Property buying/selling timeline - currently into week 21
04/12/20: Both properties listed for sale
11/01/21: Offers
accepted on both sales & on our joint purchase
25/01/21: Identity checks completed, solicitors instructed
27/01/21: Purchase survey & valuation complete, mortgage offer
received
05/02/21: Reduction agreed on partner's sale (under-valuation) & on
purchase. Mortgage offer amended
08/02/21: Buyers pack returned to solicitor - sellers packs already returned
26/02/21:
Partner's sale contract signed
10/03/21: Purchase searches all back
16/03/21: My sale contract signed
28/03/21: Purchase enquiries satisfied, Title
Report & contracts issued, contracts signed & returned
11/05/21: Still waiting on final enquiry in the adjoining chain to be resolved. Consent to break the chain granted, instruction to move to exchange given.
17/05/21: All parties agreed to June 3rd for completion
27/05/21: Exchanged on my sale only
28/05/21: ALL EXCHANGED!
03/06/21: Completion
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Day 4 of me saying 'should be exchanging today' due to complete next Monday, house is all packed up - please let it be today!4
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Completion day over here!!! Small chain of two houses so hoping for an early one - we’ve been up since 6 and are knackered already!7
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Good Luck Timmins911
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Enquiries were sent ages ago. Haven’t heard anything since. I’m hoping for a delay due to my rental but I hate not knowing. 😂DIP 09/02/21
Offer on property 17/02/21
Offer accepted 18/02/21
Mortgage application submitted 22/02/21
Desktop valuation 22/02/21
Mortgage offer received 22/02/21
Solicitor instructed 23/02/21
Draft contract received and enquiries sent 02/03/21
searches back 08/03/21
Enquiries back 10/06/21
Exchanged 23/06/212 -
Right there with you with the nightmaresRankin21 said:Good luck everyone!!! We should be exchanging/completing this week! I’ve spend all weekend having nightmares about something going wrong haha!!
Good luck! 0 -
Good luck to all those exchanging and completing - how exciting!
I'm about to become a thorn in my solicitor's side. Basically my ex, who lives in the house we still own together and are selling, has decided to stop paying the mortgage on it. So now I'm having to pay that as well as my own accommodation costs plus my storage unit fees. I'm going to try and push next month's payment date back in the hope that we can complete by then, as I can't afford to keep paying both and I can't miss a payment while trying to buy my own house or it's goodbye new mortgage. So I'm going to have to do everything I can to push every day to get this house sale through within the next month.2 -
this so why I’m putting everything in my name. Nothing like a money forum to scare you away from commitment. God luck I hope it works out and your ex falls into a muddy puddle.Natbag said:Good luck to all those exchanging and completing - how exciting!
I'm about to become a thorn in my solicitor's side. Basically my ex, who lives in the house we still own together and are selling, has decided to stop paying the mortgage on it. So now I'm having to pay that as well as my own accommodation costs plus my storage unit fees. I'm going to try and push next month's payment date back in the hope that we can complete by then, as I can't afford to keep paying both and I can't miss a payment while trying to buy my own house or it's goodbye new mortgage. So I'm going to have to do everything I can to push every day to get this house sale through within the next month.DIP 09/02/21
Offer on property 17/02/21
Offer accepted 18/02/21
Mortgage application submitted 22/02/21
Desktop valuation 22/02/21
Mortgage offer received 22/02/21
Solicitor instructed 23/02/21
Draft contract received and enquiries sent 02/03/21
searches back 08/03/21
Enquiries back 10/06/21
Exchanged 23/06/212 -
Same here! supposed to be completing Friday. Trying to not get excited after the exchange let downs though... living in a maze of boxes.Coopsy85 said:Day 4 of me saying 'should be exchanging today' due to complete next Monday, house is all packed up - please let it be today!0 -
Yeah, that really sucks, I had a nightmare with my ex and this was my biggest worry - he kept threatening it. In the end I got him to play nicely by letting him keep all the equity. This time, my other half is moving with me... but I'm buying in my own name.hippocrates1 said:
this so why I’m putting everything in my name. Nothing like a money forum to scare you away from commitment. God luck I hope it works out and your ex falls into a muddy puddle.Natbag said:Good luck to all those exchanging and completing - how exciting!
I'm about to become a thorn in my solicitor's side. Basically my ex, who lives in the house we still own together and are selling, has decided to stop paying the mortgage on it. So now I'm having to pay that as well as my own accommodation costs plus my storage unit fees. I'm going to try and push next month's payment date back in the hope that we can complete by then, as I can't afford to keep paying both and I can't miss a payment while trying to buy my own house or it's goodbye new mortgage. So I'm going to have to do everything I can to push every day to get this house sale through within the next month.0
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