The nervous wait to exchange....

Kuros · 6 Nov 2015 at 21:33

I'd question the land registry fee, they can either send it normally for £190 or electronically for £95. My transfer fee/completion fee was £15, with 3 quid VAT. It didn't cost me anything for them to check my ID, either.

Ace Modder · 6 Nov 2015 at 21:44

Thanks for the feedback, I will ask them about that.

peter212693 · 6 Nov 2015 at 21:57

All moved in today! Got the keys around 12 o clock.

Currently boxes still to be unpacked but glad to be finally in!

Teknobry · 7 Nov 2015 at 00:51

Ace Modder said:
Oh... does this seem about the right pricing?

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Wow, that seems expensive. I paid roughly the same except my stamp duty was £900.

Ace Modder · 7 Nov 2015 at 13:53

My offer letter from Nationwide has just dropped thru my front door

Belloni · 7 Nov 2015 at 14:54

This may seem like a stupid question, but how does it work when moving into a new home regarding electricity/water/gas? We move in on the 20th of November, should I start the ball rolling now? Wait till moved in? Does the current supplier continue for one last month? so we have their provider? :s

Ace Modder · 7 Nov 2015 at 15:43

I have no idea what the next steps are for me now???

DB_SamX · 7 Nov 2015 at 18:25

Ace Modder said:
I have no idea what the next steps are for me now???

Rear, sign and return the offer letter.
Appoint the solicitor/conveyancer and let them do everything else.

Then it is a waiting game. Just chase the solicitor for updates.

Ace Modder · 8 Nov 2015 at 01:48

The offer letter says this is just my copy. Nothing to sign and return.

scorza · 8 Nov 2015 at 10:28

Ace Modder said:
The offer letter says this is just my copy. Nothing to sign and return.

Same for me - the mortgage co should have sent the same letter to your solicitor. The mortgage offer is one of the pre-requisites for exchanging contracts, so as Sam said, contact your solicitor for progress with your overall conveyance and keep chasing them.

Belloni said:
This may seem like a stupid question, but how does it work when moving into a new home regarding electricity/water/gas? We move in on the 20th of November, should I start the ball rolling now? Wait till moved in? Does the current supplier continue for one last month? so we have their provider? :s

Dunno but I'm hoping to be in the same boat next month. As you have a moving in date, if I were you, in the absence of any instructions to the contrary I'd be contacting your suppliers now and telling them you're moving. Note you don't have any choice over your water supplier, so that should be quite simple.

FartInferno · 8 Nov 2015 at 14:09

We had an offer accepted 5 weeks ago on a house. Had everything in place to complete as quick as posible as our current lease runs out on 28 Nov. Ridiculously the Sellers solicitor has only now sent out contracts! Had a snotty call from Estate Agent asking why we hadn't signed contracts yet, told her we hadn't receieved anything and turns out she had forgotten to tell the sellers solicitor about the sale :rolleyes:

Spoke to our landlords today and they're not keen to extend our tenancy beyond the end of November so now have 15 working to complete the purchase :eek:

House we're buying is currently empty too so had hoped for a quick completion with plenty of time to tidy this place up before handing it back.

Here it is btw

Belloni · 8 Nov 2015 at 16:10

scorza said:
Same for me - the mortgage co should have sent the same letter to your solicitor. The mortgage offer is one of the pre-requisites for exchanging contracts, so as Sam said, contact your solicitor for progress with your overall conveyance and keep chasing them.

Dunno but I'm hoping to be in the same boat next month. As you have a moving in date, if I were you, in the absence of any instructions to the contrary I'd be contacting your suppliers now and telling them you're moving. Note you don't have any choice over your water supplier, so that should be quite simple.

Thanks, this is our first home though as we both live with parents currently!

DB_SamX · 8 Nov 2015 at 22:51

Ace Modder said:
The offer letter says this is just my copy. Nothing to sign and return.

Ok. Mine from HSBC asked for a signed copy to be returned confirming I was happy with everything.

DB_SamX · 9 Nov 2015 at 00:43

Unexpectedly got a month notice of my current tenancy. Need to see if I can somehow push for completion by then, otherwise it will be back to my parents until then.

Ace Modder · 9 Nov 2015 at 15:18

Just spoke to my solictors, they are awaiting the paperwork back from the sellers solictors and then once they have that, they will start the searches on the property. (water/drainage etc etc)

DB_SamX · 9 Nov 2015 at 20:38

There should be no reason not to start the searches whilst waiting for the paperwork. Anyone else think otherwise?

scorza · 9 Nov 2015 at 20:48

DB_SamX said:
There should be no reason not to start the searches whilst waiting for the paperwork. Anyone else think otherwise?

Dunno but my solicitors said the same, takes about 2 weeks for all the searches to come back.

HardwareGeek · 10 Nov 2015 at 17:57

Can anyone give me an idea of how long the process takes from accepted offer to completion?

Had my offer accepted yesterday and mortgage application was in this morning with a estimated 11 working day processing time with the bank, nationwide.

Instructed solicitor and they should have received the details from the estate agent today.

I am first time buyer and seller is moving to rented house so no chain, any ideas?

#Chri5# · 10 Nov 2015 at 20:10

HardwareGeek said:
Can anyone give me an idea of how long the process takes from accepted offer to completion?

Had my offer accepted yesterday and mortgage application was in this morning with a estimated 11 working day processing time with the bank, nationwide.

Instructed solicitor and they should have received the details from the estate agent today.

I am first time buyer and seller is moving to rented house so no chain, any ideas?

Should be straight forward with no chain but that assumes no incompetence from an EA or solicitor. Are you feeling lucky?

We're using a solicitor near where I work so I can drop things in (and visit to kick ass). I told them "our" sale was purely in my misses name, yet all the sale paperwork turns up with both our names on and half way through, my surname changes to that of my misses :rolleyes:

topgun06 · 11 Nov 2015 at 10:00

It took me pretty much 2 months from offer accepted to completion. No chain either side.