House chain delay

gadget88

Bigphil1474 said:

It's common practise to arrange a move with your broad band provider before you actually move. We're with Virgin and we told them a month before (in England). To be fair, they didn't start booking anything until completion date was confirmed, but they turned up a day after we moved to get it all installed.

OP, I think the lesson is not to book anything that costs money until you are 100% confirmed. Removal firms tend to be the biggest cost that you may well lose entirely.

Thanks yes it was to get broadband only after we move in. We have a sofa coming and they can’t store it so we are not using removal men if there’s a delay we would have to use removal men or higher legal costs. We simply don’t have that money to waste so I think we would have to say she moves to rented or a hotel if we walk away? But yes lesson learned.

teaselMay

Storage of a sofa for a couple of weeks could cost as little as £40, (2 weeks van sized storage, give notice the day you take it on, I've been looking at storage costs for my move), seems daft to throw a house away and all that you've already spent on the move, and the other two in the chain, over a couple of weeks.

sheramber

gadget88 said:

Bigphil1474 said:

It's common practise to arrange a move with your broad band provider before you actually move. We're with Virgin and we told them a month before (in England). To be fair, they didn't start booking anything until completion date was confirmed, but they turned up a day after we moved to get it all installed.

OP, I think the lesson is not to book anything that costs money until you are 100% confirmed. Removal firms tend to be the biggest cost that you may well lose entirely.

Thanks yes it was to get broadband only after we move in. We have a sofa coming and they can’t store it so we are not using removal men if there’s a delay we would have to use removal men or higher legal costs. We simply don’t have that money to waste so I think we would have to say she moves to rented or a hotel if we walk away? But yes lesson learned.

If you walk away what will you do with the sofa etc? 

gadget88

sheramber said:

gadget88 said:

Bigphil1474 said:

It's common practise to arrange a move with your broad band provider before you actually move. We're with Virgin and we told them a month before (in England). To be fair, they didn't start booking anything until completion date was confirmed, but they turned up a day after we moved to get it all installed.

OP, I think the lesson is not to book anything that costs money until you are 100% confirmed. Removal firms tend to be the biggest cost that you may well lose entirely.

Thanks yes it was to get broadband only after we move in. We have a sofa coming and they can’t store it so we are not using removal men if there’s a delay we would have to use removal men or higher legal costs. We simply don’t have that money to waste so I think we would have to say she moves to rented or a hotel if we walk away? But yes lesson learned.

If you walk away what will you do with the sofa etc? 

I had sold the existing one 

gadget88

teaselMay said:

Storage of a sofa for a couple of weeks could cost as little as £40, (2 weeks van sized storage, give notice the day you take it on, I've been looking at storage costs for my move), seems daft to throw a house away and all that you've already spent on the move, and the other two in the chain, over a couple of weeks.

I tried to secure a private let’s with 3 agents all long term only 

People buying this house require that date only. I’d have to self storage or hotels and could delay further. 

Tabieth

Have you spoken with your solicitor? Have you had any new information beyond what the broadband company told you?

Also, I wouldn’t be making any decisions based on what to do with the sofa. There are plenty of storage companies where you can store it for a short period. It’s certainly not worth losing the sale over. 

gadget88

Tabieth said:

Have you spoken with your solicitor? Have you had any new information beyond what the broadband company told you?

Also, I wouldn’t be making any decisions based on what to do with the sofa. There are plenty of storage companies where you can store it for a short period. It’s certainly not worth losing the sale over. 

Yes they said she can’t move as house not ready and the people buying here can’t move date 

gadget88

Tabieth said:

Have you spoken with your solicitor? Have you had any new information beyond what the broadband company told you?

Also, I wouldn’t be making any decisions based on what to do with the sofa. There are plenty of storage companies where you can store it for a short period. It’s certainly not worth losing the sale over. 

I sold the old sofa and the new one has not been delivered yet

gadget88

My solicitor has told her both me and the buyer here can only do that date. I did look at an air b and b but very expensive and also have to move lots of flat pack furniture twice 

gadget88

teaselMay said:

Storage of a sofa for a couple of weeks could cost as little as £40, (2 weeks van sized storage, give notice the day you take it on, I've been looking at storage costs for my move), seems daft to throw a house away and all that you've already spent on the move, and the other two in the chain, over a couple of weeks.

The people buying here can only do that date so wouldn’t matter what I do. The person I’m buying the house from has made this issue how would I get a guarantee it’s just two weeks?