Not much you can do, @rowlandscastle444. Is your estate agent being helpful? They should be trying to be, and keeping you updated on what the delay is, as they will lose their commission if it falls through. Maybe you could ask them to be prepared with new For Sale signs, and checking their lists for any suitable viewings to arrange if the worst happens. Don’t give up now you’ve started, you may lose your current buyer, but the bungalow you’re buying won’t necessarily be able to sell to someone else that quickly - and a lot of the paperwork is already in place. And you’ve started decluttering, don’t want to waste that effort! Hoping for good news from you later.
@rowlandscastle444 when we had some faffing about from solicitors in a previous move and our buyers were about to pull out because of it I decided to take the bull by the horns. I emailed all the solicitors and estate agents in the chain, used a lot of plain speaking and the same day they all fell into line and got on with it. I think that, sometimes, a chain gets so bogged down that they need a bit of a rattle.
Once the dust has settled, I’ll tell you the saga of our last move, but not yet. As @Bluejayway has pointed out, sometimes chains get very bogged down. Does your solicitor or estate agent have any idea where the holdup is occurring? Would be so good to get a resolution, and the weekend is rapidly approaching once again. No wonder you aren’t sleeping, with that on top of all your other problems. I can remember the desperation I felt when every day, I would be assured that contacts were being exchanged that day, and at the end of the day getting the call to say that yet again, it still hadn’t happened. Thinking of you.
Hi @Ergates With differing demands by different parties, it really does have to be today, at the latest, or it all collapses - unless people are willing to relent a little.
I've chased, reminding all parties, of the need for today, and the reasons why. I think that either our buyers are dragging their heels because they realise they can't afford the mortgage, or the mortgage company are dragging their heels, because they no longer wish to keep to their original offer. If buyers solicitors have been instructed to delay, then there is not much we can do.
I would happily go and demand it be sorted as agreed, but I've been known to mess things up, with good intentions.
Son had a similar problem with their move last year. The seller of the house they were buying decided that they wanted to delay their move so that they could stay in their house last Christmas. Luckily everyone was able to delay, although obviously not happy, rather than lose their sale/ purchase, although one person lower down the chain had actually exchanged contracts before everyone else, and ended up in rented accommodation for a month! It’s all so nerve racking.
Brilliant news @rowlandscastle444 I ‘tuned’ in especially to see if you’d exchanged contracts. Hopefully, you can relax now before the hard, physical work of actually moving. So pleased for you, waiting for exchange of contracts really is the most stressful time, I remember it well!
That's good news @rowlandscastle444 . The packing might be hard work but at least it's under your control, not dependent on other people getting a shift on.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
So pleased @rowlandscastle444. I kept popping into this thread to see how you were getting on. I found it a little stressful myself . God knows what it was like for you. Send us some pics of your new garden when you've had a chance to settle in
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Hoping for good news from you later.
No wonder you aren’t sleeping, with that on top of all your other problems. I can remember the desperation I felt when every day, I would be assured that contacts were being exchanged that day, and at the end of the day getting the call to say that yet again, it still hadn’t happened. Thinking of you.
With differing demands by different parties, it really does have to be today, at the latest, or it all collapses - unless people are willing to relent a little.
I've chased, reminding all parties, of the need for today, and the reasons why. I think that either our buyers are dragging their heels because they realise they can't afford the mortgage, or the mortgage company are dragging their heels, because they no longer wish to keep to their original offer. If buyers solicitors have been instructed to delay, then there is not much we can do.
I would happily go and demand it be sorted as agreed, but I've been known to mess things up, with good intentions.
Now for the physical hard work of packing.
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I might sleep better tonight.