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Completed this morning but vendors still in!

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NotAnotherUserName5 · 22/06/2018 11:45

Aargh, I could cry.

Completed and money wasn't received by the vendors solicitors at 9:30am.
We are all ready and waiting, it the eatat agents say they need a few more hours. No chain, and they have somewhere to go, so no idea why.
Is this common? When do we start kicking up a fuss about wanting to go to our house?

OP posts:

lljkk · 22/06/2018 12:33

1-2 hours is okay, not worth getting upset about.
Friends were still pottering around the house like 4-5 hours after completion. That was CF territory.

ikeepaforkinmypurse · 22/06/2018 12:34

If they were to cause any damage now, up to and including burning the place down, op could be stuck with the bill.

not true, the vendor is responsible for giving to the property in the condition it was on exchange day. You get insurance from and to midnight, so there really should be 2 insurance cover today on that property. No one knows the date the funds will be clear, you can ask for a specific time on your policy

ikeepaforkinmypurse · 22/06/2018 12:35

you can't

superbstarling · 22/06/2018 12:37

We have bought and sold houses many times (military family who always buy our own place rather than live in married quarters) hand over has always been 12 noon.
Call your solicitor and go and sit outside with your removal van, they are taking the piss!

Lemonyknickers · 22/06/2018 12:37

Last move the buyers turned up at 9 30 and got really really arsey with us as we were still.loading. every other house move I've done (and there's been a few) has been mid day. They actually came in the house and followed us round. It slowed everything right down.
I would say to expect to get in a 9.30 a bit much but lunch time is fair. However if they've moved already they should be more prepared. Not much you can do though except go to the local pub for lunch, as the house belongs to you but the stuff inside is there's so if you chucked them out, you'd then have to return their goods. Best to go to the local pub and get lunch!

TookyClothespin · 22/06/2018 12:40

12 noon is normal on completion day.
However, 1st house we bought the vendors were still in at 6pm on moving day. I had already kicked up a fuss midday as I had to go to work that evening and needed to move in! They still took their time though.

FeralBeryl · 22/06/2018 12:41

Ring your solicitor, get them to do the chasing via the buyers solicitor and establish a final time. Ridiculous that they didn't rubber stamp one for you in the first place.
Try not to let this spoil your happy day, most people I've known to move go 'out' in the morning 'in' in the afternoon well into the bastard night
💐

Jaxhog · 22/06/2018 12:45

I didn't think completion was 'complete' until the money was handed over?

The handover seems to usually take place at 12 noon. But it isn't unusual to be sitting in your removals van outside your new home while the vendors are still moving out..

DailyMailFail101 · 22/06/2018 12:47

Our removal van didn’t turn up untill 4pm on moving day it was awful felt so guilty for the people moving in to our old house, maybe they have had a delay like that? Sometimes things don’t go to plan and it’s nobody’s fault.

Bluntness100 · 22/06/2018 12:47

It's always been mid day for us too.

These things do get delayed though. People can be really disorganised and leave everything to thr last minute.

crimsonlake · 22/06/2018 12:48

I have been there recently, keys given in 3 hrs late and when I pulled up at the house the sellers were still packing. Despite it being now yours there is not a lot you can do if they are still in the process of moving out unless you begin to move your stuff in.
In the end I gave the sellers a few more hours as luckily I was not moving in that day. In fact when they were out by 8 pm I could not face going back as it had been such a stressful experience and decided to start afresh the next day.
I was up for a fight at the time, but was outnumbered and quickly realised you cannot argue with stupid.
Try not to let it ruin the excitement of your move and good luck.

KitKat1985 · 22/06/2018 12:51

I moved a couple of months ago. We all agreed vacation of properties by 12. We got up at 5.30am, got our 2 young DDs to nursery (3 and 1 years old) and removers turned up and we packed and cleaned like our lives depended on it. In the end we were all packed by 11.30am and so went to drop off our keys to the estate agent, and then go to our new house.

