Kensington Mortgage application timescale

I'm getting concerned. Our application went in on 27th July. That house then fell through so we moved the application to a different house a couple of days later. The survey was done 2 weeks ago but we still don't have an offer. They have asked for a letter from my parents to say some money they gave me a while ago was a gift but I haven't heard anything else.

I'm trying to reassure myself that it seems to be that most people who get to valuation do get an offer, I hope that's correct

Hi I think they are just really really slow!

Our application went in early August, valuation done 20 days ago, valuation confirmed as ok but nothing more heard since.

Its frustrating but nothing we can do but wait and hope - good luck!!

Hi everyone,
I hope you don’t mind me joining in.
We applied to Kensington.
My husband is self employed and
I am employed. We got a DIP from Halifax, but due extra Self employed income my husband earned a high street lender would not take this into account unless it was for +3 years, so we were signposted to use Kensington. Our broker warned us of the time scales.
We are first time buyers so get the help to buy scheme which makes a huge difference in what we can borrow.
We were forced into a position to buy quicker than we planned as our rental property that we had lived in for many years was put on the market and sold within a week, so we panicked and put in an offer on the 8th aug which was accepted based on our DIP from Halifax.
Timescales-
14/09- request to sign declaration, DD mandate and request for P60
All paperwork was put through to Kensington on the 18/09 (p60, ID’s, tax returns- 3 years, bank statements, payslips etc). Delay was due to getting all the accounts together.
Later that week they sent the request for an independent valuation, if was only due to luck that the valuer was also doing another property on the same site so this was completed on the 21/09. No problems with the valuation
22/09- they requested a reference from our accountant
25/09- accountant sent report to Kensington
26/09- Kensington request for us to clear some debt off 2 credit cards and prove I have cleared a loan off this month, also request letters from shareholders in the business, and a business forecast from accountant, as well as accountants certificate.
Currently awaiting for statements to send across to prove we have cleared off debt. Once this is altogether which will be in the next two days, they will take up to 8 days to come back with an answer.
Our builder has threatened to pull out twice, so very stressful experience, considering we are now living with family awaiting to have an answer. There is no doubt we can afford the mortgage, we have been paying more in rent for over 6 years. Just don’t want to lose a property we love over the waiting period. I know we haven’t waited long compared to some, but we have been given bad advice along the way which has caused delays.
I’ll keep you posted with any future updates!