What is everyone’s experience on breaking the chain?

FlyMeSomewhere79

Albermarle said:

 Our agent just been informed the outstanding enquiries have been answered but still waiting for a boiler certificate.

It seems crazy that this is holding things up, what is a 'boiler certificate' anyway ?

The certificate the gas engineers issue when it's installed or serviced - I think I had to provide mine twice over which was annoying!

housebuyer143

JC0733 said:

FlyMeSomewhere79 said:

JC0733 said:

FlyMeSomewhere79 said:

We were recently in a similar situation, we had first time buyers sat in rented that were not going to want to hang about, our vendors had very set ideas about the next house they wanted and I had to start pushing for them to go into rented as we got closer to completion. He would waiver about whether he would or he wouldn't and so I gave him the ultimatum that I really wanted his house but we couldn't jeopardise our sale and there was a chain free house on the market that I would go and look at if he didn't give us and the solicitors the confirmation we were asking for. I expressed the fact that if my buyers pull out because our seller is just sat back many months from completing on a house, none of us will sell out houses and they'd all be back on the market, he wouldn't get the bigger home of his dreams either.

We moved in recently and they went in to rented having still not offered on another property 4 months on.

How long did it take them to find a rental? Our sellers are moving into a rental and house was marketed as no onward chain, hence why we made an offer the place despite it needs some work. 

We are worried that they are going to take months to find somewhere to rent and delay everything. 

I had the worry that he'd be picky with rented places but once he officially agreed to go in to rented, we all agreed a completion date for a month later (we were going away for two weeks) and he made sure he moved out on that date, they were a family of 5 too. He did mention about moving into a holiday lodge in a nearby village so whether that's where he ended up. The key thing is setting a date in stone via the solicitors to complete and then they know when they need to be out 

That’s amazing! Ok, I will give this a go too! Our agent just been informed the outstanding enquiries have been answered but still waiting for a boiler certificate. 

I’m gonna try and suggest a completion date via the solicitors and see if they would agree to it. 

If you don't want the boiler cert just say you don't and that's, that. If the boiler is 20 years old then you will probably rip it out so you don't really need it. 

You can also download it online for like £5 from gas safe or corgi. It shouldn't be holding it up. 

JC0733

Albermarle said:

 Our agent just been informed the outstanding enquiries have been answered but still waiting for a boiler certificate.

It seems crazy that this is holding things up, what is a 'boiler certificate' anyway ?

They’ve had a new boiler installed. Not sure when but they don’t seem to have the paperwork anymore, even though there is a boiler guarantee from Bosch and it shows it was done by a registered plumber/gas engineer. I think the vendor has rang the plumber and asked to send another copy. 

JC0733

housebuyer143 said:

JC0733 said:

FlyMeSomewhere79 said:

JC0733 said:

FlyMeSomewhere79 said:

We were recently in a similar situation, we had first time buyers sat in rented that were not going to want to hang about, our vendors had very set ideas about the next house they wanted and I had to start pushing for them to go into rented as we got closer to completion. He would waiver about whether he would or he wouldn't and so I gave him the ultimatum that I really wanted his house but we couldn't jeopardise our sale and there was a chain free house on the market that I would go and look at if he didn't give us and the solicitors the confirmation we were asking for. I expressed the fact that if my buyers pull out because our seller is just sat back many months from completing on a house, none of us will sell out houses and they'd all be back on the market, he wouldn't get the bigger home of his dreams either.

We moved in recently and they went in to rented having still not offered on another property 4 months on.

How long did it take them to find a rental? Our sellers are moving into a rental and house was marketed as no onward chain, hence why we made an offer the place despite it needs some work. 

We are worried that they are going to take months to find somewhere to rent and delay everything. 

I had the worry that he'd be picky with rented places but once he officially agreed to go in to rented, we all agreed a completion date for a month later (we were going away for two weeks) and he made sure he moved out on that date, they were a family of 5 too. He did mention about moving into a holiday lodge in a nearby village so whether that's where he ended up. The key thing is setting a date in stone via the solicitors to complete and then they know when they need to be out 

That’s amazing! Ok, I will give this a go too! Our agent just been informed the outstanding enquiries have been answered but still waiting for a boiler certificate. 

I’m gonna try and suggest a completion date via the solicitors and see if they would agree to it. 

If you don't want the boiler cert just say you don't and that's, that. If the boiler is 20 years old then you will probably rip it out so you don't really need it. 

You can also download it online for like £5 from gas safe or corgi. It shouldn't be holding it up. 

To be honest, we aren’t fussed about it at all. It’s the solicitor who’s requesting it and she’s also asked the vendors to pay for indemnity policy for it if they can’t provide the paperwork. 

