Hoping to exchange today - what time is too late?

[SoapyBubbl]

Asking here to avoid disrupting my solicitor in the middle of things :)

We are hoping to exchange today, we are in the middleish of a chain of 7 houses. I've spoken to my solicitor this morning and apparently everyone is on board to exchange today - but I know nothing is definite until it's done. Just wondering at what point I should give up hope and accept it won't be today - could we still exchange past 4pm?

Also what is it possible that some of the chain ends up exchanging today and some tomorrow?? Just wondering really, it's a spot I problem to exchange tomorrow...

Oh that's good news for you - when are you completing?

Nice one.

Next week!

Oh my god a chain of seven! Well done for exchanging!

This was us, exactly a year ago! We didn't even have much of a chain. It was us, our buyer, and our vendor. Only our vendors were an acrimoniously separated couple and one of them disappeared for a week and couldn't be contacted. Bad move on their part because I'd now think nothing of telling debt collectors where they work.

On Friday or another day? Just thinking about your vendors refusing to complete on Friday.