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Books, not bombs
Fantastic. Good luck with everything. Enjoy.
Buying a home and don't know how anything works
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5t3IIa
Registered User
Amazing news x2 
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Our news is no reply from vendor’s sols (or vendors?) to some queries. Our sol forwarded them to me so will review then I guess chat up the vendor on the online EA app
We did req they arranged to dispose of two fridges in the garage as there’s a built-in one they are leaving, plus we own one so won’t need three in the outhouse! But absolutely ready to drop that if it’s holding anything up. Can you fucking imagine if it was lol.
🕶Our news is no reply from vendor’s sols (or vendors?) to some queries. Our sol forwarded them to me so will review then I guess chat up the vendor on the online EA app
We did req they arranged to dispose of two fridges in the garage as there’s a built-in one they are leaving, plus we own one so won’t need three in the outhouse! But absolutely ready to drop that if it’s holding anything up. Can you fucking imagine if it was lol.
Elpenor
Dancing as fast as I can
I’ve signed and returned my draft contract. Legal pack I’ve read and digested and nothing of interest to report.
Hopefully the queries raised by my solicitor will have been answered by the time the survey takes place. Feels unusual for nothing to be obviously going wrong now
Hopefully the queries raised by my solicitor will have been answered by the time the survey takes place. Feels unusual for nothing to be obviously going wrong now
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Books, not bombs
Good luck with that.
5t3IIa
Registered User
Nothing has ‘gone wrong’ with our purchase either but it’s still taking ages
Offer was accepted mid-January!
Elpenor
Dancing as fast as I can
The thing that will take ages is likely to be determined by whether the new build my sellers are buying is almost ready to move into or a pile of bricks in a muddy field. My offer was accepted on March 18th and the sellers found their property on April 8th.Nothing has ‘gone wrong’ with our purchase either but it’s still taking ages
bellaozzydog
rolling turds in glitter
I’m not even buying a house and this thread leaves me exhausted and nervous 
Hang in there everyone buying a property
Hang in there everyone buying a property
Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
Texts through from solicitors saying searches complete so guess we’re about halfway, think just waiting on responses to initial enquiries.
hash tag
Books, not bombs
Having bought an off plan flat many moons ago and then pulling out of a planned purchase of an off plan house when I saw it starting to go wrong I'm not sure I would ever buy a new place again.
With the flat, we found a few snagging issues whereas my neighbour found about 120
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DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
kalidarkone
Bringing YOU round.....
Yes, it was this thread that was the decider for me to get the house renovated and an extension rather then move ( I'll have to move out and rent a flat, while the works done. I'm only at the thinking about it stage anyway)I’m not even buying a house and this thread leaves me exhausted and nervous
Hang in there everyone buying a property
Godspeed to you all! Xxx
5t3IIa
Registered User
I messaged our vendors and they lol’d about ‘it’s just waiting’ but they’re only getting a fresh new regs cert on Monday (today)!! They’ve known they need one since…weeks and weeks ago? A month or more? I mean, we are not exactly ready to go this second but we could be. Plus their vendors need one too so ours need an extra survey on their new house or something so that’s being chased today also?
5t3IIa
Registered User
Found the email from our solicitor dated 07/04/2022 chasing their response 
I understand stuff takes time to sort out but the “Teehee yes it’s a waiting game tho but actually we are doing it all in a second, in fact this Monday as a coincidence” response from them is such classic bullshittery, and I stupidly thought they were above that lol. They’re the ones who are desperate to move!
I understand stuff takes time to sort out but the “Teehee yes it’s a waiting game tho but actually we are doing it all in a second, in fact this Monday as a coincidence” response from them is such classic bullshittery, and I stupidly thought they were above that lol. They’re the ones who are desperate to move!
5t3IIa
Registered User
We have decluttered the whole house this weekend. Two tip runs, two charity shop runs. Recycling bin packed full, bag for life to go to my office for confi-waste. The sitting room is half full of empty cardboard boxes. We are ready to go. I’m bored of hanging about, especially as I am 99% sure we have done everything we need to.
Saffy
Under the duvet..
You're getting there 5t3IIa! The waiting around is infuriating. We truly hated just about everyone involved in the process when we sold our old house.
Even trying to plan what we were going to do first in the new house didn't give us any joy because we totally forgot what it looked like and our memories of it were distorted.
