AIBU (Nosey) to ask how long your house purchases took?

[Manth0914]

First time buyers, just had an offer accepted on an empty, probate property (probate has been granted) mortgage advisor has said she will begin our application now she has all our paperwork. Obviously all the survey/legal bits need doing but what are your experience of time scales from this point to moving in? Also, anyone else a tiny bit terrified about paying so much money back 😣 excited and nervous in equal measures.

Empty house probate done no chain as we were in rented and cash buyers 8 weeks from viewing to moving in, no chain is generally much quicker

My first house took 5 months, despite the vendors' house being empty. Although the house was freehold, the garden wasn't, and their solicitor had to do loads of work to sort it out.

This house took 3 months, because my purchasers had mortgage issues (1993, so tail end of the house price crash) and we had to keep renegotiating the price. It did me a favour though, as I ended up paying 10% less than the price agreed.

Three months about 22yrs ago but would’ve been a bit less as id agreed as a first time buyer to the sellers moving out after the new year

Both times had an offer accepted at end of Jan and moved in end of April/beginning of May.

So pretty much the average 12 weeks.

Both a chain of three.

8 months for first house, chain free, we were renting they were buying a new build. 5 months for the second house, 5 or 6 in the chain.

Our son bought a flat last year. It was empty and he had no property to sell - relatively straight forward, we thought.

Offer accepted on 3rd February. Completion on 1st July!!!!
5 months for a flat!!!! Bloody solicitors.

:59siingingintherain

Offer places 3 August 2019 we received keys 27 November.

Developed cystic acne and ASD from the worst mortgage company EVER.

you can't develop ASD...

@Really123456 acute stress disorder x

I bought the house I was renting. Landlady said she'd sell it to me on 26th April and we completed on 1st of August.

9 weeks through to 40 weeks!

6 house purchases over the years.

The fastest by a mile was our last house bought at auction. I had the keys within 30 days.

My DD's recently took just over four months. The surveyors report came back and the mortgage provider wanted extra joist/wall (I think) surveys done.

Then the asking price had to be re-negotiated, because of the findings.

It was quite quick considering.

Last move 14 wks
Previous- 10 wks
Previous - disaster - 47wks. Divorce in the chain

I work in Conveyancing but not uk anymore. My average is 8 weeks with everyone on-board. If you have a chain it really is how long is a piece of string as you move at the rate of the slowest person in the chain. In your circumstances there is no reason why 6-8 weeks isn't feasible if both you and the Vendor are on the ball.

4 months with no chain involved!!
Shitty solicitors on the sellers part. Make sure you get a good, recommended solicitor!!

4 weeks from first viewing to moving in.

Just over 3 months. 14th August to 24th November. Also first time buyers and a relatively short chain (3 houses).

Interesting thread, I'm a FTB and had an offer accepted on 16th January and still in the dark. No chain on my end as I'm in rented and my vendors have bought a vacant property.

FTB back in 2013 about 11 or 12 weeks, did have to pester the solicitors a bit as only had a few days overlap with our rental (which suited us in the end)

I think the owners ended up moving out and renting for a bit too so as not to delay the sale.

3 months. We viewed it in June and moved in first of September but had the keys by end of August.

No chain, we were first time buyers and property was empty so that made things easier.

Took us just under 12 weeks, bought last year. It would have been faster but their estate agents and solicitors were a little slow responding to stuff we wanted to have checked as a result of the survey. Also the vendors wanted to move the date for later as they were moving with just their kids help.

We were paying same amount in rent as we now pay in mortgage so it doesn't make much difference. Although we do overpay each month now.
It was a little scary at first buying our first house but it was also very exciting!

First house we bought, 28 days. It was a repossession and that was a condition of sale.

House buying now, it will have been about 8 weeks by the time we move in. Christmas probably slowed us down a bit & we chose a slightly later date for completion to fit i with work etc (chain of 3, both top & bottom of chain going in rented).

1. 6 weeks
2. went to probate as vendor died; 4 months
3. waiting for vendor's new build to be, well, built, 3 months.

went on the market in July, sold in 24 hours, completed September

@Penners99 25 months? That's over 2 years. Do you mean days?

Ours took 8 weeks.

Too long. We tried to sell our house in 2014. Three buyers First dropped out after 2 months. Second dropped out after 3 months. We told the 3rd buyers where to go after 4 months after we had got totally fed up with the lies and delaying tactics. They were not pleased. Contrary to how it appears there was nothing wrong with the house just time-wasting buyers. The moral of the story is do not assume the deal is done until the completion date.