02/22 - offer accepted 🥳
02/03/22 - instructed solicitor 
10/03/22 - contract & title documents for sale received, signed & sent back to solicitor
31/03/22 - buyer initial enquiries received & answered
08/04/22 - searches requested 
10/04/22 - mortgage offer received
11/04/22 - contract and title documents for purchase received, signed & sent back to solicitor 
11/04/22 - initial enquiries on purchase raised

*insert lots & lots of enquiries in between*
14/04/22 - searches received 

24/05/22 - contracts exchanged

completion set for 27/05/22

for me the biggest headache was the ongoing enquiries and solicitors taking their time with them and not chasing them. I swear I hate the word enquiries and I am so glad to not be hearing it again 😂

also forgot to add it was a help to buy I was selling, never again!

roll on Friday 🥳🏠🔑

Congrats!! We had our offer accepted 3 weeks before you and still not there, so you did really well i think! Enjoy your new home!

Awww really? What’s holding yours up currently? 

Thank you so much 🥰

Just waiting for the vendors new build to be finished (we were told it would be ready two months ago! And since been told end of this month). Fingers crossed we exchange this week! I really don’t want to have to pay rent for longer than we need to. Though our mortgage offer doesn’t run out until end of august so I think we’ll be ok. Famous last words! 

Urgh how annoying 😢 sending you lots of luck 🍀🍀🍀

Zerforax

Currently being messed around loads..

Offered in guide price range for one house. Made to wait around for 3 weeks and then sold vendors have changed their mind and taking off the market.

Offered on another house recently. Bit of a gap between our offer/vendors' expectation on Friday. A few back and forth calls on Saturday, where we basically agreed to go up to what they wanted. And now nothing since Saturday.. agent keeps fobbing us off saying they've not heard back from the vendors.