julicorn's journey 2 - Moving Up

Karmacat

Good heavens!  This is a really complex chain - but since you're the ones who're paying attention to what you want and to what else is going on, you're the ones who'll stay the course and get what's right for you.  Good luck!

doingitanyway

Sounds very stressful! But, it does sound as if you are doing the best thing by keeping your options open. A sale with no chain sounds amazing. The eco house sounds interesting and very well located. As Kirstie says, location, location, location. If you get the flat all well and good as it is beautiful but it is nice to have options  

beanielou

The French news is normally pretty spot on so I think the eco home owners will be well aware of the current situation here.
Our wee foodbank actually featured on the French news recently!

julicorn

Thank you all for your well wishes! We just found out that our offer has been accepted, so we're going ahead with the house We're really excited, it's an absolutely beautiful property and we can't wait to move in x

Hettyhound

julicorn said:

Thank you all for your well wishes! We just found out that our offer has been accepted, so we're going ahead with the house We're really excited, it's an absolutely beautiful property and we can't wait to move in x

Absolutely amazing news.  You always get the house you are meant to have 🥳❤️

Deni_debt-free_dreamer

Hi julicorn 
Fingers crossed it goes smoothly for you, how exciting!
I'm on the mortgage free wannabee challenge and hoping to move house once i've paid off my mortgage x

Karmacat

Congratulations!  That's great news!

beanielou

Fantastic news 

TallGirl

Amazing news hope you’re celebrating tonight. 

julicorn

Hi all, just checking in because another month has passed and we have some news  

Our purchase is ticking along nicely enough, we got our searches back (all positive) and are expecting our survey report in the next couple of days. Our lender has requested a few extra documents, but we're hoping those are all good and that they'll issue the offer sooner rather than later. 

There was a bit of a delay with exchanging on our sale because our buyer's buyer's lender insisted on a new set of searches. Those came back on Wednesday, so hopefully they are all good to go and ready to exchange this coming week. We've settled on the 21st of December as the completion date. So now we're just trying to play catch-up with our purchase, but if we can't tie it in with completion on the same date then we'll just stay with friends and family for a few weeks and then airbnb. 

The real reason I'm posting: I just realised we are technically mortgage neutral! Ok, we'd have to dip into our emergency fund, but right now we could pay off our mortgage and still have £5k leftover. It feels great, even though real mortgage freedom is looking pretty far away given our move! 

I hope you're all doing well, and will keep you posted on our progress