Is anyone moving now?
Discussion
normalbloke said:
Ouch! I guess’ Yeah, me too’ would have been the only quick comeback to that..
LOL you're rightWe love our house and it's taken some serious effort to get to point of putting it on the market, would love to be able to pick it up and drop it in the place we to move to.
Just can't stand our area any more. Local/walkable pub closed and turned in to a house by some a-hole local architect. shop 25min hike up heart attack hill, fallen out with daughters school over the absolute crap work she's been getting during home school
Aaagghh
AJB88 said:
The confusion has come from the seller of house number 4 already living in house 5, saying he is doing building works on house 5 which wont be ready till July. He's living in it already though.
This is why many, mostly young buyers chose new build or developer vendors. It’s a simple direct commercial transaction, they would not mess around with buyers. It is vacant, ready to get in.
Congratulations!
We’ve had some marginally positive news today, the file of our buyers buyer has been passed to a more proactive person in the “call centre” firm of solicitors being used, this may or may not mean that something actually happens. Still not counting chickens and sort of wondering if I should just buy an M3 with our slush fund given that if we don’t move we won’t need it
We’ve had some marginally positive news today, the file of our buyers buyer has been passed to a more proactive person in the “call centre” firm of solicitors being used, this may or may not mean that something actually happens. Still not counting chickens and sort of wondering if I should just buy an M3 with our slush fund given that if we don’t move we won’t need it
The_Doc said:
I'm buying something with that order of magnitude grass/garden, but I'll be getting the farmer to go over it a few times a year with the flail topper.
That's how you cut a lot of grass.
Ha ha - yep I agree with that, we are buying 10 acres - (and trying to get the 15 next door) and I've asked the seller for details of local farmers to harrow and top the paddocks. I am not doing it myself. That's how you cut a lot of grass.
The OH on the other hand, sees it as an opportunity to buy more vehicles to pimp up.
Wasn't looking to move, with a new baby we thought it'd be the last things on our minds, but things have been going better than we thought, and we realised we've outgrown our current house.
Found somewhere we liked at the end of January, but were not on the market so were a bit stuck.
A mental week later, were on the market and made an offer which has been accepted.
The next day we have our first viewing, and an offer on our place.
We budgeted for stamp duty (£11k!) but at the time it was possible to complete before the end of March, which would be a big win for us.
Were using the same agent for both transactions.
The good:
The place were buying wasn't on the open market (there's a story there I'm sure), and despite being (we think) very well priced we managed to get a chunk off.
We've got full asking for our place - and that price was a bit above what we wanted to factor in negotiations
We are in the middle of a chain of three.
Moving from spannering on the drive, to a double garage (!).
The bad:
We've used the conveyancers before, but they don't appear to have moved with the times - everything must be on paper.
Were tied to our lender so can only get a mortgage on an "advised" basis - lots of long phone calls.
The sellers have been a bit slow - I suspect a divorce, but as above there's something going on.
The agent told us the buyers were keen to progress, but their survey has only just been booked - 2 weeks after they made their offer. And it's another two weeks until it happens.
I doubt that we can complete in the two weeks between their survey coming back and the end of March so unless stamp duty is extended I can see us paying it...
Frustrating as our survey was booked and completed within a week of the offer being accepted - I would've expected quicker progress from them.
Having said that, we had similar problems when we bought the place as despite having an agreement in principle, we were rejected for the first two mortgages we applied for which held things up, but I could hardly tell the agent we were struggling for funds...
Found somewhere we liked at the end of January, but were not on the market so were a bit stuck.
A mental week later, were on the market and made an offer which has been accepted.
The next day we have our first viewing, and an offer on our place.
We budgeted for stamp duty (£11k!) but at the time it was possible to complete before the end of March, which would be a big win for us.
Were using the same agent for both transactions.
The good:
The place were buying wasn't on the open market (there's a story there I'm sure), and despite being (we think) very well priced we managed to get a chunk off.
We've got full asking for our place - and that price was a bit above what we wanted to factor in negotiations
We are in the middle of a chain of three.
Moving from spannering on the drive, to a double garage (!).
The bad:
We've used the conveyancers before, but they don't appear to have moved with the times - everything must be on paper.
Were tied to our lender so can only get a mortgage on an "advised" basis - lots of long phone calls.
The sellers have been a bit slow - I suspect a divorce, but as above there's something going on.
The agent told us the buyers were keen to progress, but their survey has only just been booked - 2 weeks after they made their offer. And it's another two weeks until it happens.
I doubt that we can complete in the two weeks between their survey coming back and the end of March so unless stamp duty is extended I can see us paying it...
Frustrating as our survey was booked and completed within a week of the offer being accepted - I would've expected quicker progress from them.
Having said that, we had similar problems when we bought the place as despite having an agreement in principle, we were rejected for the first two mortgages we applied for which held things up, but I could hardly tell the agent we were struggling for funds...
Six viewings over the weekend - first one didn't turn up. We've been asking them to take shoes off, estate agents have been asking us all to wear masks and leave all doors open. Last viewing on Friday took shoes off and didn't have socks on (eeew). Estate Agents have been very good with follow-ups on the viewers and strange how they think parking is a problem with a drive wide enough for three cars and a double garage big enough for two more . . .
At least one is considering an offer and two more viewings lined up for Tuesday evening
At least one is considering an offer and two more viewings lined up for Tuesday evening
Offer accepted on our new home today. Fingers crossed it all goes to plan but there’s a long way to go yet.
A lovely grade II listed place in North Devon.
Having to get used to oil usage, a water borehole with treatment works and a septic tank might take some getting used to but we’re game.
A lovely grade II listed place in North Devon.
Having to get used to oil usage, a water borehole with treatment works and a septic tank might take some getting used to but we’re game.
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