EddScott, if you mean the time from buying the house to getting the keys so that you can move in, then it's usually 8 weeks. Surveys, insurance, mortgage set up etc all take place somewhere in those 8 weeks. The annoying thing is that although they provisionally say 8 weeks, you won't know the day you get given the keys until the very day itself. Thankfully my boss was understanding and I was able to move my annual leave days around the moving in weekend.