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Buyers Sellers Roll Call 15

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MotherofHeathens · 27/04/2021 09:59

Because we're nearly at the end of the other thread and still inflicting this torture on ourselves...!

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BlueCherryBlossom · 12/05/2021 16:48

Still no exchange here but we have approved our buyers requested completion date (which is only a week away), so that's good news!

SpnBaby1967 · 12/05/2021 18:35

@BlueCherryBlossom

Still no exchange here but we have approved our buyers requested completion date (which is only a week away), so that's good news!
That's one step closer still ! Good news.
Newhousehope · 12/05/2021 19:37

They picked us!
Offer accepted!

Buckled up for the next steps...

BakeOffRewatch · 12/05/2021 21:27

Congratulations @cornishmylovely!

This thread has definitely put me off compromising for a house and the “it’ll do for now approach”. Too much heartbreak! However it does mean we’re now one of the crazy people who’ve over offered on a house that ticks everything on our list... we’ll see, they’ve gone for FTB to lessen risk. I’d already offered over asking and it got rejected. Now we’ve offered the most we can.

mummymayhem18 · 12/05/2021 21:51

Yikes,tomorrow is my last day to get everything packed and last night in the family home. Going to miss it as the house for me and daughter is ok but nothing like where we are now. 😢 Completion Friday. My back is broken from all the packing and bending and lifting. Friday is going to be a very long day. I feel quite nervous now .

Newhousehope · 13/05/2021 09:58

Good luck @mummymayhem18!

I’m now stressing over the eleven billion forms the solicitor sent in their welcome pack that I’ve been putting off 🤦🏽‍♀️

Panda368 · 13/05/2021 12:30

Just had a call from the agent - our buyer has had their survey back and wants to cut 10k off the price. 240 down from 249.500

Agent says they are not going to be walking away as they are about 3 enquiries short of being ready to exchange, but I can do without playing silly buggers with negotiations this week.

Apparently we have damp in the hall / living room and kitchen which is news to us having lived here 4 years!

Party wall in attic needs to be built up as having a gap (as early 20thC houses do) is a fire risk - this feels like fair doos - we can get a quote and they can get the work done themselves agent seemed to think this would cost about £500

Potential decay to the roof eves and lead flashings need maintenance plus age related roof issues - we have never had a leak.

What do you go back with?

Her mortgage offer has been issued by the bank so nothing she is asking for is actually a condition of her mortgage.

arthurdaly · 13/05/2021 13:07

@Panda368 we had almost the exact except for damp. We asked to see a copy of the report which our buyer shared and then helped arrange quotes etc
Ultimately some of the works as part of the house, I'd say the party wall is something you shouldn't pay for as there's nothing really wrong with it.
The total costs for the works potentially needed in the future was £6k so we said we'd meet half way and knock off 3k which our buyer was happy with.
Personally I think asking you to reduce for the total amount the surveyor has advised is a bit steep but it's a negotiation point.
I would go back and say you want a damp specialist to look because you don't think there's damp and then ask them to get formal quotes for the other work before agreeing to any price reduction

ballsdeep · 13/05/2021 13:28

We haven't exchanged as we thought 😭😭😭 we should be exchanging early next week and moving the week after. I honestly can't cope with this shit show of a roller coaster ride. As soon as we feel we are getting somewhere it's ten steps back! Argh! I won't actually believe we are moving until we get the keys!

Caroline147 · 13/05/2021 13:45

Really happy to see people having some good news!! Belated congrats @cornishmylovely

Despite the best efforts of our buyer’s solicitor to hold things up, it seems our buyer is committed to moving on 21st May so looks like we could finally be exchanging and completing over next 10 days 🤞

And we were expecting to have to wait a while for our purchase to be ready, given it’s probate, but apparently they’re expecting the grant of probate through any day. So after feeling like we’ll never move, it all seems to be finally moving forwards. Just hope it doesn’t all slow down again haha

savemefromsearches · 13/05/2021 13:51

Congratulations @Newhousehope !!

@mummymayhem18 there must be so much anguish in packing up a family home, but the new house, while just ok, will be filled with so much love and adventure. It's so much more than just the four walls. I really believe that. The very best of luck tomorrow and for your new start!

@ballsdeep hang in there!

Panda368 · 13/05/2021 14:32

@arthurdaly we've been sent the copies and bits of the report it reads mostly as age related stuff/ par for the course with an older house.

We really dont want the hassle / can't afford the time delay in getting additional surveys and quotes done.

