The all-new buyers/sellers waiting room (continued x5) thread!

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Hi I took the liberty of starting a new thread as I couldn't answer on the last one.

@kirinm I am glad you've decided I pull out. I wanted to suggest it but didn't want to stress you out. I hope the next house you view is the one and it all goes smoothly.

@ingkir I have just read all the search results. My son has helped with a couple of questions, I've left a message for my friend to help with something else and I am waiting for the solicitor to ring me back as they've attached someone else's details to the end of the paperwork 🙄. I'm distinctly unimpressed as of course potentially someone has mine and the whole stream could be wrong. Looking at what the emails say it is likely it is a one off but I needed to tell them. The receptionist was going to put me through to the solicitors secretary until I said why I was ringing. Already over the time of when she said she'd be back.

I still have a few things outstanding but I won't exchange until I have answers so I'll wait it out.

@Cheeseandcrackers40 thanks that's good to know as I'm never sure if I'm contacting the right person. I will do. He's waiting for responses to a couple of enquiries when I asked earlier in the week but we've been waiting for a response on these for at least a month. I expect it's a no but they don't want to say.

I started packing before my house went up for sale but I do have different circumstances. I'll get removals in to pack the TVs and some of the kitchen then to move me.

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That's so bad, I feel so sorry for you, how incredibly stressful. What a knob he is, does he even want to sell?? Is this all just a power play and he is enjoying everyone dancing to his tune?

Thank you. I hope your husbands words have the desired affect.

This is the eternal question. Maybe he just likes the attention. He has done all sorts of crazy things during this process, my husband says it's like being in a relationship with an abuser, they give just enough to keep you on the hook and then pull the rug from under you a few days later.

I think actually the biggest part I'm upset about right now is being at his mercy yet again - I just want it to end. I'm totally exhausted, we've pencilled in removals, booked annual leave and organised childcare for the date he proposed....

Thinking of saying exchange by the end of the month with an agreed November completion date or we pull out. First I'm going to see what the estate agent says after speaking with him.

The EA needs to earn their money and have a very stern word with him at this point, it's ridiculous.

so my landlord has issued us with a section 21 technically is illegal because of other things going on in the property but anyway I'm cracking on with moving out.

We're waiting for the LPE1 form to come through and my Solicitors have chased so I rang the estate agents to just be like can you start chasing the seller please as I'd like to complete before Christmas. She said to me as an estate agent that's not my job to hurry the chain up.

I will not be using felicity j lord when I come to sell my god!

Ugh @Cheeseandcrackers40 I actually think your seller sounds a bit unhinged. Have you ever met them? Do you know anything about them?

Yes we have met him. Odd guy, late 50s, has his own business (so presumably compus mentis). Lives alone (with barely a stick of furniture) in a 4 bed house. Ex girlfriend lives over the road (think possibly a recentish breakup), raised step kids with her in the house.

He has friends who go climbing at the same gym my husband goes to and have asked about him at reception a few times which we find super odd.

Everyone says he's very strange (including his EA) 🤷‍♀️.

My EA is talking to everyone in the chain and jollying things along..

My estate agent has done this all along too- it's been great as she's able to talk to both lots of solicitors and our buyers

Update on crazy vendor is that he says he does have a rental lined up after all and his solicitor is 'confused' (highly doubt this) but he doesn't want to exchange until a week before completion (21st Nov). Suspect he has lied to his solicitor to slow things down because he is an idiot. As we have no trust in him whatsoever we have said the if we don't exchange before the end of the month we will pull out 👀. I am absolutely not packing up all of our possessions in the hope that he exchanges the week before, it's not worth the risk.

