How long after searches are back to a completion date?

Joyyy

So me and my partner are buying our first house, all of our searches came back 2 weeks ago this week we will be going into the third week of them coming back, roughly how long  from these searches being back to a completion date? Our conveyancers said they had queries with the vendors solicitors but that was 2 and half weeks ago? Did anyone else find that they had to prompt an push people to get somewere 🤦‍♀️ Any help would be great! 🙌🙌

hazyjo

Impossible to answer!

Average freehold purchase will be 12 weeks from start to completion. Better off basing it loosely on that.

greatcrested

somewhere between 3 weeks and a year.

Slithery

The searches are just one of several things that the solicitor will have to investigate for you. Depending on the rest of them it could be a week, or it could be a year.

Unless they need something more from you your solicitor will only contact you when they have everything they need and have looked through it all. They probably have 50-100 live cases, if they kept updating everyone they'd never get a chance to actually do any work.

eidand

Who knows ...
If it helps, my searches came back on 15th of August.
At the moment, my solicitors are waiting for answers to some enquiries they raised with the vendor's solicitors. No idea how much longer it will be until we get to exchange and completion.

Oh and there is no chain. I am buying, not depending on a sale of my current house and the property I am buying is empty, no chain there either.

Chilli6

My previous sale took 5 mths (no chain, 10 year old house) due to never ending enquiries resulting from the searches!  Hopefully if you don't have similar you may not be far away. 
I'm now buying chain free and had offer accepted 24th July, hoping to get the keys end of this month but very aware we may get stuck at the enquiry stage again.
I expected 12 weeks so will be very happy if it does end up 8-9 weeks! 

Thrugelmir

How long is the chain you are in? 

kingstreet

Completion is a compromise between all the parties in the chain, so the best answer anyone can give is "when you all agree."

Joyful

I kept in contact with my solicitor. If I heard nothing for a week I emailed them. I found that the buyers solicitor asked questions which we answered, then they had other requests but never asked until my solicitor chased them.I am in Scotland and it took 6 weeks from accepting their offer to the missives being signed and a date agreed. I now move to my new build in 7 weeks!

treehoppers

Our searches came back Monday 17 August, we then had a week for their solicitor to respond with additional queries, went in to sign contracts last Thursday ahead of exchange today and completing this Friday - so it will be just under three weeks from searches returned to completion. 

We are going into a new build and have no chain and I did ask for frequent updates and shimmy things along, so I think it was on the quick side. Our searches took three weeks to come back which delayed the whole thing but it will be seven weeks in total from offer to completion (assuming Friday happens..!)

kasqueak

It’s impossible to answer as every sale/purchase is different. My searches were back first week of June. It’s now 1st Sept and I still don’t have an exchange or completion date. Once the searches are back the solicitor has to review them, raise enquires etc. There’s lots more work to be done post searches.