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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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NotAnotherUserName5 · 22/06/2018 16:06

Jaxhog-shocking people get like that, isn't it?!

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ikeepaforkinmypurse · 22/06/2018 16:07

-i don't know what time they were told. Do people get told a time?

well, yes, how do you organise your own movers if you don't tell them the time you are expected out of the property you are currently in?

It sounds like they are 2 hours late, which is not ideal but quite usual. Even if you are completely in the right, I would be wary of antagonising people currently in your home - do you really want them to be annoyed right now and damage the place as much as they can get away with, if they really are antisocial?

annandale · 22/06/2018 16:09

Nobody can control everything, which is why you should do what you can - packing up ready to go in plenty of time is basic surely. Where's THEIR courtesy, leaving aside the middle finger to the people who've just paid them thousands of pounds??

GardenGeek · 22/06/2018 16:09

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TheGirlisAryaStark · 22/06/2018 16:13

OP the problem is your expectation. Just because they received the monies at 9.30 it’s what’s in the contract that counts. If it’s 1pm then they are over 3 hours late. If 2pm then just over 2hours late. Which actually isn’t that bad.

We didn’t get into ours till around 3pm even though contract specified 1.30pm.

ChangeIsHard · 22/06/2018 16:15

if you had approached them a little more delicately rather than stalking the house you might have been able to move things in as they move them out...as it stands yo may just have created the problem whereby now they will drag their heels until the last possible second.

NC4Now · 22/06/2018 16:15

I've never had a place empty and ready to walk through the door at the time of completion.
Most people either need to get the keys to their new place or want to know the money's gone through.

NC4Now · 22/06/2018 16:16

I completed last week. The solicitor's letter actually said to allow a bit of flexibility on moving day.

WerkSupp · 22/06/2018 16:17

I'm pretty laid-back but I can't believe how many people don't change the locks right away. We had vendors who took their time moving out but we went over with our agent and started changing the lock barrels. They were shocked. 'Where will we spend the night? Our new house isn't ready.' Erm, not in the house we just paid you for. We had just paid quite a sum to get out of a tenancy agreement early and had no other place to stay ourselves but the house we bought. We waited till around 3pm and then just started unloading our van into our house whilst they removed their belongings. We had hired that van until 9am the next morning and why should we have paid more for its hire because they were lazy twats? Another mate had a vendor remark that he hadn't forwarded the post and he'd just pop round and collect it from time to time. She told him they were not his secretaries and any post received for him would be return to sender.

LighthouseSouth · 22/06/2018 16:18

They should be out by whatever time is in the contract

If there wasn't one, then 5pm latest

We were sitting in an empty place at 9am when we moved. I thought that was the norm. Had to dismantle the bed but that was it.

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NotAnotherUserName5 · 22/06/2018 16:19

ChangeIsHard-they told the estate agents they'd be out in two hours, so by DH was sat waiting for a bit when they said they'd be gone. Obviously they weren't gone, so they came home.

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LighthouseSouth · 22/06/2018 16:20

@GardenGeek

!!!!!!

WerkSupp · 22/06/2018 16:20

Some flexibility is fine, but hey, sellers have often paid for people to help them move in. We waited and then just couldn't wait anymore so started moving our stuff in. The monies had gone in early in the morning and the contract stated noon. I think 3 hours is plenty. We had to go to work the next day, hand in the van, didn't have time to be nicey nice to strangers we'd just paid a great wodge of cash to for a property that was no longer theirs.

Fridaygap · 22/06/2018 16:21

Shit, OP. What does your solicitor say? Agents and solicitors will be closing soon. You need to get in.

wowfudge · 22/06/2018 16:22

They're still not out? Bloody hell. Time to step in and tell them they need to stop what they're doing and just get out. Happened to us with our first place together - luckily we had arranged to move the day after completion. We just knew the vendor's tenants (some of his family) would drag their heels. They did their own removals. Ime people who fill and drive a van themselves always underestimate how long it's going to take and what hard work it is.

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NotAnotherUserName5 · 22/06/2018 16:22

GardenGeek-what happened to cause them to stay 3 extra days?! Shock

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ikeepaforkinmypurse · 22/06/2018 16:25

note to 1st time sellers:
do not leave a set of keys with the EA if you don't want CF buyers turning up at 9am and start changing the locks Grin

GimbleInTheWabe · 22/06/2018 16:26

Oh how frustrating OP, I'd feel the same way. Especially when you've been looking forward to the move and with kids in tow.
Hopefully the CFs will sling their hook soon and you can get unpacking.

My advice is to focus on the positives so even if they've left it in a state just do your best to look forward to a glass of wine or takeaway later or tucking the kids up in their new rooms. Try not to let their idiocy spoil what should be an exciting, if a bit stressful, day.

ForgivenessIsDivine · 22/06/2018 16:26

I think the idea of getting a locksmith round to change the locks is a good idea.

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NotAnotherUserName5 · 22/06/2018 16:26

We are still waiting, yes.

Solicitor said if they're not out by 5pm to just move in!

Feels a bit awkward, but sod it.

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Biologifemini · 22/06/2018 16:27

You should have agreed a time. I think around lunchtime is reasonable.
You need to be patient otherwise they can fuck up the house you are moving into. And for what? A few hours patience.
I think both parties are being unreasonable in this instance.

TheGirlisAryaStark · 22/06/2018 16:29

Just checked what our contract said. It was 2pm. So turning up at 9.30 could be said to be CF also! Depends what they were told.

ChangeIsHard · 22/06/2018 16:31

If you're going to just move in I would do it now, as the solicitor is probably hoping to nick off at 5 and leave you to it. That way if there is argey bargey they will be available to take your call/bail you out

BewareOfDragons · 22/06/2018 16:32

They're trespassing. I would be asking for some money back from their solicitors... give them a boot up the backside.

CuriousaboutSamphire · 22/06/2018 16:32

There will have been a time in the exchange docs... for a no chain sale it is usually around lunchtime, to give both sides half a day to pack and half a day to unpack!

So you were unreasonable expecting them to be gone by 9am!

But they are being equally unreasonable now, they should have been gone by 2pm at the latest - by normal convention!

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