Our buyers have been ready to exchange for a few weeks and are getting a bit narky (accepted offer in May, although they took weeks to arrange their survey and searches so weren't too proactive initially).
We've got two issues to resolve before we're ready to exchange on sale. One is nearly done, the other is requesting service on the boiler. It was installed in 2014 and no service history so in early August we asked sellers to arrange a service. They've only just actioned this and have booked it in for the end of next week.
The buyers want to exchange ASAP, particularly as they wanted a short time period between exchange and completion but sellers want four weeks as they've suddenly said they need to go into rented (originally they said they would move out and stay with family).
My EA (who I'm selling through) is putting in pressure for us to exchange before the boiler service so we can exchange at the beginning of next week. Would you do this or would you hold off until it's done?
On the one hand we've got no comeback on anything if we've exchanged, but on the other we're obviously not going to pull out even if it was the worst case scenario of boiler needing immediate replacement.
WWYD? AIBU to hold up exchange until this is done?