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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Never feel lonely.Lover_of_Lycra said:0 -
Pic 9 is the biggest giveaway. You don't have those pipes in the ceiling.tooldle said:
If you look closely you can see some ventilation installation, still in place within the ceilings.NaughtiusMaximus said:
Interesting, I wasn't aware of that.tooldle said:Often, ceilings are knocked out to install the necessary, lighting, heating and ventilation system etc. Water damage is also common as these operations run at high RH. The people who do these things are not concerned about the damage they cause.0 -
I think the phrase is "only in America"!Lover_of_Lycra said:0 -
od244051 said:
Pic 9 is the biggest giveaway. You don't have those pipes in the ceiling.tooldle said:
If you look closely you can see some ventilation installation, still in place within the ceilings.NaughtiusMaximus said:
Interesting, I wasn't aware of that.tooldle said:Often, ceilings are knocked out to install the necessary, lighting, heating and ventilation system etc. Water damage is also common as these operations run at high RH. The people who do these things are not concerned about the damage they cause.Yes that's the normal lousy flexible pipe that connects the ceiling extract fan to the outside.My question still remains. If this was the result of a canabis farm, why has the insurance not paid out to reinstate it? Why is is being sold in this state without repair?0 -
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/77615955#/
Antidote to the grey/magnolia 'won't offend anyone' approach. Plus you get insulted by the furniture into the bargain
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What a !!!!!! of a makeover. Like how even the owner accepts they need something a little less garish for the bedroom.YellowCarBlueCar said:https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/77615955#/
Antidote to the grey/magnolia 'won't offend anyone' approach. Plus you get insulted by the furniture into the bargain1 -
Why on earth would you include that photo in the listing?threeintoone said:0 -
You have to love the irony of someone decorating their £2.8 million home with punk iconography.YellowCarBlueCar said:https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/77615955#/
Antidote to the grey/magnolia 'won't offend anyone' approach. Plus you get insulted by the furniture into the bargain3 -
Is the black bedroom where you go to recover when all that vivid colour has given you a migraine?NaughtiusMaximus said:
You have to love the irony of someone decorating their £2.8 million home with punk iconography.YellowCarBlueCar said:https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/77615955#/
Antidote to the grey/magnolia 'won't offend anyone' approach. Plus you get insulted by the furniture into the bargain
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For the love of God don't take a UV lamp in there!Natbag said:
Is the black bedroom where you go to recover when all that vivid colour has given you a migraine?NaughtiusMaximus said:
You have to love the irony of someone decorating their £2.8 million home with punk iconography.YellowCarBlueCar said:https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/77615955#/
Antidote to the grey/magnolia 'won't offend anyone' approach. Plus you get insulted by the furniture into the bargain
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