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Stamp duty deadline

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  • hippocrates1
    hippocrates1 Posts: 354 Forumite
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    Honestly I think the boat has passed. Takes a couple of weeks once enquiries are back usually.
    DIP 09/02/21
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    Draft contract received and enquiries sent 02/03/21
    searches back 08/03/21
    Enquiries back 10/06/21
    Exchanged 23/06/21
  • zoemk12
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    Keswick1uk said:
    When did you make your offer?
    It’s all been very quick to this point- offer 21May! 
  • zoemk12
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    LookingForLondon said:
    Why would anybody sign anything before searches and surveys are back? What time would that even save?
    I guess it depends on if they’re using online or bricks and mortar. We’re using online so have to post everything. 
  • MaryNB
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    zoemk12 said:
    Keswick1uk said:
    When did you make your offer?
    It’s all been very quick to this point- offer 21May! 
    Ok. This sounds like a case of you being far too optimistic. Less than 6 weeks would be a very fast sale at the best of times. 3 months is the average time it takes to sell a house without the current SDLT holiday rush (surveyors and solicitors snowed under) and covid related delays. 


  • davilown
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    zoemk12 said:
    Keswick1uk said:
    When did you make your offer?
    It’s all been very quick to this point- offer 21May! 
    I think unless you’re buying cash and with a very short or no chain, that would be extremely optimistic.
    30th June 2021 completely debt free…. Downsized, reduced working hours and living the dream.
  • Scotbot
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    zoemk12 said:
    Keswick1uk said:
    When did you make your offer?
    It’s all been very quick to this point- offer 21May! 
    I am not surprised you are the only ones pushing to make it happen, end of June was never going to be possible. The rest of the chain will have budgeted for stamp duty.
  • zoemk12
    zoemk12 Posts: 167 Forumite
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    Why did your buyer get their survey done so late in the process? Delays in trying to get someone booked in? 

    Yep! Earliest date they could get, although we managed to get earlier so perhaps they didn’t try as hard… 
  • zoemk12
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    Scotbot said:
    zoemk12 said:
    Keswick1uk said:
    When did you make your offer?
    It’s all been very quick to this point- offer 21May! 
    I am not surprised you are the only ones pushing to make it happen, end of June was never going to be possible. The rest of the chain will have budgeted for stamp duty.
    Actually it was our sellers pushing us as we didn’t think it would happen but we’ve pushed hard to get things done. The reality is we will miss by a few days. We’ve budgeted too, we have lots of equity but that’s not the point. 
  • TBG01
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    Few days? You say enquiries haven't been conducted. That takes much longer than a few days. No matter how much you "chase".
  • zoemk12
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    davilown said:
    zoemk12 said:
    Keswick1uk said:
    When did you make your offer?
    It’s all been very quick to this point- offer 21May! 
    I think unless you’re buying cash and with a very short or no chain, that would be extremely optimistic.
    To begin with we didn’t think we had any chance but our sellers were pushing us so we moved heaven and earth. The chain is small- FTB buying ours, we’re buyer from ppl going in to a vacant hse sold as seen. 

    I suspect we will miss by maybe a few days. However we’ve decided to go for mid July now as no need to kill ourselves trying to pack in a hurry! 
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