We know the boiler is definitely less than 10 years old and it was installed by a registered gas engineer. We will get our own plumber to come and check/service it when we get the keys anyway. 

I think a lot of these are just solicitors covering themselves so they can tick the box. If things are still being hold up for little issues like this then we will ask the solicitors to say we are happy to proceed without these but we aren’t sure if the solicitors are able progress further unless indemnity policies are taken out

housebuyer143

JC0733 said:

housebuyer143 said:

JC0733 said:

FlyMeSomewhere79 said:

JC0733 said:

FlyMeSomewhere79 said:

We were recently in a similar situation, we had first time buyers sat in rented that were not going to want to hang about, our vendors had very set ideas about the next house they wanted and I had to start pushing for them to go into rented as we got closer to completion. He would waiver about whether he would or he wouldn't and so I gave him the ultimatum that I really wanted his house but we couldn't jeopardise our sale and there was a chain free house on the market that I would go and look at if he didn't give us and the solicitors the confirmation we were asking for. I expressed the fact that if my buyers pull out because our seller is just sat back many months from completing on a house, none of us will sell out houses and they'd all be back on the market, he wouldn't get the bigger home of his dreams either.

We moved in recently and they went in to rented having still not offered on another property 4 months on.

How long did it take them to find a rental? Our sellers are moving into a rental and house was marketed as no onward chain, hence why we made an offer the place despite it needs some work. 

We are worried that they are going to take months to find somewhere to rent and delay everything. 

I had the worry that he'd be picky with rented places but once he officially agreed to go in to rented, we all agreed a completion date for a month later (we were going away for two weeks) and he made sure he moved out on that date, they were a family of 5 too. He did mention about moving into a holiday lodge in a nearby village so whether that's where he ended up. The key thing is setting a date in stone via the solicitors to complete and then they know when they need to be out 

That’s amazing! Ok, I will give this a go too! Our agent just been informed the outstanding enquiries have been answered but still waiting for a boiler certificate. 

I’m gonna try and suggest a completion date via the solicitors and see if they would agree to it. 

If you don't want the boiler cert just say you don't and that's, that. If the boiler is 20 years old then you will probably rip it out so you don't really need it. 

You can also download it online for like £5 from gas safe or corgi. It shouldn't be holding it up. 

To be honest, we aren’t fussed about it at all. It’s the solicitor who’s requesting it and she’s also asked the vendors to pay for indemnity policy for it if they can’t provide the paperwork. 

We know the boiler is definitely less than 10 years old and it was installed by a registered gas engineer. We will get our own plumber to come and check/service it when we get the keys anyway. 

I think a lot of these are just solicitors covering themselves so they can tick the box. If things are still being hold up for little issues like this then we will ask the solicitors to say we are happy to proceed without these but we aren’t sure if the solicitors are able progress further unless indemnity policies are taken out

If you don't mind then you can go to the solicitor and tell them you don't want the indemnity or need the certificate and they should be okay with proceeding.
Mine was insisting on these things just because they ask as standard, but the boiler was 20 years old and I didn't need it. Told her this and she marked that enquiry as complete. 
If you are in a rush, might be worth speaking to your solicitor about it. 

jonnydeppiwish!

We broke the chain on our last move - meant the house was finally sold, though we my sister very kindly let us stay at hers (with the dog!).

JC0733

housebuyer143 said:

JC0733 said:

housebuyer143 said:

JC0733 said:

FlyMeSomewhere79 said:

JC0733 said:

FlyMeSomewhere79 said:

We were recently in a similar situation, we had first time buyers sat in rented that were not going to want to hang about, our vendors had very set ideas about the next house they wanted and I had to start pushing for them to go into rented as we got closer to completion. He would waiver about whether he would or he wouldn't and so I gave him the ultimatum that I really wanted his house but we couldn't jeopardise our sale and there was a chain free house on the market that I would go and look at if he didn't give us and the solicitors the confirmation we were asking for. I expressed the fact that if my buyers pull out because our seller is just sat back many months from completing on a house, none of us will sell out houses and they'd all be back on the market, he wouldn't get the bigger home of his dreams either.

We moved in recently and they went in to rented having still not offered on another property 4 months on.

How long did it take them to find a rental? Our sellers are moving into a rental and house was marketed as no onward chain, hence why we made an offer the place despite it needs some work. 

We are worried that they are going to take months to find somewhere to rent and delay everything. 

I had the worry that he'd be picky with rented places but once he officially agreed to go in to rented, we all agreed a completion date for a month later (we were going away for two weeks) and he made sure he moved out on that date, they were a family of 5 too. He did mention about moving into a holiday lodge in a nearby village so whether that's where he ended up. The key thing is setting a date in stone via the solicitors to complete and then they know when they need to be out 

That’s amazing! Ok, I will give this a go too! Our agent just been informed the outstanding enquiries have been answered but still waiting for a boiler certificate. 

