The NEW waiting to exchange thread...

Surrey_EA

hobbeskat wrote: »

Can I join in? FTB, no chain on either side, offered 30/06. Signed contracts last week but solicitor wants current gas safety cert (it was only expired by 2 days!) So can't exchange until they get it. Completion was set for 28 September.

A valid gas safety certificate is not a requirement when selling/buying a house. By all means your solicitor can request one on your behalf, and the seller may agree to provide, but there is no obligation on them to do so.

Therefore, if there is nothing else outstanding, there is no reason why contracts cannot be exchanged without a gas safety certificate.

Magnus91

Abi2018 wrote: »

Hi guys, I am just interested to know how long you guys were chasing replies front the sellers solicitors? It is a leasehold so I understand that it takes longer. This is the stage I'm up to now (waiting for the last few) before we exchange but have been waiting a few weeks, I am probably impatient but I am feeling slightly fed up now! There are no chains at all to this sale either so hopefully won't be too long.

TIA

We've been waiting for them since the start of July! :wall:
Although I've only recently gotten the seller's contact details and it's made it so much easier.

From the sounds of it, his solicitors are rubbish!
But I'm hoping things go quicker now.

Braintree

The discrepancy between the amount we've been gifted and the amount going towards the deposit is causing problems with TSB. I am hoping it will be sorted by the end of this week once broker talks to them but it has made me want to just give up and carry on renting for a bit because we are being told different things by different people and it is unnecessarily holding up the process.

jennhg88

Update

House on market - 26 April
Accepted offer on house - 22 May
Reserved new build - 25 May
Full mortgage application in - 31 May
Mortgage offer received - 14 June
Ready to exchange on purchase - 18 June
Enquiries received and answered on sale 14 - 26 June
Buyer changed solicitor - 30 June
New contract, enquires etc dealt with 13 Jul - 01 Aug
Land Registry issue with title plan of sale resolved - 07 Aug
Informed ready to exchange on sale 08 Aug.
Informed bottom of the chain have now requested survey but will not book it until solicitor returns from holiday on 20 Aug - 09 Aug.
Survey for bottom of chain property booked 23 Aug.
Chaos with bottom of chain buyer 28 Aug - 05 Sep.
Put our house back on the market 06 sep

SG27

jennhg88 wrote: »

Update

House on market - 26 April
Accepted offer on house - 22 May
Reserved new build - 25 May
Full mortgage application in - 31 May
Mortgage offer received - 14 June
Ready to exchange on purchase - 18 June
Enquiries received and answered on sale 14 - 26 June
Buyer changed solicitor - 30 June
New contract, enquires etc dealt with 13 Jul - 01 Aug
Land Registry issue with title plan of sale resolved - 07 Aug
Informed ready to exchange on sale 08 Aug.
Informed bottom of the chain have now requested survey but will not book it until solicitor returns from holiday on 20 Aug - 09 Aug.
Survey for bottom of chain property booked 23 Aug.
Chaos with bottom of chain buyer 28 Aug - 05 Sep.
Put our house back on the market 06 sep

Oh sorry to hear that. That is an awful thing to have to do. What happened to the bottome chain buyers and there survey?

jennhg88

Nobody’s heard from them since last friday and the reduced price offer.
Turns out they have pulled out of a property before at a late stage so not impressed.

Jtotz67

jennhg88 wrote: »

Nobody’s heard from them since last friday and the reduced price offer.
Turns out they have pulled out of a property before at a late stage so not impressed.

Oh no you poor thing! Have they actually confirmed withdrawal? They have spent an awful lot of money to now turn around and withdraw!

s_glover

We've been away for a few days but things seem to be moving in the right direction.
A quick update, new points in bold:


April 18 Informal mortgage offer
17/04/18 Put our house on the market
20/06/18 Accepted an offer on our house
09/07/18 Valuation on our house
17/07/18 Had our offer accepted on new house
18/07/18 Homebuyers survey completed on our house
01/08/18 Formal Mortgage Application Made and DIP given (subject valuation and paperwork)
06/08/18 Instructed surveyor to carry out Homebuyer Report
09/08/18 Received enquires from buyers and replied
10/08/18 Homebuyers Survey being completed on our purchase
28/08/18 Informed mortgage approved
20/8/18 Advised by solicitors 5/6 searches are back. Awaiting local search due on 17/9/18
Enquiries being dealt with.
07/09/18 Mortgage paperwork signed and ready to send to solicitors

LittleLu33

Ooh goodness we've exchanged! Completion next Friday!!

I'm over the moon, almost half expecting someone to call me and say "Just kidding!".

Woooo! Thanks everyone for the support, wishing you all the best!

jennhg88

Jtotz67 wrote: »

Oh no you poor thing! Have they actually confirmed withdrawal? They have spent an awful lot of money to now turn around and withdraw!

No, but silence for a week and not returning calls isn't really acceptable at this stage.


Currently negotiating part exchange with the developer. Going to need to borrow a bit more on the mortgage.