Waiting to exchange.Anyone with me?

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So FTB,
Latest update last week was solicitor waiting for an enquiry raised with sellers solicitor & 1 search to come back.
Almost there!!

Anyone else with me?

fingers crossed for some good news for you soon!

Have any of you had details of the questions that have been raised to the people you are buying from? I'm asked Gatekeeper Girl yesterday and was patronisingly fobbed off (the tone was pretty much it's legal-stuff-dear-not-for-you). I just asked if we could have a copy of the enquiries that they'd sent off so I knew what sort of thing was being asked. Also, I know the seller so if I thought it's something their solicitor would have to refer to them I'd have texted her and asked her to get paperwork ready. (Pretty sure one question would be for guarantee cert for replacement windows, she has got that ready).

That is terrible LIVIA, to wait so long to tell you also.

I've just about come to the end of my 'waiting' teather. I'm no longer working and I've got too much time to think about it all day. I'm just so fucking bored of it all.

Ours were questions directly related to warranties for boiler / shower etc and for the gas safe certificates and service paperwork for the fire.
Also copies of planning permission and building compliance paperwork.

That was it for what hadn't been sent over by their solicitor.....however I should have asked why their solicitor was a fuckwit who works at the speed of a lame Sloth....and an illiterate Sloth at that

Please sell I too am at the end of my teather must be the hot weather. OH just sent an email to our Solicitor asking him exactly what is delaying everything....he wants to know in writing . He then said he would like compilation to be 20th July as from what we can see there is absolutely nothing holding things up other than the sellers solicitor ( fuckwit lame Sloth) who has taken a week to send back the correct fixtures and fittings list after supplying one with the previous buyers details on it and listing items that are not in the sodding house! I need wine but it's not even 2:30

We SSTC last week and everyone hopes to complete by mi-late August... I was so hopeful until I read this thread 😂

Our buyer has sold to a first time buyer and our vendor is deceased estate so fingers crossed, I think our solicitor thinks I'm neurotic as I've asked for two updates already 😳

We have surely answered the final queries our buyers could ask...please let us now be able to exchange 🤞

And Johsons sorry but you are really dreaming there with that timeline 😂

Heard from the solicitor today when she sent fixtures and fittings list that there are just a couple of queries outstanding but we should be able to exchange AND complete within the next 2 weeks!!! Yikes! Off to buy new teatowels!

Depressing letter from our solicitor today listing all the things we are waiting for answers on from the vendors (15 and some very important ) it suddenly seems so much further away ☹️
OH has an interview next week for a new job in the area we are moving too (3 hours away) it's going to be hard to explain we haven't moved yet....can't really afford to rent anywhere as we are now renting storage for our belongings Gahhhhh so bloody stressful. I can't even think about looking for a new job until we have moved as I suffer with anxiety and have a mild disability that means I'm unsteady on my feet so jobs that fit in with my health are harder to find.
Can it be Christmas now please and we will have ALL Moved into our beautiful new homes [santa][santa][santa]

johnsons don’t want to burst your bubble but estate sales aren’t always straight forward. SIL due to complete next week - this has been going on since Christmas! The executors don’t live locally, and they hadn’t seen the relative for years, so hadn’t no answers to any of the questions nor had they any ide where the paperwork for guarantees/building regs etc were.

I agree about Estate sales are hard....that's what ours is

We finally exchanged today after a long and stressful period. Completing on Monday but we’re not moving on that day as we still have almost a week in our rented house.

Well done tohave - lovely to have a few days to get sorted too

That's good news tohave

Our buyers today have asked for a rather large reduction. Have only my just found out today also they're FTB and think they're spooked by the survey results. Fucked off our EA lied to us about their position in the beginning.

Ffs I could cry, 10 wasted weeks 😖

Our current house was an estate and it took 8 weeks from start to finish!

Don’t write them off just yet pleasesell we asked for a reduction and the seller said no, but we’re going for it anyway. Just means we have to adjust our expectations of how much cosmetic work we can do!

@PleaseSell2018 why is the fact that they are FTB bad? I thought FTB were the holy grail?

Nahhhh it's cash buyers with no chain that are Hens Teeth....no mortgage no chain

Dicky Because they're nervous sorts. I wouldn't not sell to FTB, we were them once! But they took 5 weeks to submit their mortgage app which had I known they were FTB I would have kept the pressure on more.

Mango we are going to offer a little under half what they've asked for and if not, we'll go back on this afternoon.

We are still waiting and now the seller is refusing to discuss dates... their entitled attitude is driving me mad!

Sending hugs Slothmama it's so endlessly frustrating isn't it.....sending a glass of wine your way

Oh Slothmama! It’s so infuriating.
We have no idea when we’re going to move but if we don’t exchange by Wednesday we won’t be able to complete before we come back from holiday, which is 5 weeks today!

We were given a time frame which turned out to be a total lie to get us to submit an offer and get our surveys done.
Their solicitor has suggested a date after I pointed out that I won't waste a days holiday if they change their mind when they want to move. I'm so tempted to book a long holiday in August and tell them I'll move when it suits me!

Completed today, got the keys now. It’s such a relief. We’ll be moving tomorrow but glad we’re done renting. Thank you all for your support on this thread.

Congratulations @Tohaveandtohold ! Enjoy your new home :)