I’m gonna try and suggest a completion date via the solicitors and see if they would agree to it. 

If you don't want the boiler cert just say you don't and that's, that. If the boiler is 20 years old then you will probably rip it out so you don't really need it. 

You can also download it online for like £5 from gas safe or corgi. It shouldn't be holding it up. 

To be honest, we aren’t fussed about it at all. It’s the solicitor who’s requesting it and she’s also asked the vendors to pay for indemnity policy for it if they can’t provide the paperwork. 

We know the boiler is definitely less than 10 years old and it was installed by a registered gas engineer. We will get our own plumber to come and check/service it when we get the keys anyway. 

I think a lot of these are just solicitors covering themselves so they can tick the box. If things are still being hold up for little issues like this then we will ask the solicitors to say we are happy to proceed without these but we aren’t sure if the solicitors are able progress further unless indemnity policies are taken out

If you don't mind then you can go to the solicitor and tell them you don't want the indemnity or need the certificate and they should be okay with proceeding.
Mine was insisting on these things just because they ask as standard, but the boiler was 20 years old and I didn't need it. Told her this and she marked that enquiry as complete. 
If you are in a rush, might be worth speaking to your solicitor about it. 

Thanks! I’ll give it a go. The indemnity policies are also for the conservatory and partly converted garage. All of these were done at least over 10 years ago by the previous owners . I’m not sure how they resolved the problem when the current vendors bought the place or if their solicitors just didn’t pick these things up. But I doubt anyone would knock on the door ask us to remove the conservatory after these many years! 

Albermarle

housebuyer143 said:

JC0733 said:

housebuyer143 said:

JC0733 said:

FlyMeSomewhere79 said:

JC0733 said:

FlyMeSomewhere79 said:

We were recently in a similar situation, we had first time buyers sat in rented that were not going to want to hang about, our vendors had very set ideas about the next house they wanted and I had to start pushing for them to go into rented as we got closer to completion. He would waiver about whether he would or he wouldn't and so I gave him the ultimatum that I really wanted his house but we couldn't jeopardise our sale and there was a chain free house on the market that I would go and look at if he didn't give us and the solicitors the confirmation we were asking for. I expressed the fact that if my buyers pull out because our seller is just sat back many months from completing on a house, none of us will sell out houses and they'd all be back on the market, he wouldn't get the bigger home of his dreams either.

We moved in recently and they went in to rented having still not offered on another property 4 months on.

How long did it take them to find a rental? Our sellers are moving into a rental and house was marketed as no onward chain, hence why we made an offer the place despite it needs some work. 

We are worried that they are going to take months to find somewhere to rent and delay everything. 

I had the worry that he'd be picky with rented places but once he officially agreed to go in to rented, we all agreed a completion date for a month later (we were going away for two weeks) and he made sure he moved out on that date, they were a family of 5 too. He did mention about moving into a holiday lodge in a nearby village so whether that's where he ended up. The key thing is setting a date in stone via the solicitors to complete and then they know when they need to be out 

That’s amazing! Ok, I will give this a go too! Our agent just been informed the outstanding enquiries have been answered but still waiting for a boiler certificate. 

I’m gonna try and suggest a completion date via the solicitors and see if they would agree to it. 

If you don't want the boiler cert just say you don't and that's, that. If the boiler is 20 years old then you will probably rip it out so you don't really need it. 

You can also download it online for like £5 from gas safe or corgi. It shouldn't be holding it up. 

To be honest, we aren’t fussed about it at all. It’s the solicitor who’s requesting it and she’s also asked the vendors to pay for indemnity policy for it if they can’t provide the paperwork. 

We know the boiler is definitely less than 10 years old and it was installed by a registered gas engineer. We will get our own plumber to come and check/service it when we get the keys anyway. 

I think a lot of these are just solicitors covering themselves so they can tick the box. If things are still being hold up for little issues like this then we will ask the solicitors to say we are happy to proceed without these but we aren’t sure if the solicitors are able progress further unless indemnity policies are taken out

If you don't mind then you can go to the solicitor and tell them you don't want the indemnity or need the certificate and they should be okay with proceeding.
Mine was insisting on these things just because they ask as standard, but the boiler was 20 years old and I didn't need it. Told her this and she marked that enquiry as complete. 
If you are in a rush, might be worth speaking to your solicitor about it. 

The solicitor can leave the request in place ( as would be better to have the paperwork than not), but start progressing towards exchange if you say you are happy to go ahead if no boiler paperwork does arrive on time.