5t3IIa
Registered User
Thank you! We are nearly there really, but ffs!You're getting there 5t3IIa! The waiting around is infuriating. We truly hated just about everyone involved in the process when we sold our old house.
Even trying to plan what we were going to do first in the new house didn't give us any joy because we totally forgot what it looked like and our memories of it were distorted.
We have been fairly neutral about the players so far (apart from general off-camera piss-taking about them saying ‘obviously’ every 2 seconds and such) but now I am starting to dislike people. I am more intellectually annoyed than physically fumin’, iyswim.
I am scared about what the house will be like!! The sitting room is small! I think!!!!
And it is painted green maybe!And how was it in reality when you moved in?Even trying to plan what we were going to do first in the new house didn't give us any joy because we totally forgot what it looked like and our memories of it were distorted.
Me and my partner spent 10 mins looking around the place we're in the process of buying 3 and a half months ago. Since then I've been looking at the listing at least once a week when showing people, out of excitement or trying to mentally plan things together. Those pics are of course very flattering and I'm a bit worried about how the place will look without the benefit of a fish eye lens and photoshopped blue sky at every window!
The other pics we have are in the surveyors report and they're all the way down the other extreme - closeups of every imperfection which I try to forget!
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
This is so true, I mean I don't like clothes/shoe shopping but even so I spent more time looking at my current pair of £30 trainers before buying them than I spent looking around the flat that I bought - bit crazy really, when you think about it. And the process doesn't tend to get any less crazy from that point on!
Thora
Differently Ethical
Can you go and have another look? We've done 3 viewings plus having a roofer come and give quotes for ours
Saffy
Under the duvet..
It was absolutely fine and bigger than I remembered. I had visions of our sofa not fitting and so on. I think relying on other people to do things for the sale just ramps up the anxiety. We moved during lockdown and so we couldn't really arrange any measuring up appointments.
The fish eye lens they use is awful. It makes everything seem so fake.
We probably can/should but we're hoping to exchange on Friday (the 13th!) and completing a week later so I think we'll just wait! To be fair the place we're currently renting I came to view alone which was a lot of responsibility but my partner loved it and we've been very happy here so it should work out fine!Can you go and have another look? We've done 3 viewings plus having a roofer come and give quotes for ours
5t3IIa
Registered User
Have you packed anything yet? I feel weird about itWe're also hoping to complete this week, and complete the week after next
We went today to have a last look and measure up before exchange.
miss direct
misfungled
Nice to see the thread still going.
Thought this might be informative/useful for anyone buying or considering buying somewhere old/that looks like it needs work/hasn't been well looked after.
In the 9 months since I've had my place, these are all the extra expenses so far: (not including things like furniture, white goods etc.)
Painting and decorating: only paid about £100 for paint, a friend did the work
Carpets - can't remember exact price, around £1200
New boiler - almost £3000
various random plumbing things: a few hundred
Rip off boiler man: £85
New bathroom: don't know price, few thousand at a guess. There was no bathroom use for about a month.
Massive plumbing job (pipe blockage): another few hundred
Next will be the kitchen, which is falling to bits.
Thought this might be informative/useful for anyone buying or considering buying somewhere old/that looks like it needs work/hasn't been well looked after.
In the 9 months since I've had my place, these are all the extra expenses so far: (not including things like furniture, white goods etc.)
Painting and decorating: only paid about £100 for paint, a friend did the work
Carpets - can't remember exact price, around £1200
New boiler - almost £3000
various random plumbing things: a few hundred
Rip off boiler man: £85
New bathroom: don't know price, few thousand at a guess. There was no bathroom use for about a month.
Massive plumbing job (pipe blockage): another few hundred
Next will be the kitchen, which is falling to bits.
5t3IIa
Registered User
I hear it’s all mad from both sides. Did you have 119 viewing and 73 offers over the weekend??
Glitter
Goddess of rock!
The house next door but one to me sold in 3 days for over asking price. It didn’t even make it to Rightmove.
I was annoyed about that, I wanted a nosey
5t3IIa
Registered User
Rude!The house next door but one to me sold in 3 days for over asking price. It didn’t even make it to Rightmove.
I was annoyed about that, I wanted a nosey
Zapp Brannigan
Built like a steakhouse, handles like a bistro
Afternoon, house buying brothers & sisters. Contracts exchanged today, complete and KEYS!!! on Thursday. Our solicitors have (to this point) been excellent, the sellers' have not, but all told a relatively straightforward process so far.
Excited!
Excited!
