Sellers/Buyers Roll Call 9 and STILL going

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Is it time to start s new thread as the previous one has nearly 900 posts?

Sooo fed up. Any conveyancers about and ok for me to pm them?

@notheragain4 mine says he is so fed up of phonecalls and emails ( 1 from me yesterday that he didn't answer) and three phonecalls today ) that he's going to start charging me!

@Lurchermom we went ahead and booked our surveyor before we’ve done our mortgage. We have our mortgage appointment on Monday, but the surveyors were booking three weeks ahead so if we wait until the mortgage is back it could drag on. We’re porting our mortgage though and thanks to some inheritance won’t need to up our borrowing.

Have you all found delays with searches are holding you up? Our solicitor has warned us that we’ll be lucky to be in for Christmas and considering the chain is only our house and the one we’re buying that feels a bit pessimistic. We need to move DD schools but without a date to work towards I’m a bit stuck.

I’m so fed up of this!

Just want to be in and fiddling with the garden and painting walls and things. My Pinterest board/eBay watch list are both overflowing!

Anyone able to advise?

Yesterday we were told we were completing on 10/09
Today we received a message from Nationwide advising us the funds had been requested and would be with the solicitor for 09/09

Today our vendors solicitor has e-mailed him to say

"Currently waiting for XXX to confirm they can complete on 10/09
I have spoken to their solicitor today (fucking purple bricks) who have had advised they have some outstanding queries on the sellers related purchase and cannot agree the date at the moment.
The sellers have also advised they cannot break the chain and move out of Osprey drive before the purchase is ready"

(they always said that they would move out if they couldnt complete when needed)

Im up shit creek arent I?

[quote RAINSh0wers]@Lurchermom we went ahead and booked our surveyor before we’ve done our mortgage. We have our mortgage appointment on Monday, but the surveyors were booking three weeks ahead so if we wait until the mortgage is back it could drag on. We’re porting our mortgage though and thanks to some inheritance won’t need to up our borrowing.

Have you all found delays with searches are holding you up? Our solicitor has warned us that we’ll be lucky to be in for Christmas and considering the chain is only our house and the one we’re buying that feels a bit pessimistic. We need to move DD schools but without a date to work towards I’m a bit stuck.[/quote]
Yeah that was our main concern that it would end up being a huge wait if we waited for mortgage too.
We've been told searches in our area are on a 6 week delay. Christmas seems crazy on a 2 person chain though!

Hi all. Sorry to all those sounding stressed by delays. Week 8/9 here - everything is just about done - just a couple of minor pieces of paperwork to come through. I managed to get our solicitor to say that we might be able to exchange w/b 14th sept, though of course not guaranteed. Fingers crossed!

I'm exchanging on Monday.
Now I have to transfer the deposit on to the solicitor's account.
I am TERRIFIED.

I'm imagining that it's a huge scam planned by a fake estate agent and a fake solicitor and their fake assistants / receptionists everyone is fake and the house is made of styrofoam or maybe it's actually an hologram am I even alive and real?

I'm a bit stressed out 😬

I really need some progress tomorrow, to exchange Monday and complete Friday at the latest...positive thoughts anyone???

Solicitor has said they will do what they can! Buyer has agreed to complete even though they are on holiday! Seller is keen because it's empty but the delay has been with him returning paperwork!

Need a good day tomorrow so I can bloody sleep this weekend

@jelly79 we completed on our sale while away on holiday, if they've vacated the house there's literally nothing to do on completion, we'd moved out the day before and posted keys through the letter box (estate agent had a key for viewings). On exchange day they just need to get a hold of you both for authority to proceed.

Best find out if they'll have vacated though lol!

We may end up completing and not being able to get to the house for a few days as we’re away the next few weekends. EA has already said she can drop the house keys to my work if I can’t get out of work to pick them up (few mins walk from their office but my job means sometimes I’m stuck/can’t take a break for ages).

Might be an insurance issue tho I guess, does the EA have to definitely hand the keys to someone?

Survey on our house has been booked on, for which I'm really nervous about. It will be the biggest hurdle in this whole process so I do feel a bit sick about it. Is it better to be or out when the surveyor comes round? It looks like we will be out...

Six weeks and still no update on our mortgage!! The SLA for the lender says average 3.5 weeks from application to offer and 1.5 weeks to review documents. We sent last documents 3 weeks ago so I'm getting frustrated now. Broker also not providing any useful update as I guess it's out of their hands but I'm losing patience now.

We accepted an offer on our house 4 weeks ago and the buyers want to view this weekend.

I know this is normal and not unusual but I do feel very stressed they will suddenly change their mind and withdraw offer

@Wherewhatwhy

Survey on our house has been booked on, for which I'm really nervous about. It will be the biggest hurdle in this whole process so I do feel a bit sick about it. Is it better to be or out when the surveyor comes round? It looks like we will be out...

Six weeks and still no update on our mortgage!! The SLA for the lender says average 3.5 weeks from application to offer and 1.5 weeks to review documents. We sent last documents 3 weeks ago so I'm getting frustrated now. Broker also not providing any useful update as I guess it's out of their hands but I'm losing patience now.

Reread my post and read listed it doesn't make sense. Meant to ask is it better to be in or out when the surveyor comes round?

Absolutely no update from me whatsoever. I'm losing my patience but literally nowhere to vent my frustration.

Our very short chain - FTB, us and home we are buying is empty. We are the ones behind. Everything is done apart from our mortgage offer and us receiving the survey. Our bank said yesterday that they haven't even got to our application yet. gahhhh... Another weekend of nothing to celebrate but nervously pack more stuff in the hopes that we get an update next week. I just want to move.

@Wherewhatwhy we were in when survey, EIRC and gas safe plumber did their surveys for our buyers. I work from home and DD works nights so we were never going to be out. Surveyor just got on with his own thing. I saw him pop up on a ladder a few times round the house but we generally weren't in his way.

Balls, we need a new thread. I was really hoping to not still be here by the time we filled it.

Really really hoping I'll be updating next week to say we've exchanged

We have whispers of an exchange date for our sale - next Friday. Still a couple of queries (one that could potentially turn difficult) but our buyer has handed in her notice to her rented flat so that shows promise :-)

New thread ( hopefully final one for me )
Hope this link works!
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/property/4014384-Buyers-sellers-roll-call-are-we-on-number-10-now?watched=1

@Wherewhatwhy I was in when the surveyor was done. It was exceptionally awkward in all honesty and I left partway through.

He didn't ask me various things that would have been easily remedied, eg if there was a smoke alarm. It came up on the survey that there was no smoke alarm but had he asked I'd have been able to answer. (I'm a bit bitter as the buyers dropped out after the survey!