Plus you never know what an additional survey or quote might throw up. 😬

Our agent has basically suggested throwing her a bone of 2K towards things to make her go away as the feeling is there is no way she is backing out at this point but we want this over the line.

She paid 20k + over the asking price as it is so it's not like its the end of the world.

arthurdaly · 13/05/2021 14:47

@Panda368 that makes total sense, especially if you want it all just to move quickly.
Keeping everything crossed she accepts it and it goes through smoothly

BabyPotato · 13/05/2021 15:17

Haha. We had our pictures done this morning and our house is going on Rightmove this evening. The estate agents are saying we'll sell it in two weeks, and our broker reckons it's entirely possible it will be sold by the end of the week. Sounds like bollocks to me but it would be nice! Grin

LaMariposa · 13/05/2021 15:38

We had confirmation yesterday our buyers solicitor now has all the paperwork in place, they just need to return the signed contracts then we are ready to exchange. We are aiming to exchange this Friday, everything crossed.

We’ve also asked our solicitor if we can have access to the property we are buying from exchange to do a bit of cleaning - it’s been empty for 6 months and wasn’t great before that. He seemed to think it wouldn’t be an issue although we might have a bit more paperwork to do. Nothing that should hold up exchange though.

Our estate agent managing the sale is on holiday next week, so I hope it all goes smoothly.

mummymayhem18 · 13/05/2021 17:00

Yikes that's the cats dropped off at the cattery for a week. They are not impressed! Didn't like being kept in all day either 😂. Meanwhile I'm running around like a headless chicken for the removers coming at 8 tomorrow morning 😴😴. I have done my back in and am so tired and achy. Once in tomorrow and they've gone I'm going to hibernate for a week. 😂

SpnBaby1967 · 13/05/2021 17:21

Our buyer phoned me today chasing me up as he wants to order the new kitchen. Told him it's not us holding anything up, we're waiting to get the queries back our solicitor raised.

Fingers crossed this happens next week.

HumourReplacementTherapy · 13/05/2021 18:33

Good luck for tomorrow @mummymayhem18
We had the survey done on Monday, got the report back Tuesday!
Nothing major on it. Smile
Surveyor thankfully discovered the loo was broken so they'll have to get that fixed.
A few enquiries outstanding still......
end of June is just under 7 weeks away so I hope they get a shimmy on!

ForThePurposesOfTheDIR · 13/05/2021 18:50

Enquiries have been answered finally!
I haven’t got the time or energy to read thru them at the moment.

Minor setback with our vendors is that they pulled out of their onward purchase 🙁 due to survey issues.

Still trying to pull out all the stops to complete by 30th June! 😳

I suggested we swap houses - we’re in rented!

lucysnowe2 · 13/05/2021 19:37

Hey all pls can I join? have had offer accepted on a brilliant house with large garden but buyers are a leetle slow and DH and I are terrified they're going to pull out or wait just long enough to ask for higher price. I'd really hate to lose it as its the only house we both like and picking are slim round here... meantime current house is full of my parents' junk (both died fairly recently) and appears smaller and smaller!

HumourReplacementTherapy · 13/05/2021 22:06

Hi @lucysnowe2
Welcome to the thread Smile
Sorry to hear of your loss, that must be incredibly hard Sad
How long ago did you have your offer accepted? Are you aiming for end of June?

Paddingtonthebear · 13/05/2021 22:26

Another newcomer here. Our offer was accepted last week, we are renting so nothing to sell on our side and there is no onward chain. Mortgage valuation booked for end of the month, just sent back the solicitors initial paperwork so just need to wait now. No chance of sorting by end of June as far as I’ve been told.

LaMariposa · 14/05/2021 07:41

Exchange today? Everything has gone quiet from the solicitors so I think not.

Newhousehope · 14/05/2021 07:51

@Paddingtonthebear

Another newcomer here. Our offer was accepted last week, we are renting so nothing to sell on our side and there is no onward chain. Mortgage valuation booked for end of the month, just sent back the solicitors initial paperwork so just need to wait now. No chance of sorting by end of June as far as I’ve been told.
Similar to us in time frame then. our vendors want to be done by End of June, they were heading that way when their buyer pulled out, we’ve obviously stepped in (!), but not sure how quick it can be done.
ballsdeep · 14/05/2021 07:56

@LaMariposa

Exchange today? Everything has gone quiet from the solicitors so I think not.
We are at the same point!! I never thought I'd say this but I am starting to hate weekends 🤣 two days of knowing nothing will happen! Fingers crossed for you today. My sol said our exchange wil happen either today or early next week