Almost there!

[Mum2Fergus]

Sooo...mortgage approved abd passed to Sols who is now taking care of the legal stuff all being well I'll get keys 22 Feb. Need to guve Landlord 1 month notice so thinking mid/end Jan with exit on last day of Feb. That guves me approx 6 days to move to new house and prep rental for return to Landlord and return of deposit...am I giving myself enough time?! Any hints/tips for a smooth changeover?!

make that 2 weeks.
stuff does happen and you don't want to be in a b&b for a week until you're in.
book a company to clean the old place (and preferably new place as well) takes out sooo much stress.
good luck!

Agree with the above post. We ended up homeless for two weeks between houses thanks to idiot incompetent solicitor a last minute glitch. Not fun.

until you've exchanged contracts, don't let yourself believe it will happen (bitter)

Hmm duly noted...we're FTB and the house we've bought is unoccupied (owner deceased). Ive a copy of acceptance of offer from vendor Sols...both Sols agree missives will conclude next week. Fingers crossed

Ah, you're in Scotland.

Quicker process

don't give notice to your landlord until the purchase is certain - I believe that in Scotland it now is. However it doesn't hurt to give him some advance verbal warning that your notice is coming so he can start planning.

at least a week overlap if you can, why make life difficult?