The NEW waiting to exchange thread...

fastbs

Sellers solicitors just waiting for signed contracts to come in the post which they said should be today. Should be looking at exchange today/tomorrow with completion next Thursday/Friday!! 

Insomniac101

Reading that things do move... but slowly has given me some relief and sanity.
We have the Freeholder inspection today for them to sign the "license to assign" on our sale
I'm hoping that means we are close to exchange as this is one of the exchange documents... I'm quite sure all enquiries are done

Tsj90s

What happens after enquiries are responded too if they are satisfactory? Is that when you can arrange the final dates or is there other stuff to be done?

Irishpearce26

Tsj90s said:

What happens after enquiries are responded too if they are satisfactory? Is that when you can arrange the final dates or is there other stuff to be done?

If all searches, checks and enquiries are done the next stage is exchange and confirmation of completion date. This will mean its time to pay deposit, solicitor to draw down any mortgage funds etc.

ohdarn

The tagline for conveyancers (and everyone generally involved with house buying) should be,
'House buying can be a fun and exciting time. We'll ensure it's not'

As things plod along, we're remembering those heady days back in October, when we started  this nightmare, when the stamp duty deadline in March was such a distant threat it was obvious we'd be done and dusted waaaay before then.
Oh, how naïve we were.

Caz_Mnaz

Hah! My thoughts exactly!!!
March?! Pllth we'll be in and decorating by then.... *face palm*

jonners666

ohdarn said:

The tagline for conveyancers (and everyone generally involved with house buying) should be,
'House buying can be a fun and exciting time. We'll ensure it's not'

As things plod along, we're remembering those heady days back in October, when we started  this nightmare, when the stamp duty deadline in March was such a distant threat it was obvious we'd be done and dusted waaaay before then.
Oh, how naïve we were.

Oh 100% this. We put our house up for sale before the SDLT holiday was even announced. Sale fell through, purchase fell through, and now here we are hoping things move quickly or we see this 6 week extension! 

fastbs

Just had the phonecall! Completion agreed for 26th and exchanging tomorrow or Friday! 

WiseOwl00

I thought that I might get a bit of luck today, but obviously that's just not possible. All we need to do is arrange a new date, yet sounds like the solicitors aren't communicating properly. Seller said their solicitor had emailed ours, whilst ours is saying their solicitor isn't answering her emails... Meanwhile, my stress levels are so high that I just want to go home, get in bed, and wait for all this to be over. 

WiseOwl00

ohdarn said:

The tagline for conveyancers (and everyone generally involved with house buying) should be,
'House buying can be a fun and exciting time. We'll ensure it's not'

As things plod along, we're remembering those heady days back in October, when we started  this nightmare, when the stamp duty deadline in March was such a distant threat it was obvious we'd be done and dusted waaaay before then.
Oh, how naïve we were.

Absolutely agree. We've been trying to buy our first house for 7 and a half months now. This process has just been horrendous and ruined all the excitement/sense of achievement.