We are going to be moving to the other end of the country for family reasons. We’ve seen a house we love, no other interest as yet but it’s right at the top of our budget and we have to sell before we can put in an offer.
Today we’ve instructed the estate agents to sell our house and I already feel so bloody depressed and anxious about the whole thing. Firstly there’s brexit which means that it’s going to be more difficult to sell generally (although we’re in an area where things are still at least selling). Even taking that out of the equation, I just foresee months of stress while buyers, estate agents and solicitors muck us around. Something will come up on the survey, buyers will struggle to get a mortgage, a very minor piece of paperwork will be missing that holds the whole thing up for weeks, the estate agent lies to us, someone’s solicitor goes on holiday just at the point of exchange etc. etc. etc. And after all of that, we will end up missing out on the house I’ve fallen in love with.
Before I descend into a complete pit of dispaire about the whole thing, has anyone actually managed to sell a house with no issues and buy the house of their dreams?