Realistic time scales for Moving

guitaruser

This is the situation, we accepted an offer on our property approx 3 and a half months ago, had our offer on our next property accepted 6 weeks ago.

No sign of a moving date yet, not a problem for us, but our buyers are FTB itching to get in.

This whole procees could take 6 months or longer as the vendor we are buying from has no details of the chain above him yet.

Anyone got any experience of long chains and timescales?

Doozergirl

Oh Dear, 3 and a half months and it sounds like you don't even have a complete chain?

Your solicitor needs a kick up the proverbial I think. They should, at the very least be able to communicate exactly what is happening further up the chain, or where it stops and why. I think you need to find out as quickly as you can to keep your buyer. It may also be worth having a scout around for new properties?

Every sale I've been involved in has taken 4 months or less from offer to completion, apart from our first buy & sell which took 6 months and involved us being gazumped twice, no small part played by the world's worst solicitor - ours at the time.

black-saturn

It took 4 months with this house and that was with telling the solicitors to move sharpish and with only 2 people in a chain. My neighbours one took a year. No theres no telling really.

John_M_Business

I think you have to set some deadlines. If you don't want to lose your sale then you will have to go back to your vendor and set a deadline... or start re-marketing your property.

With chains, until you get to exchange, you need to continue to market your property.