Stressed out - exchange late

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I am selling my property and a completion date was agreed ages ago fro this Friday 6th. The buyers had wanted a much earlier date tha I had anticipated ( around 3 months). We accepted offer in September and they wanted in at the end of October. I agreed reluctantly and got my skates on. Booked time off work and tried really hard to find somewhere to rent.
I plan to move into rented accommodation but can't confirm until exchange so basically that property could ho any time. If it does, we'll be homeless.
So last Friday didn't happen as buyers solicitor not ready with deposit. Assured it would be today and nothing again. Not a word from the EA ( who assured me it was all ok on Friday). My solicitor saying their deposit still not ready.
I have 3 children ( teenagers albeit) and 2 dogs and am really stressed. I can't even book removals.

What should I do?

These situations are so anxiety inducing.
Do keep chasing your solicitor for a response if they don't get back to you. The EA probably won't know anything tbf, but can contact your buyers to find out what's going on.
Your solicitor needs to be chasing their solicitor for a response - and finding out why they don't have the funds yet, and when (or even if!!) they are expecting to get them.

Not great advice tbh. I’ve worked place where yes, you would fail.

Don’t jeopardise your job, OP.

Not helpful I know but maybe they’ve got cold feet and are getting ready to pull out. Unfortunately this can and does happen.

We told our buyers we would break the chain. However stipulated 4 weeks between exchange and completion. We were in the process of buying another house but had to pull out so we have ended up in an airbnb for 4 weeks and now trying to organise a rental..Ive a son, 2 dogs and dh. Its such a headache trying to line everything up.
Could you go into airbnb to give yourself a bit of breathing room.
Make sure your solicitor puts a big enough gap between exchange and completion so you can organise a rental.
Its not ideal and highly stressful, im questioning my judgement tonight.

It may also be that they don’t actually have the deposit and need exchange and completion on the same day …

FTBs will still need to find the deposit even if exchange and completion is on the same day. The solicitor will be asking for it ahead of moving day as won't agree to completion until they know the deposit is secure.

God I hate the system in this country. I’ve had a completion fail - exchanged the week before, booked movers, airbnb (as my purchase had fallen through but still wanted to go through with my sale). Movers came we packed it all up (and this was a large five bedroom house, luckily I had arranged for it to go into storage - I can’t imagine what would have happened if I was buying and it was to go to the new house). The money from the bottom of the chain didn’t make it through in time and I didn’t find out til after the movers had left. And of course it was a Friday. So one very hot weekend spent in an expensive (it was summer and I lived in a tourist destination) while my beautiful house with pool was empty. They did complete on Monday.
Anyhoo the solicitors really should be earning their dosh and the deposit should have been with the other solicitor a few days beforehand to prevent this very thing. I hope it gets sorted soon. No one needs this stress.

Ask for unpaid leave instead of pulling a sickie, as a manager I'd be understanding of you needing time off for this, moving house is a major event, and I'm seen as quite a strict manager.

Waiting for exchange is so stressful hope you hear from them soon.

Honestly the system in this country is totally mad. So sorry you are going through this . We had to break the chain with our sale to prevent it collapsing and I really thought naively we would be in our new home by now but no it’s going into the fourth week of being homeless. There has got to be a better way than this. I hope it goes through for you a.s.a.p