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Was meant to exchange contracts today, runined by ever increasing chain :(

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  • xylophone
    xylophone Posts: 44,429 Forumite
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    I have 2 hyperactive labradors.

    A stay in kennels? Advertise for someone to look after the dogs for the period it takes your sale to complete?
  • MovingForwards
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    Can you not temporarily move into your mom's for a couple of weeks whilst the sale continues and ask good friends if they can assist for a few weeks with your dog's?

    Or could you move to your mom's, your girlfriend move to yours while the sale carries on and look after the dogs? After all she will have to get used to living with them 24/7.

    Are you buying or renting when you move? If renting you will need to start looking sooner rather than later as not all landlords accept pets.
    Mortgage started 2020, aiming to clear it in 2026.
  • kerri_gt
    kerri_gt Posts: 11,202 Forumite
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    xylophone wrote: »
    A stay in kennels? Advertise for someone to look after the dogs for the period it takes your sale to complete?

    Or could your girlfriend move into your current home and look after the dogs whilst you move in with your mum until the sale goes through? Not ideal I know but if your GF tenancy is up in 2 weeks it could solve at least two immediate issues and allow you to stay with your mum temporarily.
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  • capital0ne
    capital0ne Posts: 872 Forumite
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    Auction - done and dusted in 2 weeks and you may get more! - Homes Under The Hammer - Or you may get less
  • indielad1010
    indielad1010 Posts: 44 Forumite
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    I could move to my mum's for a couple of weeks, but likesay I've lost some confidence in the chain and forever asking friends to look after needy dogs for an undetermined period isn't going to make me popular. My girlfriend can't look after my dogs where I live now, as it's too far for ger to commute.She lives 80 miles away, but only works 25 miles from my mother's. I am buying a house with no chain there, of course there's a small chance my vendor might get spooked by me forever revising exchanging contract dates.
  • Thrugelmir
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    indielad1010 wrote: »
    It was my purchaser's and their purchaser's suggested date to exchange contracts today, it wasn't mine.

    Once matters get closer to a conclusion then solicitors will focus their efforts on finalising matters. The fact that you are very close suggests it will be concluded in a matter of a few days.
  • Thrugelmir
    Thrugelmir Posts: 89,546 Forumite
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    indielad1010 wrote: »
    of course there's a small chance my vendor might get spooked by me forever revising exchanging contract dates.

    Doubt it. They'll be informed as to what's going on. In the broader view a couple of working days is neither here nor here.
  • indielad1010
    indielad1010 Posts: 44 Forumite
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    As an update, it turns out my first time buyer at the bottom of the chain, is actually selling a shared ownership property to obtain equity for her deposit, the exchange date today was what her solictors had suggested and agreed on.
  • correll
    correll Posts: 76 Forumite
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    we had a cash buyer who had funds and still applied for a mortgage 6 weeks in!! Trust no-one to tell the truth
  • kerri_gt
    kerri_gt Posts: 11,202 Forumite
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    I would suggest girlfriend starts working on a back up plan if things take longer than her notice period. Can she temporarily stay with friends, move somewhere as a (hopefully) short term lodger or even move in with your mum for a short period if you are unable to due to your dogs?
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