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New to selling; how much further do we have to go to complete?

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  • Polly05
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    I have just sold and have no idea when any of that stuff happened. All I know is I accepted an offer and instructed a lawyer. 4 weeks later the missives were concluded and I was invited into the office to sign the paperwork and handover the keys. 
  • Slithery
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    Polly05 said:
    I have just sold and have no idea when any of that stuff happened. All I know is I accepted an offer and instructed a lawyer. 4 weeks later the missives were concluded and I was invited into the office to sign the paperwork and handover the keys. 
    So you're in Scotland then which is a completely different process.
  • Caramac said:
    It’s basically an impossible question to answer. We have been trying to get an indemnity policy to allow our sale to go ahead and it has been nearly four weeks so far.
    Does indemnity policy take that long? Our solicitors told us we need to get one due to limited title and even sent us the quotes, now it’s worrying me that it could take a long time to get 
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