Would anyone like an 'in a chain' support group? (3)

[Spickle]

Assuming all you lovely people in a chain still need a support group? Here it is......

on Wednesday our buyers asked if they could come and measure up (for a second time) this Monday or Tuesday. I said unfortunately this week is the end of term and it's not at all convenient! That was fine.

Then on Sunday I get a call from EA who is fed up with our buyer too (and possibly scared to call me after my previous rant) saying buyer needs to measure as they want to move a wall and get a kitchen guy in. Fair enough they can do what they want and it was something we'd considered but are moving instead however they want to come Wednesday or Thursday. (Interesting as we were told they were going on holiday on Wednesday - apparently now that's Saturday). Neither days are convenient at all. I'm not trying to be difficult but it's last week of term and it's manic. Now they're coming Wednesday at 8pm and can only be downstairs as dc are in bed. My parents (who live an hour and a half away) are visiting to collect a bed and have dinner so we'll just have to have a house full.

They plan to have the work done before moving in and will gradually move their stuff in. Well good for them - I have to move in a day with no childcare and 3 dc to sort!

Oh and mil is upset we have said she can't come and stay in the summer holidays - we don't even know which fucking house we'll be in and it's not like they're actually helpful. What person in their right mind thinks that a 4 day visit is a good idea before or immediately after someone moves house?!

Oh m0ther that sounds so frustrating - my MIL is insisting on coming to help on the day, I think she'll want to be cleaning til midnight while I drink wine

We (finally!) exchanged today so I'm trying to remember the 1001 things I need to do!

Great news awkward. We'll get there eventually. I'm having a week of not giving a shit about the move as I cannot continue with this level of stress so I'm going to ignore it and enjoy the last week of term fun chaos

Yes - sometimes you just have to switch off to avoid combusting with the stress of it all. If other people can go quiet for weeks, so can we

Can I join? We're buying a house and are finally getting somewhere after a long long wait for the chain to complete. Phew!. Quick question though. My solicitor did the enquiries but now I've had more paperwork through I have another load of questions to raise. Asking for warranties and checking who is responsible for house boundaries etc. Did you ask questions too? I can't decide if I'm really picky or my solicitor should really be noticing this stuff! Ughhhh

Hurraahh I don't think it's unreasonable to raise further questions. Warranties may have run out but you can ask. Boundary issues I would have thought would be flagged up already from the land registry info. I would also consider that raising further enquiries could delay the move date but it's best to have your mind at rest.

Arent all those questions automatically answered by the seller when they complete the property information form which your solicitor will have sent to them to complete Hurraahhnaptime? I think they are standard questions on the law society form.

Good point about the land registry. I'll take a look. I don't mind if there arent warranties but I thought I would ask. I'm probably freaking the seller out and don't want to do that.

I promised myself I would stay calm and relaxed through this whole process but when it comes to it I've asked a billion questions! I wish my solicitors would guide me more. I hope your all having more fun than me today :)

They seemed to full in the form very casually with a lot of boxes ticked 'i don't know' and 'no' to every warranty question. It felt like they had taken the easiest route through the forms

They genuinely might not know though Hurraahhnaptime.

I haven't seen the enquiries my solicitor has raised to our seller or the responses they gave to the property information form, so you're lucky you've at least seen this! Although perhaps I will later and its just because everything is going slowly with my chain...

But from our buyers end, I answered the best I could, and they've come up with all sorts of weird questions. And I can't do anything but say I don't know... as I don't!

I had a feeling I was being too fussy. I think I might ring the solicitors and cool it a bit :)

How long have people waited for chains to complete? We are four months on and now thoroughly pissed off. Just wondered if we are being impatient and that is how long it tends to take. It has been just a matter of weeks before but in a different market. Sick of the whole thing and we've not even started!

We started in February had a full chain by end of May. We are still waiting to exchange. Some don't have mortgages approved and others haven't even started searches yet.

We thought we would be in by August! I've been trying to chase but it doesn't help at all. So I've given up now!

