The nervous wait to exchange....
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Soldato
@Skillmister Thought you'd appreciate this. We had the contract through for the sale of our house. Who says solicitors aren't useless. Can't even get a mail merge right! 
How did you find/choose your solicitors?
Can't complain about ours so far. I think our vendors solicitors might be a bit useless though. Ours forwarded a load of the paperwork that vendors solicitor had sent over (PIF/title plan/others), and looks like they've missed out on a few sections + haven't included things like all the building reg certificates from the recent extension. So was a bit amusing to see the letter back to the vendors solicitor to correct the paperwork and send over the documents they missed the first time.
We didn't go for the cheapest, so i guess it's worth paying a little extra for a good firm.
Soldato
They were one of the ones recommended by our mortgage advisor and one of our friends had used them previously and said they were fine. We did manage to complete today though so it all worked out. Got the keys and moving stuff in tomorrow.
Will do
Soldato
@Skillmister Thought you'd appreciate this. We had the contract through for the sale of our house. Who says solicitors aren't useless. Can't even get a mail merge right!
Happens a lot with ours where it gets amended in the letter on the PC but then when printed it comes out saying what yours does.. I tend to proof read the hard copies though!!
Soldato
So glad we had good weather for moving on Saturday. I don’t think it’s quite hit me yet that I have a house.
Soldato
It will once you start paying the mortgage, household bills, maintenance etc etc......enjoy though and all the very best to you.
Soldato
Yeah that’s what I thought haha. Thanks
Just received an email and text from Nationwide saying my valuation has been booked for 01/06. So much waiting
Wait till it gets to the legal stuff.
Our conveyancing portal suggests we should have our final contract posted out tomorrow, although some of the prior tasks haven't been ticked off, even though i know they've been done (such as ordering the searches).
Man of Honour
So my vendors have sent a form off the HMLR to get a deed restriction removed. Anyone know how long it takes to process roughly? A week? A month? More?
Soldato
A matter of days if its done properly. Depends exactly what it was though.
Exchange and complete looking like next week. The boiler won't be serviced until 31st but they are putting in a clause so that will continue and I can.still.exchange and complete without waiting for it to be done. All on track
Possibly grab the keys next wed. Super nervous and excited
Possibly grab the keys next wed. Super nervous and excited
And after what will be 6 months since we found a house we liked we will move. Exchanged today for completion on the 8th.
Its been horrible, found a house, sold ours within a week, waited nearly 3 months and gave up on our first buyer as their buyer had just stopped, found a new buyer within a week but put them in the race with the first buyer in case they could get themselves together, buyer 2 ready to exchange, original mortgage offer expires, renew it, owner of the house we were buying diagnosed with cancer and pulls their house from sale, panic/despair, find new house which is actually better and cheaper, start process fearing losing our buyer, get second mortgage sorted, local council go to poop and taking an average of 8 weeks for local searches (next district along can be done in 2 days), find email address of local search manager and get in direct contact, actually get search done (although still 6 weeks), exchanged..
It will be years before I want to do this again!
Its been horrible, found a house, sold ours within a week, waited nearly 3 months and gave up on our first buyer as their buyer had just stopped, found a new buyer within a week but put them in the race with the first buyer in case they could get themselves together, buyer 2 ready to exchange, original mortgage offer expires, renew it, owner of the house we were buying diagnosed with cancer and pulls their house from sale, panic/despair, find new house which is actually better and cheaper, start process fearing losing our buyer, get second mortgage sorted, local council go to poop and taking an average of 8 weeks for local searches (next district along can be done in 2 days), find email address of local search manager and get in direct contact, actually get search done (although still 6 weeks), exchanged..
It will be years before I want to do this again!
Man of Honour
Thanks, that's a little reassuring. I don't exactly know what the restriction was, I've asked my conveyancer for more details but haven't heard anything back yet.
Soldato
I had forgot how exciting it was buying a house till read this thread - This house will be sold when I am carted out feet first and don't give a damn what happens - Only done it three times and all before these certificate things were needed. - God knows where ours are.
Good luck to everyone buying - hope it all goes well.
Good luck to everyone buying - hope it all goes well.
