Made an offer, estate agent seems crap

[Iggityziggety]

Made an offer on a property mid afternoon Monday. The agent required a lengthy form with details of chains involved, proof of funds etc. Fine, did all that and sent in. No confirmation. Waited until mid afternoon Tuesday and still nothing. Rang and was told they were literally just reviewing the paperwork now then would pass to the vendors. This morning still gave heard nothing, there hasn't been any communication from the agent to let us know they've passed the offer on or whether the vendors are taking time to consider. I have met the vendor twice as she did her own viewings and I know she is desperate to accept an offer. What do I do? Keep on at the EA? Every other time I've made an offer on a property I've heard back same day even if it is to say they are considering it. Bit worried it hasn't even been passed on yet.

The estate agent works for the vendor not for you. If you have submitted the offer leave it at that.

The vendor could be considering it still don't see why the agent is hopeless

I think you need to take a deep breath and calm down, and I say that as someone who likes to move quickly when buying a property.

You only made the offer on Monday afternoon and were upset by Tuesday they were taking too long to review a lengthy form. They have due diligence to do for the seller so it wasn't just a case of forwarding the form on to them - checking it will have taken time and they don't have to confirm to you every time they do anything. They work for the seller and I'm sure you will get a response back soon but you will have a breakdown if you allow yourself to get stressed this early.

This seems to be standard - they want to check you’re proceedable before they put the offer to the vendor to avoid sales collapsing at the first hurdle. I had to have a call with the estate agents mortgage broker to cross check my details before they’d put my offer anywhere near the vendor.

It's in the agents best interests to pass the offer on, they're probably just doing some checks. Take a deep breath and give it more time.

I probably am being too impatient.. It's not necessarily the time it's taking, more the lack of communication so I don't have any idea what's going on unless I phone and ask.