Sellers/Buyers Roll Call 7

[MrBobLobLaw]

Stressed vendors and buyers alike: assemble here to moan about bloody solicitors!

Feel free to join at any point

[housebuyer101]

Hi all, so happy that so many of you have progressed

And that baby is adorable!!!

We have had our buyers request searches - how long does it usually take from there provided no ridiculous questions?

The sellers for where we are buying have provided contract but no f&f TA10 form! Refusing to pay for searches until we receive this.

[housebuyer101]

@magnarocks did you accept either?

[Blobby10]

@burritofan as requested along with some and cos you sound like you need it. What a stressful time it sounds xx

[Hawkmoth]

We have exchanged.

Oh the fuckery... but now it's over.

A week to sort everything out. Eek.

[isseywith4vampirecats]

@MrBobLobLaw Raphael is a seriously cute baby congratulations

[Little11]

@Hawkmoth congratulations on exchanging!! Very much hoping to be able to say to same next friday! So you have a week to get sorted, can you call in some favours? Do you have family who can help? Grit your teeth and pack pack pack- think how lovely Christmas will be in your new home!

[AlmaMartyr]

@Hawkmoth Congratulations! 💐 Hope you get it all sorted and move quickly.

@burritofan that all sounds horribly stressful, hope it got sorted OK.

We're still in limbo, waiting for someone to start talking dates. We've given up on moving before Christmas now, I don't see how it can happen. DH sent a solicitor a pretty strong email because her replies to our emails so far have been really awful. Very brusque, won't answer our questions and normally just repeats what we've said:

"I know we don't own this parcel of land next to the property but who does own it? We have a right of way over it but we'd like to know who owns it"
"You don't own it but you do have a right of way over it"

Sorry, just venting because I'm frustrated!

[Hawkmoth]

Thanks @Little11 and @AlmaMartyr we are going to ship the kids out as much as possible, and will be paying for packing... if we can find removals company. The people we were going to use are booked now. It's all a bit scary.

[gingerninja99]

We'll still no exchange for me
They buyers were still waiting for their survey report nearly a week after the 'smart survey' being done but due to technical issues they surveyor hasn't managed to get it done yet! Moving out tomorrow as moving in with family and there isn't much left in my house anyway
Stressed!!!

[burritofan]

OmiGOD @MrBobLobLaw congratulations! I wandered back into the thread full of rage and missed this adorable squish!

Thank you, @AlmaMartyr and @Blobby10. We've now agreed on a completion date – not without some last-minute FUCKERY from the vendor who is quite, quite mad; "Mrs Rochester in the attic" mad (wouldn't surprise me if there were bodies in the attic of this house, actually – why do I want it so badly?). It's not over til exchange, though, and of course she doesn't have her paperwork or arse in gear for that.

[AlmaMartyr]

@burritofan yay for completion date! I really hope you exchange soon 💐

@Hawkmoth paying for packing is an excellent idea! Hope you find someone

@gingerninja99 very stressful!

[Karcheer]

oh I'm really upset. everything has gone quiet on selling out house,and the lady from the development we want to buy on has just called me to tell me the house we like has gone under offer :( there are 2 others the same style on the development, so not a complete disaster but overtime one sells,it feels like our dream is getting further away.
my agent says he doubts anything will happen here till the new year now.
miserable.

[TempestHayes]

@burritofan I hope that gets resolved, it sounds dreadful! And congrats @Hawkmoth!

No real progress here. Vendors don't have a GasSafe cert, our mortgage lender requires one or an indemnity, Vendor doesn't want to get one or an indemnity so we're at a bit of an impasse.

[cantbelievemyeyes]

Hoping to exchange next week - have proposed 27th, with completion 2nd Dec, and just waiting for confirmation seller agrees. Can't see an issue, property has been vacant for months, no chain involved etc. Who knows though!

We had a couple of weeks delay while seller repaired the boiler. Turned out to be a fairly simple fix, and have seen the invoice for the work which seems pretty comprehensive. Still, going for a final pre-exchange look about/ measure up etc. in the morning, just in case anything has gone tits up.

It feels like it's been taking ages, considering we're FTB, no chain, vacant house etc. If dates we suggested are OK it'll be 12 weeks from offer to completion which I guess isn't crazy.

[Hawkmoth]

We've found a removal company and today I'm going to have a bonfire of paperwork. Keep waking up at the crack of dawn a mixture of terrified and excited.

DD and I have been planning modern cottage decor and speculating about boarded up fireplaces. DS has chosen our first family trip destination (a beach with a huge colony of seals) and the two little ones can't wait to be released into the garden.

I may well, with teenage help, do a renovation Instagram.

[TempestHayes]

I've already started mine :) It's fun and a nice distraction.

Still all silent here. Solicitor literally said she'd 'refuse to discuss the matter any further' which is a weird thing for a solicitor, hired to resolve A MATTER, to say, so she's stayed true to her word and is not responding to our requests for an exchange date.

Estate agent is sick of our polite attempts at chivvying or altering the vendors to their mad solicitor.

[TeachesOfPeaches]

I had an offer on a 2 bed flat accepted yesterday! I'm a first time buyer and currently in rented accommodation. I'm a lone parent to a 4 year old and he will finally have his own bed and bedroom

[DaphneduM]

@TeachesOfPeaches - that's fantastic. I'm so pleased for you. How exciting to look forward to having autonomy over your own life and that of your four year old. Being a first time buyer, you're in a good position, and I hope it all goes smoothly for you. Brilliant!!!!

[lardass88]

I'm heading to the final stages now , going to sign some paperwork next week which I'm hoping is the contract ( my solicitor has been annoyingly vague) any ideas what happens next?

[TeachesOfPeaches]

@DaphneduM thanks so much! It's very daunting as we are in London so paying what seems like a small fortune just for a flat. At least I will finally be able to decorate now I like!!

[DaphneduM]

@TeachesOfPeaches Even more of an achievement then!! You'll be able to have such fun decorating - I love the bolder colours that seem to be becoming fashionable - no more rental magnolia for you any more!!!!

[TeachesOfPeaches]

@DaphneduM it's like you've read my mind - I've been looking at pink kitchens and navy blue and teal living rooms. Freedom at last!

[DaphneduM]

Great minds think alike!!!! Loving the idea of those colours - we've just moved into a modern house after a cottage which was only painted white everywhere. Teal/black and white kitchen for me so far, plum snug and just about to embark on a deep gold coloured bedroom!!! The pink kitchen sounds great.

[WhenYouCantRunYouCrawl]

Hi, can I join?

Accepted an offer on our house two weeks ago from a first time buyer.

Had an offer accepted on a house last week, and the vendor is going into rented accommodation.

So a really short and simple chain.

Our solicitors is a family member's firm that we used last time and everything was done really fast.

Am I being hopelessly naive to think that everything will go smoothly?

[Rolypolybabies]

So glad so many of you are getting on with things. We are now a month into buying, have mortgage sorted and survey done, but the searches have not even been started yet! Our solicitor says it because the vendors solicitor has not produced a draft contract yet. Does anyone know if this seems correct? Should I be pushing harder? I have been chasing every few days, solicitor has been chasing once a week. Estate agents say they are on it.... I just don't know who to believe?!?!