Our solicitor is so useless I feel like I'm doing all her work for her. It's driving me nuts.
I literally have to research what stuff means because she ignores my emails. I even had to email the council and get a completion certificate for some work that was done on the house we're buying because our sellers didn't have the paperwork and she just sort of shrugged her shoulders and that's it.
Also had to organise an indemnity for a dropped kerb that was done without permission. She didn't even seem to know that was a possibility. It's stressing me out a bit because I don't have any legal knowledge. If she hasn't done something then what if I bloody miss it too?
But I think (thanks to me rather than the solicitors really) we'll be ready to exchange contracts next week and we've agreed completion on 18th November. Fingers crossed

Got the keys and went to the new house, it was clean and the vendors had left lovely flowers and a card. Really nice people. I couldn't help but feel a little deflated about the house though, it felt much smaller than I remembered, I saw inside the garage for the first time and saw it needs tearing down sooner rather than later which I had not factored in to my budget. Oh well, at least I'm back on the property ladder. Buyer's remorse is normal I guess.

@sallyanne33 it probably feels smaller because it's empty. Houses always feel smaller without furniture for some reason. I'm sure once you have all you stuff in you'll love it

I green@sallyanne33. When I walked in here I thought crap. What have I don't but it was fine. Then when I did an impromptu visit to the new place the lounge seemed bigger even though they had more stuff in it than when I viewed and it was very tidy.

Following my other thread around tips for staging a house for pictures, and the agent putting the house on without telling us, using the photos the agent took for the valuation report, I'm pleased to say we had an actual photographer attend yesterday with a proper camera set up (not just a mobile phone!)

I expect the sales manager will want to confirm we are happy with the pictures before listing us, so likely to be Monday now. I'm hoping for lots of early interest, and have been keeping an eye on RM for local properties that will be our competition.

Fingers crossed for some movement for us and all of you.

Oh good luck! Your solicitor does sound completely shit though, fingers crossed all comes through for you next week x

@Gamergirl86 checking in to see how you're getting on? Im sure you're busy with the new baby. Hope things are slotting into place for you.

Our solicitor said yesterday that he was going to contact sellers solicitor to discuss dates for exchange and completion, never heard back from him, do we reckon this means sellers aren't ready?
We were told a fortnight ago that they had their searches back and were waiting on a couple of enquiries. (The property they are buying is probate but process is completed, so no chain past them)

Took DP to see the house today and there was just a constant flow of people there and the agent is saying all the things estate agents say that make you hate them.

It has a north east facing garden and is overshadowed by a very large tree in a neighbours property. We are a conservation area and have more than enough trees that cause issues. The EA was telling us how great a 70ft tree is. He was also saying how massive the garden is - I pointed out that it's half the size of our current garden. For us, people who know the area and the problems that arise here, the house isn't that great. But there is so much competition so it'll go for a silly amount anyway.

We viewed our buyers property yesterday and as much as it would be the convenient thing to do to offer on it we decided it is not for us. So on we go......

We also saw our new house this weekend. I had a major "omg what have we done?" moment. I'm hoping once we get all our stuff in this week it will start to feel less overwhelming, although the roofer may think otherwise!

I'm constantly having oh crap feelings about the house I'm buying but I can't face starting again.

This week I'm ringing for removal quotes and having serious worries about the boxes all fitting in the house as I'm going with two bookcases, one small chest of drawers and that is it in terms of storage. There will be no unpacking other than in the kitchen as I've nowhere to put the stuff. I won't even have a bed never mind a wardrobe, chest of drawers etc.

We were due to move on Tuesday. Our buyers solicitor had left. Another solicitor has taken over - our solicitor got an email at 4pm on Friday saying they weren't ready and needed 'around 8 more weeks' and that he was also leaving and another solicitor would take over from him in the next couple of weeks!

We'd packed everything, paid the removal company, sold furniture, redirected the mail. Everything! Absolutely gutted and annoyed. I'm sure the people we are buying from are going to feel exactly the same when they are told in the morning (their estate agent was closed by the time we could contact them on Friday)

Well go back to the market tomorrow (dreading it as the house is just a mess, boxes everywhere and is now sparsely furnished). We will let the current buyer continue with their finding paperwork and whatever else but they've already messed about for months so we aren't willing to just wait it out any longer.

This is so stressful. Hope everyone else is doing a bit better!