The NEW waiting to exchange thread...

RM_2013

NotWhereIWantToBe said:

RM_2013 said:

Due to complete today - thanks for all your messages.  Fingers crossed all goes smoothly with completion and we are in our new home later today 

I'm almost certain you were on this thread when I completed in July ?
Congratulations :-) 

Ha ha yes probably!! We sold in Jul but lost our first buyers so re sold in Aug and had our offer accepted Aug.  it’s been a long old journey

badger09

1616six said:

RM_2013 said:

We’ve exchanged!!!!!! Complete tomorrow

will do a post with timescales later just in the middle of packing!! 

I think I’m more excited than when we exchanged on ours 😂 I genuinely check in most days to see if you’ve had any luck! 

Over the moon for you, you got there finally!

Me too😊

@RM_2013

Hope you’re now in your new home & it’s all you hoped for. 

And breathe😘

RM_2013

thanks thanks all for your words of encouragement- we completed yesterday after 2 full days of packing.  We have pretty much set up in our new place.  Just the spare room
to sort.

here is my timeline

27/6/22 Our house listed for sale

Had a few viewings and no offers so reduced price

31/7/22 viewing and offer made and accepted 

13/8/22 Viewing on house we wanted to buy - offer made and accepted 

15/8/22 DIP received and offer accepted, mortgage application done 

22/8/22 Buyer pulled out of sale, informed vendors who decided to put their house back on market

23/8/22 Viewing and offer received 

24/8/22 offer accepted on our property and offered again on our onward purchase - accepted

1/9/22 mortgage application approved

15/11/22 Email from solicitors advising outstanding query raised as garage not registered correctly on last sale

6/1/23 Transfer form now received completion requested completion for 18th Jan

17/1/23 exchanged contracts

18/1/23 completed 

Losing first buyer was stressful and vendors were difficult as would give us any time.  Fortunately we got a viewing the day after the first buyer pulled out and another offer made.  The mortgage application process was straightforward 

The biggest delays were caused by the issue with the garage title deeds not having been correctly on previous sale.  This added over a month to our timeframe as we’d been pretty much ready for exchange on our sale since end Nov.

Still all done now and it was worth the wait.  The stress levels were unreal though.

To all of you still waiting - good luck and I hope all goes smoothly for you 

 

A__L

Has anyone else struggles to find a witness to sign the deed?

SprostonGreenHead

Some great news for me this morning:

Land Reg have confirmed plans are accurate and my solicitor is happy to proceed towards exchange. We asked for exchange next Thurs and completion the following day but seller would like to complete on 3rd Feb. My solicitor has suggested completion 3rd Feb with earlier exchange (Thurs/Fri next week). My mortgage offer expires 8th Feb.

Is this too close to my offer expiring? Not entirely sure of the risks. Therefore waiting for a call back from my solicitor to ask a few questions about that.

All good though, sounds like just rudimentary standard admin and agreeing dates is all that's needed now. Allowing myself to get a little excited!

1616six

A__L said:

Has anyone else struggles to find a witness to sign the deed?

We got one of our neighbours to do it, I’ve had the village shopkeeper witness things in the past, work colleagues etc - should be fairly simple to find someone?

A__L

1616six said:

A__L said:

Has anyone else struggles to find a witness to sign the deed?

We got one of our neighbours to do it, I’ve had the village shopkeeper witness things in the past, work colleagues etc - should be fairly simple to find someone?

We've asked neighbours so far but struggling to find someone to actually do it. We'll have to pop round a friends to get this done. Tried the people in the shop downstairs and they didn't want to either. 

1616six

A__L said:

1616six said:

A__L said:

Has anyone else struggles to find a witness to sign the deed?

We got one of our neighbours to do it, I’ve had the village shopkeeper witness things in the past, work colleagues etc - should be fairly simple to find someone?

We've asked neighbours so far but struggling to find someone to actually do it. We'll have to pop round a friends to get this done. Tried the people in the shop downstairs and they didn't want to either. 

How strange! Did your neighbours decline then?! Never known someone to say no! They’re not singing themselves up to anything!

badger09

1616six said:

A__L said:

1616six said:

A__L said:

Has anyone else struggles to find a witness to sign the deed?

We got one of our neighbours to do it, I’ve had the village shopkeeper witness things in the past, work colleagues etc - should be fairly simple to find someone?

We've asked neighbours so far but struggling to find someone to actually do it. We'll have to pop round a friends to get this done. Tried the people in the shop downstairs and they didn't want to either. 

How strange! Did your neighbours decline then?! Never known someone to say no! They’re not singing themselves up to anything!

This is the reason. 

Some people don’t understand that they are simply witnessing your signature on a document. They don’t need to know the contents. 

I can understand complete strangers refusing, but neighbours?

babyblade41

If there is a problem witnessing the signature, pick up the doc from solicitor & the receptionist will sign, that's how I do mine .