The NEW waiting to exchange thread...

badger09

Must wean myself off this thread

JessJ23425

Completing today... been up since 5am! Hoping the fact the property is empty and we've been ready a while will mean we get the keys early!

Anty21

Feeling like another week has gone by & not holding my breath for exchange today, which we had thought vendors would be in a position to do this week 😬 Have asked sols to check that we can still set completion for 2 weeks time as exchange should be imminent.....

Anty21

JessJ23425 said:

Completing today... been up since 5am! Hoping the fact the property is empty and we've been ready a while will mean we get the keys early!

Good luck and enjoy your new home 🏡 🥳

janoid19

We have just decided on a completion date of 19th Feb!!

However the solicitor has told me to think about if i want same day exchange/completion or a gap in between. We have a month overlap with our rental flat so theres no rush for us to be out on completion so I'm leaning towards letting the vendor decide because they might need a gap to book moving vans etc.

Eeeek so close!! 

badger09

JessJ23425 said:

Completing today... been up since 5am! Hoping the fact the property is empty and we've been ready a while will mean we get the keys early!

LOL 5am
I'm not even hoping to exchange today (well I was, but its not going to happen) let alone complete, and I've been awake since 3.30 & up shortly afterwards .

Hope your move goes without a hitch and you love your new home.

youth_leader

Congratulations janoid19.  I've just phoned my EA to ask her to contact the vendor to chase her solicitor and said we'd agreed 11 March on the phone as completion date - but nothing in writing yet.  The EA recommended a week between exchange/completion.  I'm in a rental too but will end up paying another month's rent unfortunately.

janoid19

youth_leader said:

Congratulations janoid19.  I've just phoned my EA to ask her to contact the vendor to chase her solicitor and said we'd agreed 11 March on the phone as completion date - but nothing in writing yet.  The EA recommended a week between exchange/completion.  I'm in a rental too but will end up paying another month's rent unfortunately.

It's a pain isn't it but it means I can do a few jobs before we move in. Ours will overlap by about 6 weeks i think.

Our solicitor told me pros and cons for both exchange options and said have a think and let me know which you would like but I'm struggling to decide so I emailed the EA and asked her to see what the Vendors would prefer haha.

pinkundine

Seller just called me to say his solicitor had asked him for his preferred completion date, so I guess that means mine contacted him at last. Completion date suggested by the seller is 15th Feb, he just wanted to check with me before suggesting it to his solicitor. Fingers crossed we can finally get the exchange happening now. I haven't heard anything from my solicitor yet, but hopefully he'll let me know when he hears from the seller's solicitor. 

janoid19

pinkundine said:

Seller just called me to say his solicitor had asked him for his preferred completion date, so I guess that means mine contacted him at last. Completion date suggested by the seller is 15th Feb, he just wanted to check with me before suggesting it to his solicitor. Fingers crossed we can finally get the exchange happening now. I haven't heard anything from my solicitor yet, but hopefully he'll let me know when he hears from the seller's solicitor. 

Ahh thats fab, very similar position to me! Good Luck!