The nervous wait to exchange....
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Currently waiting on solicitors getting their act together, not owned a property before so the whole process has been both "enlightening" and terrifying in roughly equal amounts.
Mostly now though I'm just eager to get in and start spending money on the things that need addressing.
Mostly now though I'm just eager to get in and start spending money on the things that need addressing.
It is an exciting time! Hope all goes well guys
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All the best for your purchase. It's exciting, but stressful.
Once you own your property though it does feel pretty awesome.
I notice the original house was a 3 storey, is this house also the same?
Only reason I say this is we would never purchase a 3 storey new build again, our first house was a 3 storey and was and are so glad we moved into a bigger 2 storey.
Like the above the main bedroom/en-suite was on the top floor, although massive come winter or bad storms in the summer we could just not sleep due to the wind noise! Some nights we even ended up sleeping on the sofa in the front room to get some decent sleep!
Another thing is we moved from a 3 bed to a 4 bed, the 4 bed is much cheaper to heat and run as you are not losing all the heat over 3 floors. And in Summer it is much nicer in the 4 bed as even with modern insulation it got roasting in the bedroom!
Just a bit of a heads up, I appreciate your heart does go into the buying process and especially when you see all the shiney new showrooms but please just bear this in mind
Solicitor chosen after getting a good few quotes and recommendations. Legal Fees are just under £700 which im happy with. Decided on mortgage provider so just awaiting paper work from the solicitors and i've got another appointment on thursday to get a big chunk of the mortgage paper work done. Money should be reaching my bank over the next couple of days from my parents for the deposit as well. There's no chain either end so hopefully the whole process shouldn't be too stressful.
Yeah in Bucks, end of the Met line... Zone 9 in London transport zones.
I thought so. I used to work in Amersham Hospital and occasionally did some community work in Bucks. From your photo there were similar looking properties.
Houses in Gerrard's Cross and Beaconsfield are
Good luck for tomrrow!
Houses in Gerrard's Cross and Beaconsfield are
It's bad enough a few miles down the road here but a friend has just bought in Beaconsfield and it's just ridiculous.
I notice the original house was a 3 storey, is this house also the same?
Only reason I say this is we would never purchase a 3 storey new build again, our first house was a 3 storey and was and are so glad we moved into a bigger 2 storey.
Like the above the main bedroom/en-suite was on the top floor, although massive come winter or bad storms in the summer we could just not sleep due to the wind noise! Some nights we even ended up sleeping on the sofa in the front room to get some decent sleep!
Another thing is we moved from a 3 bed to a 4 bed, the 4 bed is much cheaper to heat and run as you are not losing all the heat over 3 floors. And in Summer it is much nicer in the 4 bed as even with modern insulation it got roasting in the bedroom!
Just a bit of a heads up, I appreciate your heart does go into the buying process and especially when you see all the shiney new showrooms but please just bear this in mind
Good points! Yeah the one they offered is 3 storey as well - it's exactly the same house design just on a different plot. I think we must have seen 20 or so show homes in the end across ~10 different developments/builders and this was the only 3 storey one we saw. Personally, I would prefer a two floor one but out of all the options we had, this seems to be by far the best buy based on size, specs and price and how soon we could move in. We were late to the ball for most of the developments so we would have been forced to wait until next year which we can't do.
I went over to have a look at the original house we reserved and the new one they offered to us today to make the final decision - confirmed we're going for the one offered yesterday. It's in a much better plot (the other will have 6 houses behind it, 3 overlooking its garden when they get to that stage!), the garden is about twice as big and has all the upgrades mentioned.
Got sent through the new reservation paperwork, then fired off the first set of documents that our mortgage broker needs. The solicitors sent their paperwork today, but it's for the old plot so we'll need to wait for them to sort that out.
Here's to hoping everything else goes smoothly... didn't think buying a new build would be this stressful and we're not really passed reservation yet!
Offer finally accepted. Guy has moved to Florida so everything goes through his daughter from the estate agent. 3 days to negotiate a price due to the time difference.
Having avoided the last place, we already have the mortgage in principal and this one costs a bit less so should go through easily enough.
Looks like fewer issues too now I have a better idea of what a surveyor checks. No pesky fireplaces (as much as I would like one). 1988 build which is a lot newer than I would usually consider too. No gas in the street so electric only but south facing so some ugly solars on the roof when we get round to it. It'll be interesting.
Having avoided the last place, we already have the mortgage in principal and this one costs a bit less so should go through easily enough.
Looks like fewer issues too now I have a better idea of what a surveyor checks. No pesky fireplaces (as much as I would like one). 1988 build which is a lot newer than I would usually consider too. No gas in the street so electric only but south facing so some ugly solars on the roof when we get round to it. It'll be interesting.
Nice one. Keep us updated.
We had 3 viewing yesterday and another lined up for sat (We are trying to sell our house). It went onto the market on sat just gone. One couple are coming back tonight for a 2nd viewing. Nervous time and this is our 4th house so far in 25 years!
Things have slowed right down...
With house prices rising at ~10% a year, this is bad news....
How do you mean slowed down? Is that in your case? Or generally?
Things have slowed right down...
With house prices rising at ~10% a year, this is bad news....
I have seen a number of properties, priced very "optimistically" shall we say sitting around for 3-4 months+ now. There was a rush before the 1st of April but I can definitely see a slow down or a period of price stagnation coming.