Will it happen?

Sib2018

Placed offer on a house mid July, mortgage offer was accepted beginning of August.
Searches are done, just outstanding quries which seem to be taking an age to be completed. Solicitors waiting on certificates from our seller no onward chain.
We are now on 12th September and still awaiting to exchange we and our buyer have already signed.
Is this a normal timescale?
Added stress is moving company we are using charge 90 quid every time we have to change a predicted moving date. But require 2 weeks notice to move but we dont know what the moving date will be or roughly so can't give notice, pulling hair out time.

Sib2018

Maybe it is just me.

Flossasaurusrex

There's a waiting to exchange thready on the house buying, renting and selling sub forum, looks like a lot of people in similar situations! Best of luck

bertiewhite

8-12 weeks is average, in my experience.

I asked my EA what the average offer to completion timescale was and she said the quickest she's ever known was 1 week but she has a property that has taken 8 months so far.

julicorn

Ours took 6 months with no chain. And a few of my colleagues have bought recently, and for all of them it took at least 3 months. It's really not unusual.