Whoa. MEGA bummed for you mate.
We completed today:
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Congrats! nice looking place you got there
This time tomorrow il be in my new house
Good luck with the moving guys
The nervous wait to exchange....
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if its a reasonable sized firm then you should ask to speak to the supervising partner and talk to them. There should be someone monitoring the case whilst your contact is on holiday.
Be polite but forthright - you're not happy and its causing you stress and you just want someone to help you...etc etc
Cool! fingers crossed it all goes smoothly
probably waiting for answers to queries the solicitors are asking on your behalf, there are always things they'll ask about and then send you the answers so you know what they were told - sometimes its small but important things.
On our last place we had a report saying the same...we stayed there 6 years before actually thinking it needed doing. Get a roofer in to take a look and then you can make an educated decision. Either way it may be worth asking for a reduced price because of the roof issues......
Well thats interesting - we've completed as of yesterday evening (YAY!) but we've not been paid our money & our mortgage hasn't been paid off (WTF!?!?)
Our buyer's buyer's solicitor didn't arrange her mortgage payment to come in a day early so our buyer wasn't paid until about 3.40pm.
Our solicitor wasn't paid until about 3.49pm and the bank wire system apparently closes at 3.50pm (would be great if someone could confirm this!) So our solicitor couldn't transfer the money over to us last night, but the sale has completed so they still released the keys to our buyer.
Luckily were breaking the chain and renting while we re-locate so no problem there, but as of midday today we've still not been paid - its not a small amount of money here damn it!
Grrrr, so annoyed, we've finally sold but we are now without house, without cash and with an freaking mortgage still!
CHAPS transfer close at banks around the 3.30 mark, but I'm surprised your solicitor didn't transfer the money to you before that - sounds like a **** up internally.
presumably the solicitors did actually have the funds before releasing the keys to your buyer??
How come?
Signed my contract two weeks ago and found out late Friday that the people I'm buying off are still agreeing theirs with the next up in the chain. A few more weeks wait then
yeah unfortunately signing contracts and exchanging can be weeks apart.
You're only signing a draft of the contract, normally one of the early bits you'll get sent by the solicitors
we had a good experience with Nat West, I think it was about 2 weeks to get the formal offer after receiving the ok in principal one.
We also found them really helpful when we thought we'd have to extend the offer because things were going wrong. We thought it would be a right hassle and cost us more but a quick call to their customer service team and that was that.
Just put our first ever offer on a house. Scary
Yep
But ultimately very rewarding when you get the keys!
yay! what date for completion then??
land reg entries only happen on completion. You might get sent a copy of the TF1 form before then for you to check for errors but you wont get the originals (unless you're mortgage free)
Just got word that the survey failed
They found subsidence, so they won't give me a mortgage for it.
Back to square one
That sucks but if they found subsidence and its not been taking care of then your survey was worth every penny you paid!
the waiting bit was definitely the worst part...the days when we were busy sorting stuff or looking over replies were fine, the weeks of nothing happening (though of course in the background stuff probably was...) were the most nervy ones.
Its all worth it in the end...fingers crossed the waiting isn't too bad for you
Its all worth it in the end...fingers crossed the waiting isn't too bad for you
Right, trying very hard to be calm, but the damn sellers have decided not to sell - so infuriating - back to rightmove again then
That sucks....but rather now than in 4 weeks time when you've spent money on things.
They'll be a better place out there for you
nice one...fingers crossed exchange goes well today so you can get on with the move on Friday.
No, afraid not.
They're basically sending you out the report on title and searches on the place you're buying and a contract paperwork pack for you to sign (but not date) so they have it ready for when you are all ready to exchange.
They'll be a letter that will say something on the lines of "sign but don't date the contract, we'll hold it in safe keeping and will only date and exchange it with the other side when you tell us to".
Yeah...its likely that the conveyance report will flag up questions (it always happens) that you'll want answers on - or that your solicitors are already asking.
For example - our report flagged that a new boiler had been installed and our solicitors needed to see sight of the installation certificate to make sure building control regs had been followed.
If its the searches report as well it will flag things like planning applications in the area, flooding risks...all the stuff you want to check before you exchange just in case you don't like the answers!
Its a good sign but I'd guess you're a couple of weeks (at least) away from exchange.
For example - our report flagged that a new boiler had been installed and our solicitors needed to see sight of the installation certificate to make sure building control regs had been followed.
If its the searches report as well it will flag things like planning applications in the area, flooding risks...all the stuff you want to check before you exchange just in case you don't like the answers!
Its a good sign but I'd guess you're a couple of weeks (at least) away from exchange.
have you had any feedback at all from the viewings?
even if there are no offers it would be useful for you to know what people are thinking about your place so you can see if you need to do anything to make it more sellable
lol yeah, not funny at the time I bet! Bet you got over it quick enough though.
GZ on completion
It happens, its part of the make you see the competition trick that EA's like to play. The same as booking you a 20min slot but getting the next viewers to come round after 15mins.
Ignore the other people, do your viewing and stay objective!