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How do I move out and into my new house by 11am pregnant!

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fashu · 16/01/2021 04:19

Hi, so my solicitor dropped the bombshell that I have to be out of my house by 11am Monday. Only problem. I will get the keys to my new house at the same time because I'm in a chain. How is this even possible?
Its going to take a couple of trips to my new house and we can't get any help at the moment because of covid and to top it all off, I am pregnant and have a 2 year old! Can someone please explain how this works because surely it can't be right!

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Embracelife · 16/01/2021 13:50

If you have a DH leaved it to him

Let him organize snd handld it as a grown man
You go off for the dsy with ds to your mum

BrieAndChilli · 16/01/2021 13:51

Well I’ve never bought a house before and we are currently renting but buying a house at the moment and I know what the expected process is for moving day! I know if selling a house you have to be out before you get the keys to your next one. I don’t suppose your solicitor thought you wouldn’t also be aware of this as most people would be unless never read the news, read threads on here etc and basically never heard of anyone else moving house! Equally if you didn’t know and were in the process of moving house a quick google would tell you everything you need to know.

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fashu · 16/01/2021 14:47

Good for you @BrieAndChilli
I didn't know, sorry about that.

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fashu · 16/01/2021 14:48

Considering I had been asking her for weeks, I think she did know but chose not to tell me for some reason

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fashu · 16/01/2021 14:50

@Embracelife I would love that but I need to be involved so I know where everything is. I've stressed poor DH so much these past couple of weeks. He has offered BTW.

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4Mongrels · 16/01/2021 14:54

I'm still confused as your completion date forms part of the contract which all parties have to agree to before solicitors exchange.

At some point your solicitor must have called one of you for authorisation to exchange and asked if the completion date was agreeable.

You can't exchange without knowing about it!

RickiTarr · 16/01/2021 14:56

@ireallyamthewalrus

This is always how house moves work when there is a chain. You can’t just tell her solicitor no! It’s how house moving works and why people pay removal firms. You can’t have things spread across two houses because by the time you get the keys to your new house you will need to give back the keys to your old one. Otherwise everyone in the chain would be spread across two houses for the day which would be no good even in non Covid times. If you can get a removal firm for £300 (seems very good value) then grab them, you won’t regret it.
This.
bluepie · 16/01/2021 14:59

Considering I had been asking her for weeks, I think she did know but chose not to tell me for some reason

I suspect she didn't realise you didn't understand how it works as it really is basic, and it's not really the aspect of home ownership solicitors are advising you on, I don't mean that harshly but without experiencing it, surely you know that once completion happens you don't own your old house and own the new one instead so you need to be ready in that instance to be out, you can't own one house and occupy two.

Kroebero · 16/01/2021 15:43

I’m so confused and surprised at these responses. We’ve bought and sold 4 houses now, about to complete on our 5th house (was supposed to be last week, but that’s a long story- hopefully next week) and we have ALWAYS moved ourselves with a hired small van. We’ve normally been given the keys to the new place around midday-ish and managed to move a few van loads by 1/2pm-ish then handed over our keys. Last time we moved, we didn’t get the keys to the new house until 4.15pm and then the solicitor was on the phone saying our buyers had been waiting all day and wanted their keys by 5! We were a bit stressed going that time as such a short window of time!! We managed it though just about, but then we’ve only moved around our same small village each time so not far at all!! I’m now feeling worried about our next move, we’ve hired a van and assumed we would be doing similar - haven’t exchanged yet, we’re exchangi be the same day we move, so not been told times yet.

4Mongrels · 16/01/2021 16:31

When you get the call to say you've completed you no longer own the house you've sold. That's why removals companies turn up to load early in the morning. Everything should be out by the time you get the phone call.

RainingBatsAndFrogs · 16/01/2021 18:01

Kroebero

Last time we moved, we didn’t get the keys to the new house until 4.15pm and then the solicitor was on the phone saying our buyers had been waiting all day and wanted their keys by 5

I am not surprised the solicitor was on the phone on behalf of your buyers! At that stage you should have had everything out and your old keys left for the new buyers.
I have been moving into a house where the vendors were still madly loading things into shuttle trips with one van and I had to wait for them - paying our removal team by the hour (because we went over the planned time) while the vendors who couldn't be arsed to pay for a big enough van or a removal co wasted my time and money!

There is sometimes a delay with all the money going through, but by the time it does you need to have emptied every last item out of your old house.

Check this with your solicitor!

Kroebero · 16/01/2021 19:44

@RainingBatsAndFrogs We didn’t get the OK to go until 4.15pm anyway, they couldn’t have gotten in any earlier than that and we were out 45 minutes later, I don’t see the issue really? We’ve always waited for the people before us to move out similarly too. Obviously as we’ve moved up to bigger houses we’ve ended up being further own the chain and the moving time gets later in the day. It’s not the end of the world?!

thatonehasalittlecar · 16/01/2021 20:55

Do your best, and if overruns, it overruns. When I moved, the old owners were still lacking stuff up about 3 hours after they should have vacated, but what was I going to do? Shout and scream? Of course not. They were doing their best so I went and had a cup of tea.

Bluntness100 · 16/01/2021 20:59

The issue here isn’t the time, it doesn’t matter if it’s twelve, one, or four pm. The issue is you haven’t hired removal people so you need to get access to yout new home earlier than you need to give up your old one

It’s perfectly normal for it to happen as you’ve been told it would

Ask your solicitor and say you’ll be out by two and need your keys by 11 as you’ve not hired removal people and don’t have the ability to do it in one trip.

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fashu · 16/01/2021 22:13

Please read previous comments. We are now able to do in one trip from the house because I'm storing things in my mums garage.
I don't need a removal company as I have an alternative. I am now clear on the situation.

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chukwe · 16/01/2021 23:15

Agreed with the 11am time but I doubt anyone will collect the keys by that time. Most likely 3 to 5pm. We were told 12pm but by 4pm no one was available to collect the keys. I had to drive to the EA to drop the keys

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fashu · 18/01/2021 13:33

Just a little update. Purchase has been delayed for a document to be signed so they are delaying the sale. Spoken to our buyer and they don't want to come until the evening anyway because they are working and said they are in no rush.
Our house is now empty and just need to pick up the keys.
Once again thanks to those with advice, really calmed me over the weekend for today Star

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MindTheMinotaur · 18/01/2021 20:45

Good luck, hope you're in now

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