Is anyone moving now?
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Thinks seem to be progressing.
Flat sale all seems to be progressing - management pack sent last week, searches underway etc
Purchase now agreed and is kicking off after the sales memo was issued yesterday. With the sale process kicking off 4 weeks before the purchase I hope there isn't a similar gap between them as we've agreed to break the chain - spending one night on the MIL's sofabed was bad enough.
Flat sale all seems to be progressing - management pack sent last week, searches underway etc
Purchase now agreed and is kicking off after the sales memo was issued yesterday. With the sale process kicking off 4 weeks before the purchase I hope there isn't a similar gap between them as we've agreed to break the chain - spending one night on the MIL's sofabed was bad enough.
RC1807 said:
EA chased our solicitor to ask what's the latest / if they had any questions .... .the partner at the firm replied saying, "when you send us the information and documents we've already asked for 4 times, then we'll know which questions we need to raise. Please could you refer to my emails of..... And.....and.....and....."
It's going to be a while.
Just as well we're unconcerned about a chain or having to move before school restarts, eh? It's been a few months already and the basic details about the lease, F&F, etc., haven't been provided.
Join the club. I’m suffering from total and utter, brain melting incompetence in key components at the moment. I’m in the fortunate position where ultimately I don’t really give a hoot. It will work, or it won’t, through no fault of mine. The vendor is a nice chap though. If it goes tits on him, that’s really not good.It's going to be a while.
Just as well we're unconcerned about a chain or having to move before school restarts, eh? It's been a few months already and the basic details about the lease, F&F, etc., haven't been provided.
Edited by Maximus_Meridius101 on Tuesday 13th July 18:55
Petrus1983 said:
I’ve seen the house that I wanted to see and couldn’t 
Does re-wiring a house cost a lot? I’ve got no experience of it.
Depending on size and complexity…plus if you have a friendly electrician….and depending on where you are….Does re-wiring a house cost a lot? I’ve got no experience of it.
3-4 bed house should be approx. £2-3k ish.
Had most of ours done two years ago, Midlands, old hoise, pretty complex and was just under £3k.
MrVert said:
Depending on size and complexity…plus if you have a friendly electrician….and depending on where you are….
3-4 bed house should be approx. £2-3k ish.
Had most of ours done two years ago, Midlands, old hoise, pretty complex and was just under £3k.
Those figures seem very low - did the friendly electrician work for beer money? I’d say you should be thinking of double that.3-4 bed house should be approx. £2-3k ish.
Had most of ours done two years ago, Midlands, old hoise, pretty complex and was just under £3k.
Well after 8 months of waiting, 4 of which were due to absolute incompetence of the lower chain and their solicitors we exchanged on Friday and completed yesterday.
Still very tense up to the last minute, funds were transferred late by said solicitors but we managed to avoid all of our belongings being taken into storage.
Literally got keys at 16:56.
Finally!
Still very tense up to the last minute, funds were transferred late by said solicitors but we managed to avoid all of our belongings being taken into storage.
Literally got keys at 16:56.
Finally!
Everything went pretty much to plan for us moving last Friday. The only real hiccup was the removals guys packing up all of the cleaning stuff and the hoover and sending it in the first lorry so I had to panic borrow a hoover from the neighbours. That and leaving a load of skid-marks in the loo once the toilet brushes had all gone, lovely stuff!
Better photos to come once the greenery covering the front of the house is down (Dad is currently hacking at it with the chainsaw) but overall very happy. Don't seem to have found any unpleasant surprises yet! Inside is all magnolia as it was a rental property for a while but at least that's a blank slate. Nice oak floors throughout apart from slate in the kitchen (not a single carpet!)
Double garage is excellent and have a chap coming round to measure up for fitting some Hormann sectional doors to replace the original broken Garadoor steel up-and-over ones which will be much better for getting the bikes and prams in and out.
Did manage to set off the alarm while taking a cover off a steel box to see what was inside and also shorted out the timer clock on the Boilermate (30-year-old, very brittle plastic) but if that's the worst thing so far then we're doing good!
The robot lawnmower, Steve, is busy getting to grips with the garden and we've got a BBQ planned later.
Neighbours seem nice so far too so zero regrets!
Better photos to come once the greenery covering the front of the house is down (Dad is currently hacking at it with the chainsaw) but overall very happy. Don't seem to have found any unpleasant surprises yet! Inside is all magnolia as it was a rental property for a while but at least that's a blank slate. Nice oak floors throughout apart from slate in the kitchen (not a single carpet!)
Double garage is excellent and have a chap coming round to measure up for fitting some Hormann sectional doors to replace the original broken Garadoor steel up-and-over ones which will be much better for getting the bikes and prams in and out.
Did manage to set off the alarm while taking a cover off a steel box to see what was inside and also shorted out the timer clock on the Boilermate (30-year-old, very brittle plastic) but if that's the worst thing so far then we're doing good!
The robot lawnmower, Steve, is busy getting to grips with the garden and we've got a BBQ planned later.
Neighbours seem nice so far too so zero regrets!
Well, after the disappointment of last week, and seemingly months passing with only dismal property coming to market, a gem has emerged this week.
We're on a break up in Northern Scotland, so were forced to get a family member to go and view on our behalf. It's an area that MrsC knows well, so much less of a gamble than it might seem on the face of things.
Quite strange doing a viewing over Facetime, but the agent was very understanding and allowed us to have a full hour (rather than the normal 30min slot).
