The nervous wait to exchange....
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You can certainly ask to go back and see the property after exchange (and its always a good idea I reckon) but unless exchange and completion are the same day you still wont know if the items are being left until you move in!
As for move day my tips would be:
have an essentials box that you take with you - silly stuff like tea, coffee, sugar, cups as well as contact details for solicitors, estate agent etc. Stuff that you can quickly find that will make it easy to just take a break for 5 mins
When you get to the new place get the bed and bedding sorted out and don't then throw stuff all over the bed...that way if it gets late at night you can crash out without having to then think about putting the bed together.
Mostly you'll be busy loading and unloading. If you're having movers you'll be looking after them and helping out.
Make sure you do a final walk round of your old place before you leave, take final readings from utilities and call up the suppliers to give the readings as soon as you can.
Take new utility readings when you get to the new place (or on the same day at least)
this is what bugs me about the house move process. Everyone in the process knows how stressful it can be for the people going through it and yet they don't seem to want to help reduce that stress by doing the basics!
if you feel that strongly you might want to think about putting in a complaint at the end and have a conversation about their fees.
Just got the call to say exchange happened at midday, those stresses seem suddenly far in the past
Couldn't be more relieved. Christ, I never want to do this again
congrats
It is the best feeling isn't it.
After a tough process we finally get the keys tomorrow
ADT booked for Friday, decorators booked for the weekend, removals booked for next Tuesday and then hopefully Sky appear to get everything hooked up. Going to be a busy week ahead with numerous 1 hour plus journeys to sort everything...will be worth it once everything is moved and setup though.
congrats!
Its going to be a busy week for you then, but at least now its all about the new place. Good luck on completion day
this.
If you've got other numbers for the solicitor then call those, ask to speak to his/her secretary, speak to someone in the same team....don't be fobbed off!
WE ARE DONE!! Exchanged today
YESYESYYEYSYEYSYYEYSYYEYSY!
Completion is 14th of August
So happy! SO MUCH relief!
Good news! getting that exchange bit out the way is such a relief, especially for you as its going to get the family all back together
Congrats
I know how you feel, moving day for us is tomorrow. They packed most of the stuff today, will be relieved to finally be in tomorrow!
Good luck with the moving day
nice! almost there then....fingers crossed this bit goes quickly for you now
you don't have to phone them all the minute you move in, just make sure you take meeting readings as soon as you can.
The way we did it when we moved was I helped the movers with bits and the wife went round the house looking for the stopcock, meters etc and she took the readings then.
We phoned up the utilities the day after and sorted out the accounts
congrats on the first house then! its well worth the stress and hassle to get the keys to your own place that first time
When you get the keys all you really need to do is find the where the meters are and take readings, I'd suggest taking a photo of them as well.
Then all you need do is phone up your preferred utility company and sort out an account.
It doesn't need to be with the same company the previous owners used (well apart from Water) you'll have to open new accounts with them anyway. Give them all your details and the opening meter reading and you're done!
Have a look round now for good deals on utility companies so you know who you're going to use once you get into the property.
You don't have to phone up the second you move in but make sure you do it within the first couple of days, just make sure to take meter readings the day you move in
might be easier to do it that way but I don't believe you have to. You'll be a new account to the current supplier anyway.
register your details with the council, they'll all have a council tax dept just call them up and tell them you moved in (you might be able to do it online as well)
that's the last part...get packing in other words because the completion date is the moving in date
good news, 3 months isn't that unusual but time really does seem to drag with it doesn't it
worst of it is over with now, get packing!
it will sit in the solicitors client account until completion and then form part of the completion statement.
Way hay, its mine
Signed and completed yesterday, one more trip from the old place to empty the garage and everything is in.
Decorate upstairs, then think about some major work in the kitchen. Cant decide if to open it up into a kitchen/diner/lounge or just kitchen/diner block off the lounge. The old vendor was awesome, the place was so clean and empty when i moved in but now there is crap everywhere
Nice going! looks a good place you've got there. Personally I'd keep the lounge separate from the kitchen but I guess it depends on space. Is the lounge going to be a tiny room that you'd never use?
meh
you'll get a new one if you go with sky wont you?
When we moved in the old owners took all the light roses and replaced them with nasty cheap ones, the took off the wall lights in the living room and did the same there, plus all the curtains, curtain rails, blinds, roller blind holders......i'm surprised they left us the carpet (but it turns out it was infested with clothes moths so no wonder they left it)
Fingers crossed for you. If its a reasonable sized firm just call up the switchboard and ask to speak to the supervising partner on your file.
Once everything is (hopefully) sorted ask your solicitors for a copy of their complaints procedure and put in a complaint about the way your file was managed.
Sorted. Picking the keys up at 4.
Good stuff!
it sucks you're back to the drawing board again - but at least you found out before it was too late.
With the searches it may be worth asking your solicitor if the sellers want to pay you for the searches and have them released to them, that way they would be able to speed up any future buyers by giving them a pack of searches all done - and you'd get your money back.
Some people will do this, others wont but worth asking.