I'm in limbo land. Selling three to buy one in London. One flat went through painlessly in December. Another the buyers solicitor has finally agreed on an indemnity policy covering the fact the head lease is a bit wooly on access to communal garden and bin stores, even though everyone has been using them for the last 50 years, so hoping to exchange and complete on that in the next week or so. My buyers on my home are almost good to go - asked for four weeks between exchange completion as I'm downsizing to house half the size of current one and want to sell furniture and my daughter is still doing dreaded GCSE assessments. Hope to get dates in the diary this week.
My seller though! Accepted my offer second week of Feb, but has still not found a house to buy! I was told by EA that she would go in to rental, so did all the searches and survey, but she now says no but that she's 'trying' to find a place (I have offered her a cash incentive to go in to rental but didn't get anywhere). I'm wondering at what point do I start the search again? We are moving some distance for school, so can't just pop out for a couple hours to look, and my daughter and I are quite invested emotionally in this house now. I could get over missing the stamp duty deadline if I just knew for sure when we would be moving in, or that she is even still committed to selling! I have no idea. I've signed the contract and as soon as mine completes I'm ready (no mortgage). Part of me thinks if I start looking and find a place (not many options) and it's chain free I could still make the deadline and save is so much hassle, but I live thr other house.
I need to find a place for us to rent in the mean time, not easy with dogs and coming up to high season. Plus organise a storage unit. Nightmare.