Sellers/Buyers Roll Call No 5...,

[sandybayley]

Starting new thread. Calling all the regulars...
@TiddleTaddleTat
@WBWIFE
@Allhallowseve
@BeauticianNotMagician81
@crispysausagerolls
@dimmu
@Fleabag123
@Farontothemaddingcrowd
@Frogqueen13
@Glitteryfrog
@MrsPatmore
@Smart123

I’m furious.
Turns out the solicitor was sent the fucking deed last thurs but says didn’t receive it.
Just worked this out, got it resent and here we go again!
Utterly fed up of all of this, parter away for 3 weeks then I go away for work 2 days after he’s bad. Not quite sure how this will all work with timings

@Fleabag123. It is frustrating, I know they have other clients to deal with, but if they are expecting something they should have let your solicitor know that it hadn't arrived. No wonder house sales take so long to complete

Argh!!! Keep trying to finalise the aborting of the purchase and all we keep getting is pressure from the estate agent and vendors to complete still!

They keep throwing things at us how other people have done some of what we wanted to do and if unchallenged for 12 months we can get indemnity insurance etc. They want to set up a meeting with the neighbours who did convert their loft to see how they got around the covenants. Thing is DH and I have wanted to move for so long that it feels like people are playing on this. We have a massive bill from the solicitor to settle which is dead money, there's nothing on the market and we can't stay where we are much longer. Feels like DH and I are right to withdraw but then we're being told basically we don't know much because we're FTB. So stressed

@isseywithcats hoping you exchange soon. Our house is looking a little upside down at the moment. I love your description 

@Fleabag123 that's rubbish about your solicitor. I bug mine daily but I really do believe if I didn't he wouldn't get things done.

@Neron don't be pressured into anything. Does the house require a lot of extension/work for it to work for you? If it does then I would just say to estate agents and vendors they you don't wish to proceed and that is that. Hopefully you find something soon. Houses are going on to right move at a steady pace near us so I'm sure something will come up.

Well turns out we are waiting for gifted deposit paperwork from our buyer after all that. So how longs a piece of string. I'm so annoyed I feel like pulling out.

Almost cried at my (lovely) solicitor this morning. I think it worked as he has managed to get the vendors solicitor to send over the draft contracts we have been waiting for and the title plan so he can finally request searches. Vendors solicitor was holding out to send over everything rather than piecemeal but my threats to look elsewhere may have finally got through.

Not getting my hopes up as every step forward is followed by 2 steps back.

Congratulations @Trippedupagain and @DaphneduM

Wishing you both lots of happiness in your new homes

So nice to have some positive news amongst all the misery on this thread

@Neron, don't let them bully you.
Have a careful think about the property and if it is not for you, tell them you are withdrawing.
Then block them on your phone
@BeauticianNotMagician81 bloody hell, surely they should have had that from their offer being accepted!!
@Violetroselily, surely they could have asked how your solicitor wanted things. Hope it starts moving now

Hugs all round and not forgetting congrats to those who’ve gotten through this miserable process - there’s hope for us all.

@Trippedupagain - always good when one of the regulars 'graduates' to their new home!

@Neron - do not be bullied into buying a home you do not want! Before you walk away do tell the would-be vendors they might want to tell future buyers about the restrictive covenants at the outset.

I reckon I'm the grand-Daddy of the thread these days. 3 days to the Court Hearing and counting! I think @Fleabag123 has been around for a while?

@sandybayley yep, here since Oct 18 on and off! This transaction has been going since start of March.
Roll on your court hearing! X

@Fleabag123 - I think we are peers then. We started in October as well. I am so bored of it all now. If it's bad news on Monday I'm throwing the towel in for now and you have to take over the baton!

@sandybayley thank you - hope your court case goes well. I cant believe anyone ever moves house tbh, it's so blooming difficult. I've told dh this time we are not moving house for a very long time. 4 moves in 4 years - there should be a certificate on my wall! Best of luck to you x

Well let’s hope it doesn’t come to that @sandybayley - tbh if this deed doesn’t do what it’s meant to we might be out too
🤞🏼For us both

wishing both of you sandybailey and fleabag a good outcome it must be so frustating im getting bored with waiting already and we are only a few weeks in and straight forward as we are in rented and the house is empty

@Neron we seem to be in the opposite position. We've discovered significant works that need doing and have suggested a small price reduction or the vendors carry out the works before exchange (empty property). They've said no and, before we've had a chance to respond, remarketed the property. We're about 2 weeks from exchange on our sale and I'm at my wits end.

I hope you find the place that's right for you soon

Sorry to hear that @ABingThing it's awful isn't it. We literally had the exchange papers in our hands.
We're being pressured I feel because the vendors want their vast inheritance and the EA his commission, but we have to pull out. What your vendors are doing to you is awful and comes across as greed. Surely whoever buys it next will discover the same faults you have?

I'm hoping something better comes along for us soon, truly tired of trying to buy a house

Thank you @BeauticianNotMagician81 @sandybayley @seaorrell I think yesterday was just a wobble. We cannot do the things we were specifically buying the property for so we cannot continue. It's expensive to buy and needs complete renovation and we need to invest in the house that is worth it.
I feel despair at the thought of viewing houses again and to go through all this process once more.

