The NEW waiting to exchange thread...

uralmaid

Thanks Badger09 - It is good you can chat to your son in the wee small hours . Hope he is ok . Our daughter and grandchildren live 100 miles away so we haven't been able to see them so I know how you feel (even though the mileage is much less) 

badger09

uralmaid said:

Thanks Badger09 - It is good you can chat to your son in the wee small hours . Hope he is ok . Our daughter and grandchildren live 100 miles away so we haven't been able to see them so I know how you feel (even though the mileage is much less) 

He's ok thank you. Like the rest of us, he feels isolated and can't wait until its safe (relatively speaking) to travel again. He wanted to come to UK to help us declutter after 20 years living here but I wouldn't entertain it, even though it would be fantastic having him here. Stepson & his family are 200 miles away so we haven't seen them since just before Christmas last year. Its hard on everyone. Thank goodness for FaceTime/Whatsapp etc. Don't know what we'd do without it.

uralmaid

I know - it is very hard.  We wont be able to go to see our daughter as we normally would on Christmas day. \there are usually about 17 of us on the day which obviously this year wont happen. My daughter wanted to come and help us with our move but I don't think she will be able to. We here in Lincolnshire are in the Medium tier but in West Yorkshire she is the High tier and may move into Very High.  I suppose we all just have to come to terms with it.  Trouble is the moving is making everything worse.  I just feel so frustrated with how slow everything is happening, and want to get moved. 

ameliarate

I can’t tell you how much better it makes me feel not being alone,   Not that I want anyone else to suffer of course. My daughter is having problems of her own and stepdaughter has a new(ish) baby so I don’t want to burden them. Partner is so laid back he doesn’t get what I feel at all. 

I have my fingers crossed for everyone here that we complete without issues shortly🤞🤞🤞

uralmaid

Fingers crossed ameliarate. Hang on in there. I am the same with my daughter. It's so hard not being able to see her and my Grandkids.  I have felt really fed up.  When we got a quick sale it gave me a boost but since then I have just felt so down. I don't feel I can look forward to the move and I am trying not to think about our new place at all in case it all falls through.  I hate the fact that I have to chase up the solicitors all the time when we are paying them to do the job too.

grk1964

Hello, new here. Accepted an offer on our property almost 2 weeks ago. Cash buyer. No chain as we are moving into rented. Solicitors on both sides were instructed the day after we accepted the offer and a MEMO was received. We received a ton of paperwork to fill in from our solicitor last week which was returned promptly. Survey is booked for 2nd Nov and I imagine that the buyer has started their searches.

I know it is a “how long is a piece of string” scenario but does anyone know how long we are looking at given that no mortgage is required? 

sujsuj

ftbhoping said:

Eventually exchanged yesterday with completion set for 6/11. Very relieved 😌 

What made you agree for different dates for exchange & completion in current Covid situation..? I thought its not wise to do so..?

sujsuj

uralmaid said:

We are currently in the throes of a sale and purchase.  We accepted an offer from cash buyers on the 25th August.  As I used to work in Estate Agency for 20 years I thought this would be a straight forward transaction.  Not so. We are 9 weeks in and it is driving me mad that our solicitor doesn't seem to feel the need to give me any updates. (when I worked in the industry I was used to dealing with solicitors up and down the chain weekly) so it drives me nuts.  If I email her she does reply but with scant information.  Also the person in the property we are buying stated right at the outset that he was going into rented but as yet has not been searching for anything even though his estate agent is stressing the need for him  to find somewhere  Every day which goes by without anything in the mail, or a phonecall or email is making my anxiety worse. Added to the fact that Christmas is creeping up quickly I am getting more and more anxious and stressed that something will go wrong. I am not sleeping and lie awake going over and over things. My hubby just says "don't worry" "everything will be fine"  I think the current pandemic has made it worse and I appreciate that things are taking longer but I think the fact that I haven't got much control of things is making it worse.

tell me about anxious about  home buying process and about unresponsive EA/Solicitors. Its the norm now unfortunately.

uralmaid

It certainly appears that way sujsuj.    grk1964 - we accepted a cash offer on 25th August so it will be 9 weeks on Tuesday and no sign of an exchange date yet,  When we bought our current property it was 8 weeks from offer to completion and that included a 2 week gap for Xmas when the solicitors closed. The current situation is horrible and mega slow.

sujsuj

ameliarate said:

Solicitors are a nightmare. Maybe they take on too many cases, I don’t know, but they cause delay after delay and it’s so frustrating!!! 

I get the feeling that most of the works are doen by receptionists now as all are working from home. So solicitors just name sake