The NEW waiting to exchange thread...

Pumpkim

CalamityJane1969 wrote: »

The only surprise was we found we've inherited two fish in the garden pond and we've no idea how to look after them!

:eek::eek:

Congrats on completion

Rambosmum

CalamityJane1969 wrote: »

Completed today......removal men were fab and we were out of our old house by 11am. Drove the 90mins to the new area, had lunch and got the call to pick up keys at 3pm. All went smoothly and we're now in a sea of unpacked boxes, have ordered takeaway and will be drinking champagne out of plastic glasses! The only surprise was we found we've inherited two fish in the garden pond and we've no idea how to look after them!

Good luck to all those waiting to exchange/complete....it can be stressful but it's sooo worth it.

Congratulations.

Not in Manchester are you? (to recommend removals!).

x_raphael_xx

Our offer was accepted 28th January! It's been 30 weeks.
We were waiting on the seller to find herself a flat to rent, she rang us last week to say she had finally found a property although she can't move in til 9th September. We've waited 6 months, we're happy to wait another couple of weeks.

I've been waiting all week for an exchange date as our mortgage offer expires Sunday, and they refused to extend.
Thursday I was starting to panic. Seller said she had gotten hold of her solicitors to agree on a date, but they were still waiting to hear from the sellers ex for his okay.
Friday morning they were still trying to get hold of him as he was at work. My conveyancers were closing at 5pm and didn't work saturday.
He finally gave his okay at 4:15, and we exchanged at 4:22. 38 minutes to go. Talk about cutting it fine!

We have the completion date already set for 11th Sept, so we can relax now and concentrate on packing.

toc25

Rambosmum - That's one he'll of a journey you have been on congrats on exchanging.

Calamityjane - congrats on completing and your 2 new family members.

Raphael -congrats on exchanging too

hashtagyolo

30/6/17: DIP received
30/6/17: Offer accepted on property
03/7/17: Mortgage Application accepted and survey paid for..
11/7/17: Valuation Completed
12/7/17: Call to confirm details..
13/7/17: Mortgage offer issued!!
13/7/17: Searches Paid
27/7/17: Environmental search returned, No issues.
2/8/17: Local searches returned, waiting on solicitor to review them..
9/8/17: Closed HTB ISA's
14/8/17: Received Closing statement from Lloyds.
17/8/17: Vendor apparently signing paperwork today..
17/8/17: Booked appointment with solicitors to sign paper work for Monday afternoon..
21/8/17: Signed all paper work
22/8/17: Solicitors called up says vendor wants to complete end of September..
25/8/17: Email from solicitors asking to pay deposit and fee's Paid my share of the deposit and all the fees!
26/8/17: Partner paid her slice of the deposit, ready for Tuesday morning since its a bank holiday.

Hopefully we can exchange next week then I can relax atleast with what little summer we have left!

Pumpkim

Anyone else just seeing this bank holiday as a barrier to any work being done on their house move?

Just me???
I'm so impatient
:rotfl:

hashtagyolo

My thoughts exactly Pumpkim. Cannot wait for Tuesday! Its actually that bad I wanna be at work so I don't have time to think about this entire process! xD

Cheery_Daff

I'm just as bad and I shouldn't even be on this thread yet as I'm still waiting for a mortgage decision :rotfl: Come ON people, what can you possibly be doing for all this time?! :rotfl:

happytails

I am still waiting to rejoin you guys! This week was supposed to be the week we moved - ho hum!

toc25

Pumpkin I am thinking the same thing, bank holidays are just an extra Sunday! And Sundays are the worst when you are waiting to exchange.