Hi there,
We're first time buyers, trapped in London rents well into our 40's.
We found a house, we made an offer, it was accepted. Our mortgage was granted. We appointed a solicitor. The property was valued. They surveyors went in on Friday last week. We expect the surveyor's report this week.
And now we wait...
We (obviously) have no chain, and the seller has no chain - I know the wheels are in motion, but this state of semi-anxious waiting is getting increasingly stressful.
I don't expect the survey to throw-out anything terminal, though I know it'll be written in such a way as it all sounds terrible (to, rightly, mitigate risk to the surveyor).
My main worry is that the buyer will pull out (or worse, die), or I'll suddenly and randomly lose my job (no reason to think I will)... it's just the waiting.