Anyone else waiting to exchange?

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Haven't got a date yet but I'm hoping most of the legal work has been done.

Getting itchy feet now! Not sure whether to start packing now or wait until I've got a date.

Yes waiting for contracts to arrive, but solicitor has said we're ready to go, all legal work done! Hoping to complete 13th Sept...

Ooh very exciting! Are you getting ready to start packing?

My solicitors are on a go slow apparently, haven't even sent off the enquires 🙄

Yes. I am quite worried that the conservatives will announce a big drop in stamp duty in the Autumn statement in a few months and we will be kicking ourselves that we moved too early!

@EmpressoftheMundane eek! That's not a good thought.
I'm lucky as a FTB I don't have to worry about stamp duty this time around.

Just wish things would get a move on now

We are - summer seems to have addled our sellers solicitors Brian's as they are being ridiculously slow - my solicitor is getting increasingly irate with them and today he's (sellers solicitor) has just announced he's on holiday from the day before the suggested completion date so we can't complete for another week!! Have started to pack but there's so much stuff I can't pack until the last minute. Also kids likely to now be back at school before we move so have to find all their uniform etc that I gaily packed in June!

We’re waiting to exchange too. I wish I had some idea of how much longer it was going to take. Our buyers only just had their survey completed- that they booked a month ago- so we are crossing our fingers and hoping it didn’t find anything significant.

@dramalamma that's another thing, I wanted to hopefully be sorted before the new school year (looking very unlikely now)
Moving house is a massive change for children and my DC are young so I was hoping they would have chance to settle in their new home before going back to school.

My solicitor has apparently been on holiday for the last 2 weeks with other people in the office doing the work for him 🙄
I understand why the property market quietens down at this time of year, nothing seems to be getting done!

I was feeling quite optimistic when I started this thread... now after emailing the solicitor I just feel fed up!

@Sylvanuswindrunner as a newbie I had no idea how drawn out all of this could be.

I wish I was a solicitor, I could do all the legal work myself then! I hate waiting around for other people to do things, I'd rather just do it myself!

The other thing that’s annoying is having to communicate entirely through solicitors. We are lucky that our vendor has given us his email address so we can keep each other updated more efficiently but I’ve never even met our buyers. It’s bizarre for such a huge transaction not to even meet the people you’re dealing with.

Yes, it's unlike anything I've ever dealt with before, I understand now why so many people say moving is so stressful! And this is apparently is as easy as it gets for me as a FTB... next time I'll need to sell and buy! Yeeesh.

I'm glad we used a mortgage broker though, if anyone seems to be giving my solicitor a kick up the arse then it's him.

I'm just hoping the sellers don't get completely fed up with the waiting and tell us to sod off.

I think I've chosen the wrong solicitors tbh.

I'm on tenterhooks here too. Buyers came round last weekend to measure up and said they wanted to complete in two weeks' time (ie next weekend) or thereabouts. I knew they wanted a quick sale, which 'm fine with as I have a house to move into, but I was thinking end of August. Anyway, I've got the move arranged - it's going to take five days to pack and move, so the movers are coming in on Monday morning - if I missed this slot, the next one was in September, after the school holidays had finished. I've just heard that the buyers are still waiting for their mortgage to be approved. I'm sure it's going to be ok, but I can't get hold of them directly, and I'm hoping nothing's gone wrong.

I'm sitting here with everything crossed, waiting for the phone to ring, and it's really bloody uncomfortable...

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Woops pressed to soon!

Yes we are waiting too and it's driving me bonkers! Everything is done and dusted, there are a few people in the chain that have all signed and packed and waiting to go, the absolute nob heads that we are buying from decided to then go on holiday for a fortnight without mentioning it to anyone and is completely unable to pick up messages (in this day and age I doubt that!). So everyone is on hold until they get back. And we all said we wanted to be in and done by end July. AAAAARGH!!!!

Omg @Constantlurker that is infuriating!!

Yes me too. I was so hoping to exchange today but nope. Solicitors just tell me nothing at all.

I have to give a months notice still and I'm not willing to do that till we exchange.

It's been horrendous

Well, so much for that. Just had a call from the estate agents to say my buyers have pulled out. Have had to turn removal company back, am trying to unravel the mess and think of Plan B. Shit. Friday they were hustling me along to move out, now this....

@abbey44 Did they say why, seems strange considering how keen they were ? How long ago was the offer accepted ?

It is odd, the estate agents are trying to get to the bottom of it, but (not surprisingly) he's not answering his phone. I'm feeling a bit sick at the moment, actually. I accepted their offer on 1st July, they said they'd sold their house and needed to move quickly, so I've done everything I could to fit in with that. Removal men were on their way when I got the call this morning. Friday afternoon they were checking I was going to be out by this weekend, and that we could exchange and complete on the same day. I had to have everything booked to make that happen, and now...

@abbey44 Where they cash buyers and have they had a survey etc ? As it’s very optimistic of them to be wanting to exchange and complete a month after their offer was accepted ?

Yes, they'd got an assured buyer (paying cash) for their house who was pushing them to complete, and they were going to port their mortgage to this one, so needed to move straight from that house to here. They'd had their survey done within a week, everything was fine, even as late as last Friday afternoon. I've got a house that I'd been renting out, and the tenants had just left, so it was all working out. Just goes to show...

@abbey44 Ah I see, in which case is it possible that their cash buyer pulled out at the last minute

I don't think it's that - he said they were going ahead with that side of it. I just can't understand why, if their house has sold (and for more than they're paying for mine) they'd pull out at such short notice after pushing so hard.

Hey ho. Bloody people. I don't even have the company of my dog, either, as she's in kennels for this week.

@abbey44 oh how bloody awful! I can't believe that haven't even given you a reason as to why... I'd hate to think how much money you've wasted, even kennels don't come cheap.

I hope you find a new buyer very soon! And hopefully one who won't mess you about.