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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?

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LagunaBubbles · 22/06/2018 13:01

Hope youve got your keys by now OP.

Lookingforspace · 22/06/2018 13:02

We have always had our removals arrive by 8am latest. We have it as part of the contract for them to arrive between 7-8am. People need to be more efficient on moving day and I think they would be if they knew it was costing them money.

Blobby10 · 22/06/2018 13:03

In all my house moves, the contract has stated that the property must be vacant by either noon or 1pm - doesn't matter when the money goes in! Hopefully they are making it lovely and clean for you OP

Momzilla82 · 22/06/2018 13:03

This happened to us. Complete and exchange at 2pm, no keys at 5pm I just went to the house, which they were still packing up as they were too cheap to pay for removal firm moving themselves from a 3 bed house with a tiny transit van. As it happened they had to beg to keep their belongings in OUR garage over the weekend as they had run out of time and had to return the van on time. At this point my blood was boiling!

In the end it turned out ok, and I can almost laugh about it now 5 years on. They also left it in a disgusting state. Some people are weird

usernotfound0000 · 22/06/2018 13:04

@lookingforspace in our case, we had packed up everything, we'd moved everything that we possibly could downstairs, our movers turned up at 9am, and in all honesty they were rubbish. DH effectively became part of the removals team whilst I rushed around vacuuming the rooms as they were emptied. We were clear by 1pm but would have liked to be out sooner, but just one example of how it can take longer than expected.

I'm just glad our buyers were very reasonable.

ScrubTheDecks · 22/06/2018 13:06

I have always known we had to have the house cleared and all our stuff in the van by 12 noon.

Removal teams work FAST and can easily empty a family home between arriving with the van at 8am and noon.

One problem can be people who don't understand the system, hire a man and one small van and think they can have access to both homes, the one they are selling and the one they are buying, ferrying their stuff in multiple trips.

My DH booked a cheapo removal company who thought they would be able to do this. Mad panic when I spoke with them 4 days before to confirm the booking and realised that was their plan. Had to sack them and get a proper company at the last minute.

corcaithecat · 22/06/2018 13:07

This is just one of the reasons why I never agree to completion on a Friday. Much better to do it mid-week and then they don't think they have all week-end to fanny about. When we sold our last house, we were moving abroad so we were able to move out the day before. New owners still found something to complain about though. She was a PITA.

Monkeypuzzle32 · 22/06/2018 13:07

I thought you had to be out by 12 after all monies have been paid-when we moved the people whose flat we were buying thought they had till 12 midnight that day to move and the estate agent was tearing his hair out, they’d gone by the time our removal men had packed up and got their though but had left some kids toys in the garden to collect later.
Some people just need a rocket up their a**@e*!

ikeepaforkinmypurse · 22/06/2018 13:11

why are people calling the vendors CF?

If there has been a delay in the fund transfer, would you call the OP a CF?
No one knows these people, they might be completely unaware, and their solicitor should have inform them of the time they had to move!
They might be in the bath, but how likely is it?
They might be rushing frantically after a sleepless night worrying about the day, and desperate to get out of the house as quickly as possible

Who knows. Buyers should be realistic and not expect too much for their own peace of mind. Who cares in the long run if you have the keys at 2 or 4pm? The removal guys who work a longer day, but apart from that, it makes 0 difference.

We don't even know what time was stated in the contract!

roundturnandtwohalfhitches · 22/06/2018 13:11

This happened to us so many times. They always had (crap) excuses. So the last time we arranged for our stuff to go into storage overnight so that it wouldn't happen. We didn't tell the sellers but they still managed to leave a load of stuff and their cat.

ikeepaforkinmypurse · 22/06/2018 13:11

I mean, if the contract states 1pm, the vendors are only 11minutes late as I write.

getupdressandshowup · 22/06/2018 13:11

it is of little use for me to say this now but sellers DO need to realise that HOUSEFUL of belongings NEEDS tiem spent on packing, organising and preparing for the move day. So many sellers underestimate the work they'll need to put in BEFORE the move day. Many of my selling clients flippantly announce they can move out within 2 or 3 days. Shame they don;t factor in their jobs, children, pets and the sheer exhaustion of trying to do the move themselves. I wish more client would allow themselves a fortnight between Exchange and Completion rather than 5 days. Last rant: Have a day other than a Friday as the Completion day! You'll be much less stressed and able to achieve more on a Monday or Tuesday. The banking system is swifter too!

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NotAnotherUserName5 · 22/06/2018 13:14

Still waiting. Solicitors closed for lunch. They are still there moving out Sad

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Wanderlusting99 · 22/06/2018 13:16

Nothing you can really do. We completed at 10am on a Friday, vendor finally left the house at 5.30pm, they would only hand the keys to the estate agent (who finished at 5pm) so we couldn't get into our house until Monday. Will never move on a Friday again!

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NotAnotherUserName5 · 22/06/2018 13:17

We've been waiting for this day 4 months now!
We exchanged 6 weeks ago, so plenty of time for them to move into the empty property they have had waiting all along. Angry

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bluerunningshoes · 22/06/2018 13:17

go to the house with a locksmith.
change the locks of your house
and keep up trying to contact the solicitor.

Aridane · 22/06/2018 13:17

A lot of v chilled posters here - I would be going frantic

wowfudge · 22/06/2018 13:18

There's usually a time in the contract - 1 or 2pm is normal. We were out of our house by 11.45 and handed the buyers the keys. We had to wait for our vendors solicitor to get back from his leisurely lunch around 2pm before we could get the keys released by the EA and start moving in. Slightly annoying as the vendors moved out the day before. Gave me time to have a cuppa with the new NDNs though.

ikeepaforkinmypurse · 22/06/2018 13:18

go to the house with a locksmith.
change the locks of your house

meanwhile, in the real world Hmm

wowfudge · 22/06/2018 13:19

Not chilled: just practical. Ask the solicitor what time the contract states and then stand outside and pile on the pressure for them to get a move on! Four months is not excessive by any stretch.

wowfudge · 22/06/2018 13:20

Quite - as if you'd gain entry like that. If there are still moving stuff, where are you going to put yours?

bluerunningshoes · 22/06/2018 13:20

^go to the house with a locksmith.
change the locks of your house^

meanwhile, in the real world hmm

well, you will have to change locks anyway, so why not now?

Rachie1973 · 22/06/2018 13:20

ikeepaforkinmypurse
go to the house with a locksmith.
change the locks of your house

meanwhile, in the real world

Yup! lol

Katiepoes · 22/06/2018 13:21

That system is nuts. We exchanged in October, the rule here is that the house is empty as agreed, there's a walk through and then you exchange at the solicitors - you have to be there for that. So when you leave the solicitors the house is yours and empty. You can agree differently - but again it's part of the contract so you'd know if the vendors were hanging about.

It's not like the day pops up unexpectedly as the OP says, there is NO excuse for such dicking around.

Rachie1973 · 22/06/2018 13:21

bluerunningshoes

well, you will have to change locks anyway, so why not now?

Huh? Lots of us don't you know.

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