@sandybayley how exciting. Did you find much you liked when furniture shopping? We've just cut our grass and put some colour in just to pretty it up for viewings as everything was looking a little untidy.
@ednclouda good luck. Hope your move goes well.
@MrBobLobLaw welcome. Our survey with Halifax was done quick but took about a week for it to be received in the post.
@balalalala Hope it all goes smoothly for you. Keep us updated. Don't forget to add some pics.
@Fleabag123 I would love it if they stopped the stamp duty. It would save a lot of people so much money. I don't think it will happen anytime soon though. But then I am down in the dumps and being negative after our sale fell through 
@maggycool It's so annoying when people cancel at the last minute. I feel your pain. We have four dcs and it's hard enough getting them ready to go out and bundling them into the car without all the cleaning as well. We have reduced ours today, hoping for a quick sale as ideally we would like to be moved by Christmas. At this rate it will be Christmas next year though.
@Nutellaontoast19 I would also go about 5% under the asking price. You can offer more but once that first amount is on the table you can't offer less. So I always think it's worth a cheeky starting offer.
@Oneworld I'm so pleased you've finally exchanged. Congratulations.
@catndogslife I would be straight on the phone to your EA putting in a complaint. For one they should let potential buyers very aware before viewing that the house is a project. So many people want a project. We often get told our house is too "ready to move in". FTBs especially want to do a little work and our their own stamp on a place so it certainly shouldn't be putting people off. With regards to people making a mess, the EA should be with them and give them a phone call to let them know it's not ok. I would get very shouty. We complained to our agent last year and they released us from contract early.
@dimmu So sorry you've had to reduce, hope it's not by too much. Fingers crossed for a quick exchange and for you to be in a new home very soon.
@Ellieboolou27 Sorry you are still having a tough time of it. You really do deserve some luck. Fingers crossed for you.
So we have got a new agent with our existing EA. He came around today to take new photos plus we've been upgraded to a premium listing. We've also reduced to offers over £260,000. All the offers over houses seem to be selling well in the area at the moment. Our valuations were all £270,000-£275000 so I'm hoping it won't be too long before we get a sale but I am worried with it being the summer holidays. We have another viewing tomorrow.