The NEW waiting to exchange thread...

Insomniac101

@Doodlebugs
The seller currently has a sky broadband connection, so we may sign up to that to begin with.  

Good luck to everyone this week!!

houghton91

For those experienced in moving - we have a small-ish 3 bed house and have sorted a local removals guy out to move us who comes highly recommended. I’m concerned that because we have quite a lot of ‘stuff’ he might need to do two trips - is this common? 

Also - no exchange today for us still. Seller threatened to extend to April if my solicitor doesn’t get a move on. 

Slithery

timmins91 said:

For those experienced in moving - we have a small-ish 3 bed house and have sorted a local removals guy out to move us who comes highly recommended. I’m concerned that because we have quite a lot of ‘stuff’ he might need to do two trips - is this common? 

Also - no exchange today for us still. Seller threatened to extend to April if my solicitor doesn’t get a move on. 

What did he say when you asked him?

If you are in a chain then more than one trip isn't possible - you only have access to your new property once completion has happened, and after completion you have no right to return to your previous property...

BountyBlink

Congratulations to those that have exchanged, especially to Anty as have been following your story... you give the rest of us taht are muddling through this intrepid house purchase / selling fiasco real hope!!! 

I’m so annoyed about our chain! So we still don’t really know what is happening at the top... whether they are moving out into rented or looking. The agent we are buying from just doesn’t know, I’m half tempted to send a letter to our seller but I have no idea if that’s the done thing or just best to just wait and see what happens?! Houses are coming on the market in our price range but nothing rivals the one we want to buy and so we feel we just need to hope and pray the top of the chain either find something or move out. They accepted their offer on their house 23 December, we understand they are elderly but it just feels so slow and they haven’t even instructed solicitors! This is 3 houses above us... just want some good news, would love to hear from anyone that has waited same kind of time as we have for the top of the chain to get sorted????? 

houghton91

Slithery said:

timmins91 said:

For those experienced in moving - we have a small-ish 3 bed house and have sorted a local removals guy out to move us who comes highly recommended. I’m concerned that because we have quite a lot of ‘stuff’ he might need to do two trips - is this common? 

Also - no exchange today for us still. Seller threatened to extend to April if my solicitor doesn’t get a move on. 

What did he say when you asked him?

If you are in a chain then more than one trip isn't possible - you only have access to your new property once completion has happened, and after completion you have no right to return to your previous property...

I thought this might be the case. I speak to my buyers daily though and I think they would allow us back if we moved everything remaining into one room. I’ll ask him tomorrow when I confirm it - I’m wondering whether I could try and take the majority of the boxes in my SUV and my FIL’s small-ish van, then leave the bigger items to the removals guy. 

Anty21

BountyBlink said:

Congratulations to those that have exchanged, especially to Anty as have been following your story... you give the rest of us taht are muddling through this intrepid house purchase / selling fiasco real hope!!! 

I’m so annoyed about our chain! So we still don’t really know what is happening at the top... whether they are moving out into rented or looking. The agent we are buying from just doesn’t know, I’m half tempted to send a letter to our seller but I have no idea if that’s the done thing or just best to just wait and see what happens?! Houses are coming on the market in our price range but nothing rivals the one we want to buy and so we feel we just need to hope and pray the top of the chain either find something or move out. They accepted their offer on their house 23 December, we understand they are elderly but it just feels so slow and they haven’t even instructed solicitors! This is 3 houses above us... just want some good news, would love to hear from anyone that has waited same kind of time as we have for the top of the chain to get sorted????? 

Thank you 😊 

I have no advice re the top of your chain, as our experience saw our chain complete within 2 weeks of our offer being accepted.....

I do think that less properties were being marketed after Christmas, and the lockdown may have impacted peoples ability/willingness to view. The agent you are buying through should be able to chase the chain for information via your vendors? Surely everybody wants to understand their position.....I found that the best way to gain any information, I hope you have news soon so you understand where you’re up to 😬

BountyBlink

Anty21 said:

BountyBlink said:

Congratulations to those that have exchanged, especially to Anty as have been following your story... you give the rest of us taht are muddling through this intrepid house purchase / selling fiasco real hope!!! 

I’m so annoyed about our chain! So we still don’t really know what is happening at the top... whether they are moving out into rented or looking. The agent we are buying from just doesn’t know, I’m half tempted to send a letter to our seller but I have no idea if that’s the done thing or just best to just wait and see what happens?! Houses are coming on the market in our price range but nothing rivals the one we want to buy and so we feel we just need to hope and pray the top of the chain either find something or move out. They accepted their offer on their house 23 December, we understand they are elderly but it just feels so slow and they haven’t even instructed solicitors! This is 3 houses above us... just want some good news, would love to hear from anyone that has waited same kind of time as we have for the top of the chain to get sorted????? 

Thank you 😊 

I have no advice re the top of your chain, as our experience saw our chain complete within 2 weeks of our offer being accepted.....

I do think that less properties were being marketed after Christmas, and the lockdown may have impacted peoples ability/willingness to view. The agent you are buying through should be able to chase the chain for information via your vendors? Surely everybody wants to understand their position.....I found that the best way to gain any information, I hope you have news soon so you understand where you’re up to 😬

Thank you! So, we were originally told that the top of the chain were an older couple but not “decrepit” but that they have lived there 35 years and have a list of expectations of what they want. We were also told that their buyer (2 properties above us in the chain) were in direct email contact with the top of the chain and they had told them that they would vacate once we were at the point of exchange. 

That wa sin January... then last week when the rest of the chain below the property we are buying were in a position to exchange my agent chases the top for an exchange date of end of March and then a flurry of emails between all agents ensued (no vendors were copied in unfortunately so we can only go on what agents have told us) my agent said that the top of the chain has no intention to go into rented and they haven’t even instructed a solicitor. However the agent we are buying through although agreed with most of what my agent said also said that searches for that top property had been ordered even though they hadn’t received solicitor details and they were “cracking on” 
min the meantime my 21 year old son and me have been doing some internet digging. The house at the top was bought in 2003 so only 17 years not 35 years they lived there. On the voters roll are a married couple in their mid fifties. A company was registered to that address Until January this year and on the company’s Facebook page the last update post says “we have moved house to London and will be producing more items ASAP” 
so we relayed this information to the agent we are buying through and then they tell us that the buyers of that property are in fact in contact with the daughter and husband and not the elderly couple that are living in the house on Isle of Wight. So we can’t really gauge what is happening... it’s so frustrating... 
we assume the daughter has told the buyer to crack on and she will liaise with the parents?? We just don’t know and it’s so stressful 😩😩😩

Josephgousto

hippocrates1 said:

Searches came back today. Timeline is going as below. There is an outstanding enquiry about parking. Which I know the answer to but the solicitor is waiting to hear back from the vendor. How long do you think until they are ready to exchange?

Wow that´s a quick process! What area are you in regarding searches if you don´t mind me asking?

houghton91

Just got the call to give authority to exchange!!! 

Becksina

Another day in boxes and no progress. Doing simultaneous exchange and completion but we have no clothes, no food etc everything is packed to go at a moments notice and with 2 babies that is NOT fun. I really hope we hear today