As a (frankly stunning) character property, which is in a good location and has been well renovated, it's understandably received a lot of attention. We appear to be one of three interested parties who are submitting sealed bids at the end of this week.
Plunged back in the realms of self-doubt and uncertainty, MrsC and I agonised on the strategy over a seafood dinner last night. We've gone in with a bid a little over asking that represents what we think it's worth, rather than what we think we might need to win it.
The vendors are doing a self-build (while they live in a caravan!), and so are keen to get cracking. We are hopeful that our status and lack of chain might tip things in our favour. Everything crossed, again...
We're on a break up in Northern Scotland, so were forced to get a family member to go and view on our behalf. It's an area that MrsC knows well, so much less of a gamble than it might seem on the face of things.
Quite strange doing a viewing over Facetime, but the agent was very understanding and allowed us to have a full hour (rather than the normal 30min slot).
As a (frankly stunning) character property, which is in a good location and has been well renovated, it's understandably received a lot of attention. We appear to be one of three interested parties who are submitting sealed bids at the end of this week.
Plunged back in the realms of self-doubt and uncertainty, MrsC and I agonised on the strategy over a seafood dinner last night. We've gone in with a bid a little over asking that represents what we think it's worth, rather than what we think we might need to win it.
The vendors are doing a self-build (while they live in a caravan!), and so are keen to get cracking. We are hopeful that our status and lack of chain might tip things in our favour. Everything crossed, again...
dirtbiker said:
Hope it works out for you!
Cheers GreatGranny, it's not been stress-free by any means but have to say it's not been as horrendous as I thought (despite me and both the little ones having horrible colds and not sleeping brilliantly!).
Thank you. Your house looks like a whopper compared with the cottages I'm looking at. Is that a double garage I spy?Cheers GreatGranny, it's not been stress-free by any means but have to say it's not been as horrendous as I thought (despite me and both the little ones having horrible colds and not sleeping brilliantly!).
C70R said:
Thank you. Your house looks like a whopper compared with the cottages I'm looking at. Is that a double garage I spy?
Aye, it's a double garage which is a dream coming from a 3/4 of a single (we had the utility in part of it). House is a big step up from our last place at 188m^2 and the lounge is the full size of the garage so currently a bit empty but looking forward to making it our own!Having lived in my previous house for 29 years, aka since I was born and having moved into my new house 2 weeks ago I still feel like I'm on holiday almost and will be returning to the old house any day now. Anyone else had similar when moving from a long time home to a new one? I'm guessing it'll take me some time to get used to it all and get settled?
Well ours has sold and we have just had an offer accepted on a property below (below asking price) which for us is ideal (15 minute walk to the city centre).
We were never really bothered around a detached like we have now and wanted a better location and the house itself is about 650 square foot bigger at circa. 1575 square foot.
We will be sorting the en-suite and changing the kitchen doors but overall its pretty much ready to move into
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/107154827#/
The only issue I have now is whether to take a 2 year or 5 year fixed mortgage... the difference is around £100 a month. We are putting down 15% deposit so my thoughts are play it safe with a 5 year fixed or so a 2 year fixed and push up to a 20/25% deposit at the time of the re-mortgage.
Thoughts?
We were never really bothered around a detached like we have now and wanted a better location and the house itself is about 650 square foot bigger at circa. 1575 square foot.
We will be sorting the en-suite and changing the kitchen doors but overall its pretty much ready to move into
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/107154827#/
The only issue I have now is whether to take a 2 year or 5 year fixed mortgage... the difference is around £100 a month. We are putting down 15% deposit so my thoughts are play it safe with a 5 year fixed or so a 2 year fixed and push up to a 20/25% deposit at the time of the re-mortgage.
Thoughts?
greggy50 said:
Well ours has sold and we have just had an offer accepted on a property below (below asking price) which for us is ideal (15 minute walk to the city centre).
We were never really bothered around a detached like we have now and wanted a better location and the house itself is about 650 square foot bigger at circa. 1575 square foot.
We will be sorting the en-suite and changing the kitchen doors but overall its pretty much ready to move into
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/107154827#/
The only issue I have now is whether to take a 2 year or 5 year fixed mortgage... the difference is around £100 a month. We are putting down 15% deposit so my thoughts are play it safe with a 5 year fixed or so a 2 year fixed and push up to a 20/25% deposit at the time of the re-mortgage.
Thoughts?
My personal view is that the rate gap between +80% LTV mortgages and <75% is still a bit stretched vs. history - I'm at 80% for my purchase (which is going through) and am thinking a 2 year with Sarnie hopefully sorting it this week - my thoughts are also compounded by personal circumstance (my job progression/mrs' job going perm at some point) which will make lumping cash/refinancing for a major extension possible in the future when the rate spread has normalised/I've saved up enough for the work - a 1,200-1,500 sqft extension @c£200k)We were never really bothered around a detached like we have now and wanted a better location and the house itself is about 650 square foot bigger at circa. 1575 square foot.
We will be sorting the en-suite and changing the kitchen doors but overall its pretty much ready to move into
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/107154827#/
The only issue I have now is whether to take a 2 year or 5 year fixed mortgage... the difference is around £100 a month. We are putting down 15% deposit so my thoughts are play it safe with a 5 year fixed or so a 2 year fixed and push up to a 20/25% deposit at the time of the re-mortgage.
Thoughts?
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