The nervous wait to exchange....

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My sale is now completed and I handed over keys yesterday. All my stuff is now in storage apart from things I needed or wanted for a few weeks.

We have a date for the new house of 29th of November, though we would prefer the 28th as my girlfriend has agreed 28th with her buyer.
 
Was supposed to exchange on Friday. Planned completion in the next fortnight.

Our buyer was radio silent until the evening, when they said they couldn't complete then as they would be out of the country.... for nearly 2 months.

Randomly they also asked a weird question ....

Saturday evening, email copied to our estate agent sent to their solicitors - they've decided not to buy the property. Citing the answer to the weird question as the reason.

Obviously somewhat bemused. We need a better system than this.

Going to chat to the solicitors and see if anything is salvageable, but will go back on the market regardless now as there is no trust left.
 
Conanius said:
Was supposed to exchange on Friday. Planned completion in the next fortnight.

Our buyer was radio silent until the evening, when they said they couldn't complete then as they would be out of the country.... for nearly 2 months.

Randomly they also asked a weird question ....

Saturday evening, email copied to our estate agent sent to their solicitors - they've decided not to buy the property. Citing the answer to the weird question as the reason.

Obviously somewhat bemused. We need a better system than this.

Going to chat to the solicitors and see if anything is salvageable, but will go back on the market regardless now as there is no trust left.
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That sucks.. What was the reason, did the buyer decide they could get a better deal elsewhere?

Edit.. If you stay with your own convayencers then they already have all your details.. So. Might be able to carry over some of the cost for the next deal?
 
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yes. Such is life. It wasn't recoverable.

Back on the market on Tuesday, two viewings today (both want to make an offer) and another viewing to book in. Good progress.
 
My house was meant to complete on the 29th but it's now been delayed until the 6th December, apparently due to the person at the bottom of the chain. Annoyingly, I took a lower price from my agent as when I asked about a chain, he said they'd already sold their house. Getting fed up with it now and just want it gone!
 
We exchanged today and should now be moving on the 2nd of December. We had a delay from the 29th as apparently our sellers couldn't get removals for the day, without spending more money. If I hadn't been busy at work I would have pushed back, but sadly the gf accepted it and moved our removals to the 2nd.

It sure is a stressful process. Just looking forward to getting in now.
 
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