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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Hurrah, congrats! Hope the completion and house move all go smoothly nowcrumblylancashire said:It's been painful but.... just exchanged, hooray!!! Fingers crossed for completion Friday. Hoping it's less traumatic than the last few days of trying to get exchanged
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Same too. Waiting on my partner's buyers search - no idea why theirs isn't due back until next week when they were first in the chain and everyone else's in the chain is back (same area). Makes me nervous, and we daren't pack anything in case it all goes wrong. I'm still chasing, because our need to move is more urgent and we're stuck in the middle of two chains of three, so I'm trying to make sure as much as possible is done now ready for that last search so we can proceed.mistrihelen said:Same here. I'm so fed up. This whole chain was angled on completing end of March, and with the stamp duty extension our vendors seem to think they have all the time in the world now. We are waiting for one land registry query to come back on our vendor's purchase, which means I can't do any chasing, only waiting, and I feel so sad and anxious about it all. I want to pack but I feel like it's all going to fall apart so can't bring myself to do it
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: Completion0 -
Thanks @Natbag and @Coopsy85 the last 6 months have been a challenge, it's safe to say! Really hoping that Friday just happensNatbag said:
Hurrah, congrats! Hope the completion and house move all go smoothly nowcrumblylancashire said:It's been painful but.... just exchanged, hooray!!! Fingers crossed for completion Friday. Hoping it's less traumatic than the last few days of trying to get exchanged 1 -
Congratulations!crumblylancashire said:It's been painful but.... just exchanged, hooray!!! Fingers crossed for completion Friday. Hoping it's less traumatic than the last few days of trying to get exchanged1 -
FAB NEWS!!!!!! Good luck for Friday, I hope it goes without a hitch, you've paid your duescrumblylancashire said:It's been painful but.... just exchanged, hooray!!! Fingers crossed for completion Friday. Hoping it's less traumatic than the last few days of trying to get exchanged
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Same, it's the bottom of the chain's searches we're waiting for....I think they are the ones using the online conveyancer so think they are generally being slower. We're the same re packing....as in we daren't (we've been here before with chain 1!). But have been trying to keep busy sorting and packing bits to go in the loft ready to just come down when the day final arrives! I hate the waiting. I want a date! So disappointed I won't be spending Easter in my new home, now starting to get a bit worried about my mortgage offer expiring end of May, which wasn't something I was even THINKING about in Nov!Natbag said:
Same too. Waiting on my partner's buyers search - no idea why theirs isn't due back until next week when they were first in the chain and everyone else's in the chain is back (same area). Makes me nervous, and we daren't pack anything in case it all goes wrong. I'm still chasing, because our need to move is more urgent and we're stuck in the middle of two chains of three, so I'm trying to make sure as much as possible is done now ready for that last search so we can proceed.
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Us neither. Seems like so long ago now! All my stuff is packed and in a storage unit, as I had to move out of my rented flat earlier this month. It's my partner's house we need to pack, he won't even start sorting and he's been here for 15 years so there's a lot to do!Caz_Mnaz said:Same, it's the bottom of the chain's searches we're waiting for....I think they are the ones using the online conveyancer so think they are generally being slower. We're the same re packing....as in we daren't (we've been here before with chain 1!). But have been trying to keep busy sorting and packing bits to go in the loft ready to just come down when the day final arrives! I hate the waiting. I want a date! So disappointed I won't be spending Easter in my new home, now starting to get a bit worried about my mortgage offer expiring end of May, which wasn't something I was even THINKING about in Nov!
Oh well, my solicitor said she is waiting on one last enquiry from our seller's solicitors before she can report to us, so I've put a chase on it myself. They are with Strike, which is handy as I can just email our contact there and she always responds and chases quickly. At least that will be another baby step closer.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: Completion0 -
Just received the worst call ... our vendor decided to pull out "due to very private family reasons". Gutted isn´t even the word
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Yay finally!! Very happy for you, but sad and jealous to be losing my Accord buddy haha! Hope completion goes smoothly and you're settled in over the weekendcrumblylancashire said:It's been painful but.... just exchanged, hooray!!! Fingers crossed for completion Friday. Hoping it's less traumatic than the last few days of trying to get exchanged 1 -
Oh no! I'm so sorryJosephgousto said:Just received the worst call ... our vendor decided to pull out "due to very private family reasons". Gutted isn´t even the word 1
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