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Greentea
Greentea Posts: 495 Forumite
in House buying, renting & selling
If there is no chain, (buyers not in chain, and I am not buying) what is the fastest I can expect to complete a sale. I know 6-8 weeks is the usual quoted by the estate agents, but im wondering if it can be completed any quicker?

Also any tips on how to quicken the process?

thanks
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  • Squidgy
    Squidgy Posts: 684 Forumite
    Good luck!

    We have no chain AND my hubby is an estate agent and we still can't get it done any quicker!

    I would forget the whole 6-8 weeks thing, try 12 weeks +.

    Sorry x
    It's not WHAT you know, it's WHO you know
  • DilbertJones
    DilbertJones Posts: 670 Forumite
    dont say that........I hope its not 12 weeks, we are in our second week after having offer accepted, no chain either end, I hope we can complete with in 6 more weeks.

    Dont see why it should take so long
  • mancitychick
    mancitychick Posts: 977 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    Arrgh! Please please say its not 12 weeks +. We are just waiting for the solictors to do there bit now. Does anyone have any idea how long this should take?
  • Squidgy
    Squidgy Posts: 684 Forumite
    Solicitors work to their own time scale! That's half the problem!

    Nobody ever sees WHY it should take so long. IT JUST DOES!!!
    It's not WHAT you know, it's WHO you know
  • mancitychick
    mancitychick Posts: 977 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    Squidgy wrote:
    Solicitors work to their own time scale! That's half the problem!

    Nobody ever sees WHY it should take so long. IT JUST DOES!!![/QUOT


    Just beginning to learn this. The seller's solictor took over two weeks to send out the conf of instruction letter to him. This was due to a back log of typing!
  • blue-kat
    blue-kat Posts: 453 Forumite
    we still haven't got a firm moving date and we accepted an offer on our house on 9 March (18 weeks ago) :wall:
  • Corley
    Corley Posts: 61 Forumite
    im in the process of buying atm with no chain from me or the seller the whole things taken over 3 months now, its been !!!! up after !!!! up so far so dont get to exctited when they say "you could be in, in a few weeks time" etc because things can happen as they have to us and have really slown the whole thing down. all you can do really is wait, oh yea and fork out tonnes of money.
  • GreenB_2
    GreenB_2 Posts: 125 Forumite
    Mortgage companies are not often that quick either.
    You have to wait for the survey then for the formal offer etc.
    I would not rush the solictor too much - lots of the things that happen are for your own good. While you are waiting do your own research - check local planning applications (often this can be done via the local councils website). Although the search will tell you the ones near that are important it may not tell you about any that are 1/4 mile away (which isn't that far really!)

    I guess 2 to 3 months from offer to moving in is now the norm.
  • mancitychick
    mancitychick Posts: 977 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    Boo Hoo - I am getting worried now!
  • micheleen
    micheleen Posts: 1,635 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I accepted an offer at the end of Feb (this year :) ) selling to a FTB. We exchanged contracts last Friday and complete this Friday so about 18 weeks total :rolleyes:
    :j The £2 CSC = £48 in carton
    £100 banked Mar 06
    V-Free : 4 weeks :)
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