Anyone else having a bit of a car crash trying to move at the moment?

[Thurlow]

Drinking wine and mulling over the past six months.

We’re a bit lazy, kept putting off the hassle of moving. Eventually got the house on the market and got a good offer. Offered on a unique house, really looking forward to it, only for it to transpire that the vendor has been trying to sell for four years(!) has had repeated offers but is so ridiculously picky she hasn’t found anywhere to move to in all that time. Lost about a grand on fees and searches, then lost our buyers, fortunately found some new ones in a rental so better.

Made an offer on a second property, absolute dream house, tiny chain, all great. Then vendors discover unsolvable problems with their onward property and pulled out. Lost £1.5k as we’d done a survey because the chain was complete.

Now our buyers are understandably wobbly but we’re hanging on to them by the skin of our teeth as the market is so quiet. Just made an offer on a third property which is really big but not entirely our taste, feels like a bit of a compromise and no idea if it will be accepted.

This has been going on since April! I’ve mentally decorated three different houses now, I’ve completed checked out of the house we’re in (which is now far too small for us) and half our stuff is still in boxes.

Anyone else having as good a time at the moment as we are?!

Well, my vendor has just pulled after going back on righmove three weeks ago - they had enough waiting for my buyer even after a month and a half delay since the planned completion. But I have been in it since last Sept, as I mentioned before.
I'm sticking with the sale (also flurry of activity last two weeks, and also yet another silly enquiry from lender for which they aer getting indemnity - nothing to do with actual house even!).

So we are hoping to exchange anytime soon - and if so, then it's off to Airbnb wasting money for me, but I must sell as I can't carry on a minute longer with the ridiculous process of selling.

No way would it have been a convenient move to the no-chain house I've agreed to buy where all the docs and survey were in place etc.

Its all just awful. We're in the middle of a chain of three. Everyone ready to go except there's a bizarre issue with the last property in the chain that requires the previous owner signing over something they 'forgot' last time they sold. They have no interest in getting this sorted (ever) meanwhile our school transfer place is in jeapordy.

Very seriously considering pulling out of our purchase and going into rented just so we can get the school/City move sorted.

Its absolutely awful the impact it has on all other aspects of our lives

Hungry ha as if finding a rental is easy!
I'm after a short-term one, hardly much choice but also with Airbnb the rent upfront (even a month) is mostly unrefundable! I dont know how long do I need to stay there so can't ust fork out and not get money back - but if I don't I'll risk not being able to extend. Argh!

@Hungry675tf - be sure you have your rental iron clad before you withdraw from the purchase. There’s nothing to rent where we are. Zero. So we don’t even have that option.