Is anyone moving now?
Discussion
joropug said:
All due respect that's the problem with the England and Wales way of doing business. You'll happily lose a sale if you can't find something suitable, potentially costing your buyer to lose thousands, impact their future etc.
Bit dramatic but I think in that scenario if it gets silly time wise the best way is to offer to move to rented, when the right property comes up you can get stuck straight in with an even better position which could earn you the rental money back if they accept a lower offer.
We were buying a 3 bed detached from a couple who lived with son/his wife too so had 4 incomes , they were looking at much bigger and more expensive homes and spent 3 months finding the right one, which they did a week after our buyer pulled out. Interestingly they ended up pulling out of that purchase so dodged a bullet although it didn't seem it at the time.
It obviously isn't possible for everyone but this almost happened to us as we exchanged on our recent sale to ensure that went through and the purchase (chain) took ages.
i wouldn't happily lose a sale, but i'm not worried about it. The circumstances are different tbh; I had to put the house on the market before i could view properties, on the 2 we have put offers in on so far they ended up going for silly money (one person who lost out on the 1st house wasn't taking any chances on the 2nd); I didn't really have much of a choice about which order i did things in. Bit dramatic but I think in that scenario if it gets silly time wise the best way is to offer to move to rented, when the right property comes up you can get stuck straight in with an even better position which could earn you the rental money back if they accept a lower offer.
We were buying a 3 bed detached from a couple who lived with son/his wife too so had 4 incomes , they were looking at much bigger and more expensive homes and spent 3 months finding the right one, which they did a week after our buyer pulled out. Interestingly they ended up pulling out of that purchase so dodged a bullet although it didn't seem it at the time.
It obviously isn't possible for everyone but this almost happened to us as we exchanged on our recent sale to ensure that went through and the purchase (chain) took ages.
I've been quite frank with the buyers and advised holding off on survey's etc i don't want to see anyone out of pocket and it's chain of 1 so no-one is getting messed about, and they're kept up to date on progress. they know they have got a bit of a bargain as our house is well specced and in a desirable area, if they don't want to wait then they are free to look elsewhere but I won't be putting my family into rented while house prices are rocketing skywards that doesn't make any sense at all.
Hope you find something suitable MDUBZ, it's all a bit of a nightmare just now!
Ours is going to closing today at 12:00 and we have a second viewing on the one we think we want to buy tomorrow so all moving forward at quite a pace. Had a decent offer a bit over the asking price earlier in the week so really hoping that we get a few viable bids in this morning! I've done 16 viewings since last Thursday so am exhausted but it's nice to finally allow the house to return to some kind of normal state!
Ours is going to closing today at 12:00 and we have a second viewing on the one we think we want to buy tomorrow so all moving forward at quite a pace. Had a decent offer a bit over the asking price earlier in the week so really hoping that we get a few viable bids in this morning! I've done 16 viewings since last Thursday so am exhausted but it's nice to finally allow the house to return to some kind of normal state!
dirtbiker said:
Hope you find something suitable MDUBZ, it's all a bit of a nightmare just now!
Ours is going to closing today at 12:00 and we have a second viewing on the one we think we want to buy tomorrow so all moving forward at quite a pace. Had a decent offer a bit over the asking price earlier in the week so really hoping that we get a few viable bids in this morning! I've done 16 viewings since last Thursday so am exhausted but it's nice to finally allow the house to return to some kind of normal state!
I'd love abit of normal!Ours is going to closing today at 12:00 and we have a second viewing on the one we think we want to buy tomorrow so all moving forward at quite a pace. Had a decent offer a bit over the asking price earlier in the week so really hoping that we get a few viable bids in this morning! I've done 16 viewings since last Thursday so am exhausted but it's nice to finally allow the house to return to some kind of normal state!
Accepted offer middle of march, offer accepted on new house
Get a rough date of 4th June for exchange
Mrs starts packing house up immediately
This week, me - where's the wok, mrs - packed, me - where's the mixing bowl so i can mix some potato wedges, mrs - packed etc etc
Living now with 6 plates, 6 cups, 6 sets of cutlery, 3 pans.......
Hope it all pans out for you, process is a nightmare
Biggus thingus said:
I'd love abit of normal!
Accepted offer middle of march, offer accepted on new house
Get a rough date of 4th June for exchange
Mrs starts packing house up immediately
This week, me - where's the wok, mrs - packed, me - where's the mixing bowl so i can mix some potato wedges, mrs - packed etc etc
Living now with 6 plates, 6 cups, 6 sets of cutlery, 3 pans.......
Hope it all pans out for you, process is a nightmare
I feel for you, that's been my world for the past 3 weeks Accepted offer middle of march, offer accepted on new house
Get a rough date of 4th June for exchange
Mrs starts packing house up immediately
This week, me - where's the wok, mrs - packed, me - where's the mixing bowl so i can mix some potato wedges, mrs - packed etc etc
Living now with 6 plates, 6 cups, 6 sets of cutlery, 3 pans.......
Hope it all pans out for you, process is a nightmare
Looking like we're completing on the 21st, it feels like this has been a long journey since our offer was accepted back in mid Jan!
geeks said:
Looks lovely congrats!
Thank you!TimmyMallett said:
SunsetZed said:
Looks like it may have some nice views?
I did end up completing last Friday, I decided in the end to "rough it" with a temporary 4g connection while I wait for FTTC availability.
I certainly can't compete with the gorgeous houses others on here have purchased so I won't post up any exterior shots of mine!
I've got a fair bit of work to do before I fully move in but things are going well.
Good luck to those waiting to complete!
I certainly can't compete with the gorgeous houses others on here have purchased so I won't post up any exterior shots of mine!
I've got a fair bit of work to do before I fully move in but things are going well.
Good luck to those waiting to complete!
anarki said:
I did end up completing last Friday, I decided in the end to "rough it" with a temporary 4g connection while I wait for FTTC availability.
I certainly can't compete with the gorgeous houses others on here have purchased so I won't post up any exterior shots of mine!
I've got a fair bit of work to do before I fully move in but things are going well.
Good luck to those waiting to complete!
Same as me - I moved last Friday too and I'm using 4G. I certainly can't compete with the gorgeous houses others on here have purchased so I won't post up any exterior shots of mine!
I've got a fair bit of work to do before I fully move in but things are going well.
Good luck to those waiting to complete!
We have broadband activating on Tuesday. It's FTTC, and hopefully will be around 30mbps which is the fastest we can get. 4G has been pretty good though, we've managed to stream 1080p to the TV really easily
fesuvious said:
We've had some discussion on exchange and completing on same day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZMohP3ux48
This is the potential
My god. Horror show.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZMohP3ux48
This is the potential
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