Buying a home and don't know how anything works
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Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
First update for three or four weeks and yep āwaiting for responses to initial enquiriesā
Elpenor
Dancing as fast as I can
Bit of an odd one today.
No acknowledgment from solicitor about my transfer today
- hopefully just an oversight - two more transfers to do tomorrow and Friday and then theyāve got all the money
Final removal company came to quote. Bloke was in a rush and quote was very high so suspect they donāt want the work.
Will be going with Mondays chap, I called them to get the ball rolling at 2:45pm, the person who answered the phone said theyād call me back and then never did. Will chase up tomorrow.
Finally Iāve realised I only have 8 more sleeps in this house!
No acknowledgment from solicitor about my transfer today
- hopefully just an oversight - two more transfers to do tomorrow and Friday and then theyāve got all the moneyFinal removal company came to quote. Bloke was in a rush and quote was very high so suspect they donāt want the work.
Will be going with Mondays chap, I called them to get the ball rolling at 2:45pm, the person who answered the phone said theyād call me back and then never did. Will chase up tomorrow.
Finally Iāve realised I only have 8 more sleeps in this house!
Elpenor
Dancing as fast as I can
Removals booked.
Also arranged for BT to transfer over my internerd connection from the move date.
Think Iām more or less done now until the week before I move (council tax, utilities and mail forwarding can wait), so I can get off and enjoy my holiday tomorrow
Also arranged for BT to transfer over my internerd connection from the move date.
Think Iām more or less done now until the week before I move (council tax, utilities and mail forwarding can wait), so I can get off and enjoy my holiday tomorrow
Cat Fan
Cats and stats
Do you know that the situation is of the seller? I've got a similar problem where the seller's solicitors have been completely unresponsive to queries, despite many attempts to chase them.
I am beginning to think it is deliberate because the property is currently tenanted so the seller wants to delay until the rental contact runs out.
Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
No fucking clue, Iām guessing the seller is still looking for a property but Iām very much the mushroom in this situation
Cat Fan
Cats and stats
Might be worth checking with the estate agent if they can chase if your solicitors are getting nowhere. (That's what I've done and I'm crossing fingers)
Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
Supposedly they were chasing last week.
Itās doubly frustrating because literally fuck all new or nice on market at moment
Cat Fan
Cats and stats
Yeah, you're right there! Anything halfway decent is on for silly money at the moment (where I am in S London anyway)
Elpenor
Dancing as fast as I can
Final money sent to solicitor this morning
In 2 weeks time the removals people will be loading my stuff into the van
Now off to enjoy my first proper holiday for 7 years in the knowledge that the house purchase is all sorted and I donāt need to do anything about it while Iām away (I hope 
)
In 2 weeks time the removals people will be loading my stuff into the van
Now off to enjoy my first proper holiday for 7 years in the knowledge that the house purchase is all sorted and I donāt need to do anything about it while Iām away (I hope
)
Boudicca
Seaside Queen
Are you going to be out of the country on completion date?Final money sent to solicitor this morning
In 2 weeks time the removals people will be loading my stuff into the van
Now off to enjoy my first proper holiday for 7 years in the knowledge that the house purchase is all sorted and I donāt need to do anything about it while Iām away (I hope
Boudicca
Seaside Queen
Phew..No - I am not going abroad and am back home 5 days before completion
MrCurry
right after this urgent rest
Iāve set up such an alert and have now received an email saying there is new activity against ātitle number BK334289ā. How would I discover what property that is, as itās probably not mine but I need to make sure? The only HM land registry search tool Google is showing me wants to search by postcode only.
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
dunno.
I got an e-mail when I signed up to it telling me what the title number was for this place (and for mum-tat's place which i also asked for, with her agreement.) Didn't you get similar?
the only communication i've had since is a 6-monthly one along the lines of -
I haven't had an alert as such.
Is there a phone number or a contactable e-mail in whatever you've just got?
