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To ask how long it was for you: offer accepted to completing on your home?

37 replies

FlyingSoap · 30/04/2024 08:33

We made an offer mid April.

We are first time buyers and seller is moving into a vacant property. Hoping it’s quick because of this! Thinking it will likely be August time?

How long did it take for you from having an offer accepted to moving in?

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WaitingfortheTardis · 30/04/2024 17:21

Five and a half months. Our buyers were first time buyers and the people we were buying from had no onward purchase. I have no idea why it all took so long.

mumda · 30/04/2024 17:21

April until August.
Learnt from that and have since used a conveyancing person who advertised in a house auction catalogue. He's very efficient and effective.

ChampagneSuperDrinker · 30/04/2024 17:19

Less than 3 months both times. First no chain, second time we were buying and selling, then no others in the chain.

Yellowhammer09 · 30/04/2024 17:12

Offered at the end of August, completed in mid-January. A chain of three; us, sellers, and one other. I wish I'd used a competent conveyancer 🙃During the last month I was calling them every single day for an update.

ToxicChristmas · 30/04/2024 17:12

We had the offer accepted 25th August and we completed 6th November. All during covid so was great considering what was going on with the world. No chain though so was fairly simple.

Chatonette · 30/04/2024 17:07

Offered mid-December and moved in mid-March. 3-house chain. Hustled our solicitors.

Lesson learned from previous 3-house chain last time we purchased—left it up to the solicitors, only to find out a few months down the line that our buyer HADN’T EVEN APPLIED FOR THEIR MORTGAGE at that stage. Our seller was very cross and we nearly lost our house.

Be a pushy Karen.

KreedKafer · 30/04/2024 09:43

Four months.

BuddingPeonies · 30/04/2024 09:37

Sale: 4 months.
Purchase: 3.5 months. Would have been quicker, but our solicitor got covid, then DH and I got covid, and noone would listen to me that the garage conversion needed planning permission until we went to sign the contracts........

EveningSpread · 30/04/2024 09:32

8 weeks for my purchase - I used a highly recommended local solicitor who did it in the blink of an eye.

My sale took months and months - I used the big in-house conveyancers of the estate agent for that one, and they had massive caseloads and stalled constantly. I had to read them the riot act to get them to exchange. Was horrible. Never again!

Huldrafolk · 30/04/2024 09:30

Ten weeks, but I really hustled everyone.

tiutinkerbell · 30/04/2024 09:29

Six weeks thanks to motivated buyers and sellers and no chain.

FuzzyPuffling · 30/04/2024 08:40

3.5 months, with a super speedy terrier of a conveyancer, and me treating it like a full time job.