Buying and selling support thread?!

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Hi, I know there's a sellers' thread, and a buyers' thread, but I am knee deep in trying to do both at the same time and starting to feel like my head might explode and not sure which thread to visit to beg for someone to send Anyone else?!

Hi Gurpreet - I think you have to pay to advertise on mumsnet so it might be worth checking that it your post will be deleted.

We're back off to see the 4000(eek!) Victoria semi that we saw right at the beginning

Bit worried about the garden. It runs along the back of the house so is very long but narrow. We do ideally want detached but very hard to find something detached that is big enough. Also got a very good feel the first time we went into it but had discounted it as it was the second house we saw so thought there would be tons of them - how wrong we were

Thanks for the advice re: schools. I'm feeling a bit better. DH thinks we could take the place for DS at the great school (if we get it) and then take it from there. Problem is that I dint want everyone at different schools and the girls woukd never get in out of catchment

I think he is right though- we will apply to the very good school of we are still here on January and take it from there

Ah I will have a look if this fits in the payment category - thanks Gobbolinothewitchscat!

Gobbolino, it's funny how you can be drawn back to a house. That's what happened with us. The bungalow was the first house we viewed. It was on for more then and went under offer just after we went on the market. Then it was back on the market as the sale fell through after we had our offer. I hope it's meant to be. DH and teenagers are fully on board with the bungalow because we can make it look so nice. We are in a large semi now and I forget we are attached at all because the walls are so thick. You'd never know.

They could put a bath in though could they munchy? I would if I liked the rest of the house enough.
I agree about coming back to an earlier house viewed- exactly the same thing happened with the house that we are buying now.

Yes Jeremy they could put a bath in. The previous owners took it out so there is just enough space if you rejig the bathroom.
I've had a look on rightmove and the other 2 houses in this area also don't have baths.

How annoying Munchy. They could just knock a couple of grand off and re jig the bathroom.

I was a bit "meh" about the house we're buying from both the photos and the first visit.

A week later we arranged a second visit and I loved it. Very strange!

The best feedback we had was from a 19yr old lad who viewed with his mum (parents were buying him a house)..."Oh there is no dishwasher. How on EARTH am I expected to live without a dishwasher? There is no point looking upstairs, I simply cannot live in a house which is so backward"

Still haven't heard from our brokers about mortgage. We got our survey results back with no particular concerns which is great but I have major concerns that our mortgage won't get agreed. I have lost all excitement for it now and feeling majorly depressed about the whole thing.

Oh mummy . Why are you worried about the mortgage? Anything in particular? Can you chase the broker at all? Horrible to be waiting over the weekend.

I'm wondering if we need a Facebook page - I want to see everyone's prospective purchases - I'm so nosy!

What a prat oogle

munchy - that is ridiculous. Some people seem to have no vision or problem solving ability

I think oogle wins ridiculous feedback of the month!

Gobbolino - I'm nosy too! Can you imagine if some of us were in the same chain!

Gobbolino - I don't have a great credit score albeit debt free, earn a good salary and we have a good deposit. We used a broker who was used to dealing with people like myself and they got a MIP with a lender who deals with this. I'm just worrying now and would be devastated if we couldn't get an approved mortgage but feel so hideously awful for our buyers.

We spoke to brokers and asked why we weren't given an update when we were told we would, complained as a specific piece of info wasn't passed on when it should have been delaying things by a week. They updated us via email 10mins later saying we were in a queue with the lender and should hear something early next week.

Oogle, I think that young man needs to spend some time paying his own bills before anyone buys him a house!

Oogle that young man is going to get a shock in the real world!!
All gone very quiet again here sadly

Oogle what a horrid bratty child!

Am spring cleaning today and chucking crap as I go! I'm guessing at some point my buyer may want to look at the items for sale and measure up. I've listed a lot of my furniture as it suits the house and won't go at all in the new house. I hope she buys some of it as it will make the move easier.

Viewing was cancelled today as viewer was late and got stuck in traffic. There was a local parade on with road closures that I warned the agents about but they didn't take any notice. To make it worse they didn't bother to ring me so I was waiting and holding off feeding the baby lunch. They got a stern telling off on the phone.

Can I join in please as feeling a bit sad about it all today.

We don't live in a fabulous area. They are mostly ex council houses but they do generally sell well. We are relocating to other side of the country but it looks like DH will be going alone and me and DS staying put for a bit :( so so sad about that. We are just renting for a while in new place.

House has been for sale for 5 weeks - I usually see sold signs going up within 8 weeks or so around here. Had a lot of viewers and positive feedback about our house - just nobody buying the damn thing! I realise this is no time at all when I read some of your posts, sorry.

Had a really low offer from the first viewing the week it went for sale but that has been it.

I've just got myself in a doward spiral over us being left here :( not only that we will have no money spare at all.

We had a positive viewer yesterday and think they will come back for a second viewing possibly but sigh, you just can never tell can you?

Maxy, it is difficult at the moment I think everyone is going to be in for a slow summer - although the supply just isn't going to be there for people who don't need to move whilst there is so much uncertainty following the referendum result.

Could you rent it out if you aren't buying where you are moving to?

Hi all
I been lurking here for a bit thought I would post.

We have sold, far faster than we expected and have ended up in a slightly awkward position of having to stay with family and put our furniture into storage. Our purchase is taking so much longer, not sure if its solicitors dragging their feet or the seller. Its frustrating as I have to get my DS into a school and council needs confirmation for purchase address etc.

I was hoping to do it all before the schools break up but that is looking unlikely now despite having started this process ages ago to over this hurdle. I am moving from Scotland to England and have to say the Scottish system is easier to navigate through.

Lionso, I'm in the same position and need to exchange soon to apply for a school place before the school breaks up, even then we might not hear where they get into until September, it is so frustrating.

Does exchange look like it is on the horizon for you?

maxy - . That sounds hard. I'm amazed at how emotional I've found all of this and we have t even found somewhere to buy.

We went back to the big semi today with the builder. There's a lot of work that needs done to the roof etc.

Do really like it so have emailed an offer tonight to the agent. It's 85% of the ask. I'm assuming they won't accept but I don't think there have been any offers so far so I suppose the other options are to get the work carried out themselves or take it off the market. But the builder's view is that they need the roof work fine fairly urgently as there are already big damp patches.

We just did a best and final offer as thought no point beating around the bush.

If we don't get this, there's nothing else on the market we are interested in so think we'll take a break from it all for a bit.

munchy - that's bloody annoying about your viewing

Hello lion!

We have discussed renting it out but really dont want to. Would mean a lot to do - different mortgage and other things too complicated to go into here. Plus we just want rid of it especially as we will be 300 miles away.

These houses are reasonably low value really so perfect first time buyer houses and they do always sell. I'm just so so sad to be left alone with DS, he has autism and is currently home schooled due to school failure and because we are moving every service has discharged us (although they will say nothing to do with us moving yet have given a list of referrals he will need once moved :/) we have nobody paying any attention to us whatsoever.

My Mum is currently going through chemo and about to start radiotherapy and it's just a pile of stuff on a pile of stuff. Sorry for moaning on. Been awake half the night. Never sleep when DH is away so better get used to many weeks of no sleep eh!

Ah maxy, I hope you get a buyer soon. Sounds very stressful and putting a real downer on the moving process for you

Well, new week again. Hoping to get some form of news from broker today. They said we should have some news early in the week but who bloody knows