Imagine our great joy to find the vendor hadn't even started to move yet and hadn't even booked her removers to turn up until lunchtime. She was a single, older lady and in no great rush, but completely selfish. They (vendor, son, and removers) wouldn't even let us in the house until 2pm, and were still clearing their stuff out of the house at 5pm. We had to pick our DDs up from nursery at 5.45pm and were in the end in a mad hectic rush just to get the absolute basics done (e.g beds) so the kids could go to bed that evening.

crimsonlake · 22/06/2018 12:51

Just realised you posted a few days ago and lots of us posted our moving day horror stories, looks like you are now in a position yourself to add to the thread, little did you know at the time.

gillybeanz · 22/06/2018 12:51

Just go and start taking things in, just small stuff like your kettle and brew making stuff.
make yourself a nice cuppa and move stuff in, if they say anything tell them exchange has been and gone, now you are moving in.
They'll soon go then.

Jaxhog · 22/06/2018 12:52

Ah, just spotted that you have the money. So the house in now yours and they should be out. (They must have a fast solicitor!)

We've moved 5 times and have never got in before midday. But we have learned that it's essential to agree the move in time. They don't always stick to it, but it gives you a stick if they don't get their arses in gear.

Tinkobell · 22/06/2018 12:53

Go and get a coffee and let them know by 2pm latest you need them out otherwise can penalties be imposed?

ivykaty44 · 22/06/2018 12:54

Friends turned up at new property and people refused to move for 48 hours...

They had to get hotel for weekend

Surpriseingly they never managed to forward any mail...

Cedar03 · 22/06/2018 12:54

As previous posters have said it is normal to still be moving out on the morning of the move. You may find, as well, that your removal company movers want to have their lunch break so won't be ready to move in right away either.

I don't think it is worth getting unpleasant with people - it simply causes more stress and aggravation and doesn't actually help speed things up.

ikeepaforkinmypurse · 22/06/2018 12:54

It's a shame to get a few hours of reasonable delay spoil everything. The chain hasn't collapsed, they haven't pulled out at the last minute, the funds have been received - imagine if they had got lost somewhere, and the cut off for the banks are very early.

it's all done, you are just waiting for the keys and it's still very early, it's not even 1pm.

What time were you even expecting the keys in the first place?

I'd rather have sellers who leave a house in the best condition even with a few hours delay, than sellers who leave in a rush, leaving dirt, marks on the wall, rubbish bins full to the tip. A few hours won't make any difference anyway, you just have to fill sorry for the removal guys who must , as usual, be sitting in their lorry in front of the property waiting for the key, and who could have gone home tonight much earlier!

ikeepaforkinmypurse · 22/06/2018 12:56

They had to get hotel for weekend
then the seller is responsible for all costs, it's an expensive move!

getupdressandshowup · 22/06/2018 12:58

Do you now have the keys in your hand and your kettle boiling in your new abode OP? Hope so.

for your new home

Lookingforspace · 22/06/2018 12:59

I really don’t understand how it can ever take longer than lunchtime. Ever.

frogsoup · 22/06/2018 12:59

Unfortunately sellers are often delayed despite their best efforts. Our removal people turned up late in our last move so we weren't out until about 3pm. Buyer's dad was huffing and puffing (buyer himself was v chilled!), and I understood the frustration, but there really wasn't a huge amount we could do about it.

Killerqueen2244 · 22/06/2018 12:59

It’s so annoying, that happened to us we couldn’t get in till the next day. When I spoke to our solicitor you can only sue for compensation for any extra charges imposed by the removal company and if you’re having to book a night in a hotel. I expect after legal fees and the hassle it isn’t really worth it.

There should be more legislation against this sort of thing to discourage CFs.

lifechangesforever · 22/06/2018 13:00

Our removal van didn't turn up on our moving day - we had the guy buying our house sat out on the street with his removal van waiting and we'd completed.

Had to take all of our stuff out of the house and put it on the street, let him get his stuff in and then use his removal company to take us to the new house. We knew we had to get out of the house because it wasn't ours anymore so had no option.

Hands down, the most stressful day of my life. We got to our new house around 4pm.

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