Hopefully you guys will have better luck and things start to move along for you all

Hello all,

Please could I ask some advice?

We have been on the market for a week now and have only had 1 viewing.

We have also found our dream, forever family house and have had our offer accepted.

We were expecting our house to have a lot more interest than it has and to be able to sell quickly.

On reflection, although we went with a guide price in line with 3 x valuations, I think our house is overpriced.

Considering our desperation to sell ASAP so we can buy the forever house, should we reduce the price now even though its only been for sale for a week?

Current guide price is £220,000-£230,000

As it stands, we need £205,000 for the next house. But we are re-tweaking the AIP for mortgage and might be able to increase that to give us a bit more flexibility.

So would reducing it to £210,000 be reasonable?

Other potential relevant factors;

• Floor plan/EPC only went on two days ago
• Photos need re-doing as don't think they are good enough which we are working on!

Grateful for any advice, thank you!

Hello,

We have found a house we love and had our offer accepted. Unfortunately the elderly lady who owned the house passed away after our offer was accepted (her sons were dealing with the agents/sale etc.).

We now need probate to be granted before we can move forward but apparently due to a systems upgrade there is a nationwide backlog of probated being granted. Anybody in the same boat or can shed some light?

@Violetroselily not good that it's all made you almost cry but pleased you have things moving along again now.

@seaorrell you would think so. 😡

@sandybayley You will at the very least have some answers either way. I really hope things go well. Good luck.

@Fleabag123 We started the process last August. We were on for 14 weeks but had no offers. We came off the market over Christmas then things started picking up. So we went back on the market end of Feb and received offers after 5 weeks. If this sale and purchase falls through I'm dreading doing it all over again.

@Trippedupagain Wow. We moved a lot when we were in rentals but I'm hoping this is our second and last move for buying as I'm done already.

@ABingThing Wow that's shocking. I can't believe your vendors have just dismissed you like that. Surely they are aware they will get the same questions regarding repairs to who ever they sell to unless they drastically reduce. Hopefully they come to their senses.

@medicalmumof4 It all depends what the market is like in your area at the moment. What are houses nearby selling for or been sold for recently. Ones a similar style to yours. I would use the market information for your street and area on right move as my starting point if I were you.

@edibletreats Hmm we weren't told anything like that about MILS house. It goes on the market next week. It's been 6 weeks since she passed.

So more disappointing news. Solicitor called me today. Nothing has been mentioned about gifted deposit and as far as he is aware all the paperwork for that is in place. He did say that the solicitors haven't sent our answered enquiries to the buyers yet despite receiving them on the 7th June and the buyers haven't sent in their signed paperwork yet. Seriously I'm losing the will here now. I've so much stress at the moment. We are still grieving the kids are all getting a bit hyper as it's nearing the end of term and I just don't need this. Solicitor said if the buyers do what they should be doing then exchange should be possible Monday or Tuesday and completion the following week. DH wants to threaten the buyers with pulling out as he's had enough. But I'm not so sure.

@BeauticianNotMagician81 - that's rubbish. One thing I have learnt from our aborted sale and tricky purchase is that there is often a reason behind delaying tactics (like enquiries not being answered or apparently simple things not being done). It's often a way of the other party buying time while they are trying to resolve another issue they don't want you to know about. I think you do need to call it out with your buyers and force their hand. If there is an issue it's better to know, uncertainty just drags you down.

@neron - it's always darkest before the dawn. Get out there this weekend and make your own luck. Go and see the local estate agents who might have new property coming into their books so you get first dibs. You will feel so much better if you take control of the situation - I know this from our own experience in recent weeks.

News from us. Court case is definitely happening on Monday as I've seen the listing online. These days I never trust what anyone tells me about our proposed house move so I like to check things out myself. I'm WFH on Monday as I'll definitely be twitchy but i do have to drive DD to the airport first thing and do a couple of work visits.

Fingers crossed for everyone with viewings this weekend and also to those of you out viewing!

@sandybayley a bit of distraction Monday may be a good thing, wishing you luck. @Neron sorry to hear about your situation, I think @sandybayley suggestions about visiting estate agents is good (if you can bare it!).

Increasingly feeling down today, everyday this week the Sols has said we'll exchange tomorrow and here we are none the wiser... Sols terrible at keeping us in the loop. In short waiting for our buyers mortgage to be released to finally exchange. Plan to complete next Friday and I don't know what to do with myself. I can't stand the thought of packing incase it all goes wrong

Oh Ladies I cannot bear to view any more houses at the moment haha. Strangely feeling on today. I have 2 important exams to sit next week and so I'm just concentrating on those. DH will then be working nights so we're going to take a few weeks off from it all and then start again.
Kind of figured what will be will be, and our house will be ready when we are but we do need a break. I've developed an eye twitch from all the stress, I hope no one on my commute thought I was winking at them

Also - good luck to you all on the house purchasing merry go round. I think we all deserve good news soon x

@Neron sounds like that is was is best for you and I don't blame you at all!