Sold end of Jan to ftb then found an empty house to buy mid March. My buyers pulled out 4 weeks ago and I sold again within 48 hours. Hoping and praying to be in by end of August/early September. Luckily my upward purchase is all ready to go so just playing catch up with my new buyers. It's a shit, frustrating system that leaves you tearing your hair out at times!!

If all goes to plan it should be 11 weeks from us accepting an offer on our property two weeks before that). This is ftb, us, sellers moving in with family - all straight forward and still taking 3 months!

It took us four months for chain to complete. Such a frustrating time as it feels so uncertain whether it will all work out.

Ours has taken just over 3 months so far and we are hoping to exchange in the next week or so. Completion is set for end of August as top of chain has to go into rented as their vendor is recovering from surgery and won't move yet. Bottom of the chain is pushing for earlier and we are just going with the flow.

Checking back in. I'm still around just often too fed up to look at this thread.
Our buyer found a new buyer very quickly (for the second time) and our mortgage offer has been extended until September.

Now how do you get the fucking solicitor to actually answer you?
I'm so fed up with the fact 90% of her emails start with 'sorry for the delay in replying' and she's never available when I phone.

Last wednesday I asked for information on the new chain below us. Friday she messaged me to say she'll find out. Monday evening I reminded her I'm still waiting for her answer. This morning I told her I want an answer by the end of the day. Why won't she just fucking find out what's going on and tell me 😡

Almost comical- finally manage to speak to the solicitor then 30 minutes later the estate agent at the top rings with an update then 4 minutes later my estate agent emails me an update. All after not getting answers from anyone for nearly a week!

I'm out the other end now, been In the house just over a week. I promise you all the stress just disappears once you move in. Even though I am still surrounded by boxes and still don't have broadband. And even though everything in the house is broken.

Just thought I'd mention that our solicitor added quite a bit to the bill because of the extra work he had to do to get us to exchange and complete when we wanted to. Worth it now though.

Good luck everyone (and congrats ocelot)

Congrats stripy

In 3 weeks time we should be in our new home. Buyer is signing contract to be with solicitor Friday but we're still awaiting enquiries back from seller. Will chase through ea tomorrow. Building and contents insurance is sorted and almost confirmed life assurance (will do this week after tweaked quote arrives). Feels so out of my hands.

Waving to stripy! So glad you are out the other end too. It's glorious isn't it? I still can't quite believe we got this place in the end - although I am EXHAUSTED

I am so jealous of those who have completed! This feels like a huge weight around my neck thats been dragging me down since January. If I had not separated from stbxh and did not HAVE to move I would have pulled out a long time ago. Sadly I have to try and hold faith this nightmare process will soon be over (insert hollow laugh).

My solicitor is fucking crap, remind me not to use an online conveyancer again (I won't anyway as I will never move again). I have been waiting for feedback from enquiries made on my forwarding purchase since the end of May. I have emailed and called. Was told they were being reviewed around 10 days ago now and still nothing.....

Mother or anybody else do you know if Solicitors will raise enquiries before getting the searches back? My buyers solicitor has had the contract pack for 10 days now and i have heard nothing about enquiries, maybe I am being too impatient?

Mine raised enquiries before the searches were back.

We also are still waiting for a reply. Although ours were only sent mid-June.

I replied to my solicitor same day with responses to my buyers enquiries. I've no idea why this whole thing needs to take so long!

Bored the contract pack may have arrived 10 days ago, but is that working days or are you counting the weekend? Your buyer's solicitor does have to read everything contained within the pack and will base the enquiries on the information supplied. Often, bits are missing such as certificates for work done. Also the title documents may contain covenants and access rights which need investigating. It does take a while unfortunately to send out enquiries so 10 working days is normal. The responses may also result in further enquiries, plus the searches may also require additional enquiries. So, yes the solicitor can raise enquiries before searches which hopefully gets some out of the way.

I work in an online conveyancing firm - so hope it's not your one!