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phoebe1989seb

CommitedToChange wrote: »

I've also completed - I just can't believe its actually happened :beer:

Tragically I'm stuck in work until 2.30 when I will be racing home to get my new keys, champagne and glass

Have faith everyone - if I can complete in week 21 on a 2 house chain anyone can :rotfl:

Also thank you again to everyone here for your comments, posts and humour - I think I would have gone mad if I couldn't vent and post in here. Not that I'm leaving yet - I need to follow some of you guys until the end as well :j

Whoop whoop, fab news, CTC :j

So very pleased for you! Sounds like you've had a well-deserved celebratory drink or three this evening

Only just catching up with all of today's news as we got back late from our second (exterior only) viewing/meeting with borehole man, who wasted no time in getting out his dowsing rods Verbal quote for £12k to do the work, which is a bit more than we'd hoped, but can't hope to renegotiate the price because it's a repossession.......still love the place though, despite it looking even more decrepit thsn last time, lol! Need to touch base with our solicitor on the morrow to see how close to exchange we are.......

Tiglath, Janey, Cheery Daff, Twiglet - and anyone else I've forgotten - hoping for better news for you tomorrow!

Cheery_Daff

Ooh, exciting borehole news Phoebe :j

Tiglath - 14 cats?! :eek: crikey!!

Littlebobo - I know what you mean about wanting to change locks now - our new place is empty and in the middle of nowhere - and has a dog flap in the front door that I could probably crawl through myself :eek: :rotfl:

Good luck for folks trying to exchange this week. No hope for us, but I am hoping new bottom of chain will sign contracts this week so perhaps next week we can at least start talking dates?! As far as I know everything is ready now...

But as usual I'm not holding my breath. We hit week 26 tomorrow - officially half a year since we had our offer accepted on new place, and 30 weeks since we sold the one we're still living in :eek: :eek: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Cheery_Daff

Oops, getting ahead of myself - just counted and it's only 25 weeks tomorrow :rotfl: maybe we'll have a date for exchange at least by the time we hit 26 weeks?! :rotfl: :rotfl:

Littlebobo1981

Cheery Daff - 25 weeks is still a long time ...i was stressing about ours and we only sold in mid November ( had already offered on the place we are buying) and given xmas etc we've turned it around rather quickly, I can't imagine having to wait that long i'm not the most patient of people ..

Just want to be out of this house now, although not certain i want to be in the other one at the moment either as it's a building site LOL...suppose after Monday i will have to move on from here ...plus wont have any internet ..!

Aliliva

Nothing to update here, and I'm too scared to start counting the weeks since I put my offer in for a chain-free house... So good for all the "it's chain free, it'll be quicky quick"!
I've finally had a proper sit down with my budget spreadsheet and realised I'll need some 12k in the first two months to make the place livable. Unfortunately it doesn't seem like I can cut any work out, and if I'm to replace the carpets with wood floors (carpets are yuck) I'd better do a proper job, right?

Littlebobo1981

Alivia - if you have the money to do it, then do it ! - don't cut corners but do try and get a good deal ...also be wary of wood floors we had them and they scratch terribly if you are not careful !

Amanda_Cm

I am so happy for everyone who exchanged or completed.
CTC that's brilliant news really! After all this waiting.

I can't really chase anyone right now because I am with hospital with my 13months old daughter. Been here since Sunday and feel miserable. Don't want to stress myself over the house as well.
She is a bit better today but we may need to stay more.

phoebe1989seb

Littlebobo1981 wrote: »

Alivia - if you have the money to do it, then do it ! - don't cut corners but do try and get a good deal ...also be wary of wood floors we had them and they scratch terribly if you are not careful !

Agree about the scratching - Aliliva, we fitted engineered oak throughout the majority of the ground floor at our last house and tbh I was rather disappointed. It was only down for a few months before we sold and scratched quite badly when we were - extremely carefully - moving some furniture about, even though it was blooming expensive. The dogs skidding about didn't help either! Of course it can be sanded and refinished but that's a PITA! DH insisted it "added to the history", lol :rotfl: Otherwise it does look lovely - we have loads of antique rugs we throw all over the place so it's not too bare/stark......

Tiglath - crikey, that is a lot of cats! We used to have three (plus our current two dogs) and know how hard moving was, so I don't envy you the packing up side of things with them about, but you obviously know what you are doing!

Cheery Daff - 25 weeks is pretty long. We were also stressing over a much shorter period and don't think I could've handled too much longer. As it is my hair seems to have been coming out in handfuls with all the stress!

Good luck to all potential exchangers today! We just called our solicitor for an update on the repo purchase and it seems as though some paperwork has gone AWOL en route to us :mad: Looks as though they've muddled up addresses - don't think it's gone to our old house as we're in touch with our buyers (who've not actually moved in yet, but have been there overseeing builders etc) - because we're staying somewhere temporarily and haven't yet set up mail redirection.....grrr!

He's been reminded - again - of the need to exchange ASAP, and is aiming for one day next week with possible simultaneous completion. Let's hope so, because currently we have nowhere lined up to go from next Friday!

In other annoying - but not house related - news, the car sales blokey has called this morning to say a tiny part they ordered as a result of the service they carried out hasn't arrived as promised, so collection is postponed till tomorrow

Edited to add - Amanda, do hope your daughter is fully recovered very soon. Things like that put all this into perspective and getting her well is far more important than all this moving malarkey x

spendinglikemad

CommitedToChange wrote: »

I've also completed - I just can't believe its actually happened :beer:

Tragically I'm stuck in work until 2.30 when I will be racing home to get my new keys, champagne and glass

Have faith everyone - if I can complete in week 21 on a 2 house chain anyone can :rotfl:

Also thank you again to everyone here for your comments, posts and humour - I think I would have gone mad if I couldn't vent and post in here. Not that I'm leaving yet - I need to follow some of you guys until the end as well :j

Fab news.......!!!

spendinglikemad

CommitedToChange wrote: »

So I'm in my new house drunk on champagne. :j

My vendors still have keys!!!! Apparently they will drop them off. I couldn't change the lock as it turns out while removing a nightlatch is easy, snapping off the excess metal isn't.

I can't find that stopcock and the house needs a seriously good clean

I was also wrong - I need to paint before I move in

But I am so so happy! :j

Except for the fact the there are no plugs! So I couldn't take a bath :mad: :rotfl:

Keep the faith - it will happen

AAAAh you got there in the end - gives us all hope!!!

We have land registry survey planned for tomorrow so a little tiny progress and hoping another 10 days for deeds to be amended ( I dare not contact EA as its us holding up the chain now and I feel horrid but nothing I can do any faster!!)

Otherwise we have our long awaited bespoke bifold internal doors being fitted today - it was always our plan to take a big reception room back to its original 2 reception rooms but with a modern twist to be able to reopen if we want to, we had the fireplaces put back in last year after we moved in and once doors are in we can finally get the decorating finished (thats one job done and last of our savings gone until we complete!!)

SLM