MrCurry
right after this urgent rest
Aha! Yes I did, and I see the ātitle numberā for the property Iām interested in is different to the one theyāve put in this latest email, which makes me wonder why theyāve sent it to me, but no matter. Thanks
dunno.
I got an e-mail when I signed up to it telling me what the title number was for this place (and for mum-tat's place which i also asked for, with her agreement.) Didn't you get similar?
the only communication i've had since is a 6-monthly one along the lines of -
I haven't had an alert as such.
Is there a phone number or a contactable e-mail in whatever you've just got?
Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
According to Rightmove there is a solicitor logjam - properties are now taking on average 150 days from offer accepted to completion.
Sounds familiar
Spitballing approx dates that works out around my birthday in a couple of months
Fuck a duck.
Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
Covid presumably and a market racked by uncertainty. Itās a hot sellers market but thereās also just not that much property on the market - plenty of construction done on extensions and studios during covid mind
Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
I wonder if the EU born lawyers have buggered off back to Europe as well.
Councils are struggling n all.
Overall a shit sandwich
Councils are struggling n all.
Overall a shit sandwich
AnnO'Neemus
Is so vanilla
I hope your seller knows that a tenancy agreement doesn't just end after, say, six or 12 months, it goes into periodic (rolling) tenancy until ended by the tenant or a court.
Does the seller know that the tenant might not just move out at the end of the tenancy agreement?
If the tenants haven't got anywhere to move to, they might not leave and their landlord (your seller), might have to evict them.
Check what the situation is.
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
yes, although an increasing number of
i'd feel a bit awkward buying somewhere 'currently tenanted' on a few levels
(quite apart from going along with the word 'tenant' being verbed)
i want to move house some time this year (like when i get through the 6 months point in new job, and when wfh-ing is formalised) but i'm finding this thread more than a little uninspiring...
Cat Fan
Cats and stats
Talking to their solicitors is like talking to a brick wall. But they've communicated via the estate agent that the tenants are moving out mid July.
I'm hoping that will give them the kick they need to get their solicitors moving again with answering queries.
Cat Fan
Cats and stats
The house has been rented out for the past few years, but before that it was owner occupied and most other houses on that road are owner occupied.
We're a family of three with one more on the way, we desperately need more space. The current tenants of the place we are buying are two professionals who are sharing. I would feel differently if it was a family with young children with nowhere else to go, but that's not the case.
At the end of the day we're taking a buy to let and turning it back into a family home, I think that's a good thing to do.
Cat Fan
Cats and stats
It turns out that this is indeed the situation, the seller has not been transparent with us until now, but we've just found out they've served a section 21, so presumably the tenants don't want to leave.
Not the stress we needed with a small toddler and one of us pregnant.
equationgirl
Respect my existence or expect my resistance
Of course the tenants don't want to leave, they're probably fairly settled. They don't actually have to move out unless there's a court order, the s21 is just a letter kick-starting the notice period provision (usually 8 weeks).It turns out that this is indeed the situation, the seller has not been transparent with us until now, but we've just found out they've served a section 21, so presumably the tenants don't want to leave.
Not the stress we needed with a small toddler and one of us pregnant.
There's nothing worse than a landlord saying they're only interested in long-term tenants and the when the lease is about to end they get the eviction notice. Especially no fault evictions.
Cat Fan
Cats and stats
Well the strange thing is the 8 weeks expires in mid July, so unless they want to go to court over it it's in their interest to plan a move.
It's in danger of jeopardising the whole sale. Greedy landlords only serving notice in May when they accepted our offer in March.
Thora
Differently Ethical
Itās not in their interest to move out before being evicted unless they have somewhere to go. Rents have risen hugely and if they leave before eviction the council will say they made themselves intentionally homeless.Well the strange thing is the 8 weeks expires in mid July, so unless they want to go to court over it it's in their interest to plan a move.
It's in danger of jeopardising the whole sale. Greedy landlords only serving notice in May when they accepted our offer in March.
