The all new buyers/sellers waiting room (continued) thread

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New thread!

lol I am a buyer, got the offer accepted, but STILL checking Rightmove everyday to see what's out there lol
A part of me is afraid that the seller will pull out or things don't work out (like the searches etc)
The other part of me feels like I wanna see what's out there..
it all sounds like a relationship lol

Haha I'll still be checking Rightmove even when I have moved (fingers crossed!)...it's a daily ritual now!

Wow! Congratulations @noodles44 how fab is that!? Hoping the financial checks go perfectly and you can update your seller!!

How did you get on today @SJ456? Do you think you'll have enough time to nest and get settled before baby arrives?

Question for all those further into the process than me - how long did it take for you to hear anything about the house you were buying? Our memo of sale happened 2 weeks ago and I'm itching to get a property information form to sniff through, but nothing's landed in my inbox or doorstep yet. Am I just impatient?

Have you instructed your solicitor yet?

@Tupster our sale definitely progressed quicker than our purchase at the start. As sellers we were on anything straight away and did all the paperwork and documents quickly. I'd say it was probably 5 weeks after offer accepted on our purchase before we got sight of the property forms (including Christmas but I wrote those weeks off as nothing much happened other than memorandums and we did get our mortgage offer). We're now 10 weeks from offer being accepted and are still in the enquiries stage although hopefully near the end!

5 weeks! I'm definitely being impatient then, even with Christmas not being a factor. I think I'm the same as you - I'm returning everything super fast. My solicitor sent the draft contracts through to my buyers solicitor 10 days after the memo of sale. I may have to accept my vendors aren't as speedy. I've done everything including getting my mortgage agreed, and now I've run out of things to keep me busy!

@Tupster how does your solicitor draft the contract so fast? Didn't they need to do the search? (Land search etc?) the land search seems returning in a month from council, isn't it?

Amazing news @noodles44

Hi new posters :)

This is my sale, so it's for the buyers to the searches.

Gosh there's so many new posts I'm not sure I can keep up!

Hurrah @noodles44 ! That’s fabulous news. Keep us posted.

Congrats @noodles44

Searches take about 10 working days from the council in my area.

@Tupster it's really frustrating but we are where we are. I wouldn't even say we've had any major issues really and it's still taking this long. We are buying and selling a property where there's a management company in place due to the properties being on new (ish) build estates which has caused additional delay waiting for them to provide management packs and answer queries. Yesterday I spoke to our solicitor and decided there's really nothing I can do to speed things up so I'm just resolved to going with the flow. I want to be in by Easter so keeping everything crossed.

Morning all, congrats to those who have now moved or exchanged! I'm on week 12 now and just waiting on a couple of responses to enquiries which have been sent to my sellers. Getting really worried as my buyer's solicitor hasn't sent a single enquiry yet! Estate agent claims to have been chasing them but he's very laxy daisy so not too sure. I was really hoping we'd be in by Easter but now I'm not sure! Really trying to convince myself that they're not about to pull out (I'm an anxious, glass half empty person naturally!) Anyone else dealt with/ dealing with excruciatingly slow solicitors on their buyer's side?

@KatVal i would say that is completely unacceptable - what is the buyer saying when the EA speaks to them?

Congratulations @noodles44 !! Hope that means you're back on track with the house you had originally!

I feel really in the dark to be honest, whenever I chase the estate agent just sends me a screenshot of a text he's sent to the buyer asking them to chase up their solicitors too and he always seems to respond along the lines of 'sure' or 'no problem'. So incredibly frustrated, it's like they're not serious at all. It's a really straight forward chain so we should really be getting ready to exchange! Our buyer is a FTB and our sellers are moving into a rental. Feel like everyone needs a rocket up their arse!

Congrats @noodles44 really pleased for you!

Honestly @KatVal I'd give them a deadline- do something that indicates they're committed to moving forward or you're going back on the market. 12 weeks with nothing is ridiculous!

I'm considering doing just that, our sellers are getting impatient now and understandably so!

Thanks everyone, I am officially back on track and the chain is in place again!!! Yippee!

I must admit, probably a bit like after some of you exchanged and had a flat feeling and started worrying, I woke up in the early hours and panicked about most aspects of the purchase!! Now it feels like it has suddenly got a bit more real, I had a little wobble.

All good though now it has all been agreed, I have spoken to my seller and she is delighted too. Phew!

@noodles44 that’s amazing, so happy for you.

question for people who have exchanged, how long after you sent all the documents back did you exchange. We sent our documents back in the post and they have been delivered to the solicitors but just wondered how long it will take to exchange and get a completion date. Thanks

When you send the docs back doesn't have any relevance to when you will exchange @PC96- we sent ours back months ago. Ultimately until everyone in the chain is ready, you can't exchange.

Congrats @noodles44!

Still nothing my end- after saying the files were being prepared for exchange yesterday and that everyone was ready, today it's gone silent again. Can't get hold of solicitor. Arrrgh!