Buying a home and don't know how anything works

[Elpenor]

Bless you moonsi til that sounds like you did the best you could and I’m sure your buyers would have been thrilled

I’ll be finding out what mine have done for me - if anything - later on

 

[Elpenor]

Completed. Still no packers though!

Will call the removal company at 10:30!

They’ve just turned up

 

[BoatieBird]

Good luck with it all Elpenor

 

[hash tag]

Completed. Still no packers though!

Will call the removal company at 10:30!

They’ve just turned up

 

[Thora]

Completed. Still no packers though!

Will call the removal company at 10:30!

They’ve just turned up

Woohoo! Hope it's not too much chaos this morning

 

[Epona]

Completed. Still no packers though!

Will call the removal company at 10:30!

They’ve just turned up

Good luck with the move!

 

[equationgirl]

Good luck with everything Elpenor hope your move goes smoothly!

 

[shakespearegirl]

Their solicitors now have draft contracts from ours, searches happening this week, survey back with no major issues and bank survey next week although it’s a desk survey…

How long are UK (Lambeth) surveys taking roughly?

 

[Elpenor]

JGTFK!

House is more or less as I remembered - second bedroom a lot smaller than I recalled.

First discoveries - they’d helpfully turned off the water and electric so turned them on. About to tackle the meter readings as well.

BT phone connection is in cupboard underneath the stairs which explains the snorting shelf



Sadly no cash or drugs left in this hidden safe in the airing cupboard



It pissed it down with rain as I’m just a few miles off the end of Dartmoor (Possible brown Willy effect) when I got here so the back garden flooded quickly

But it’s mine and I’m very happy

 

[Epona]

JGTFK!

House is more or less as I remembered - second bedroom a lot smaller than I recalled.

First discoveries - they’d helpfully turned off the water and electric so turned them on. About to tackle the meter readings as well.

BT phone connection is in cupboard underneath the stairs which explains the snorting shelf

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Sadly no cash or drugs left in this hidden safe in the airing cupboard

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It pissed it down with rain as I’m just a few miles off the end of Dartmoor (Possible brown Willy effect) when I got here so the back garden flooded quickly

But it’s mine and I’m very happy

Thanks for letting the interwebs know where all your valuables will be

Seriously though, congrats on getting in!

 

[Artaxerxes]

Nice

 

[shakespearegirl]

Yay! Congratulations

 

[Elpenor]

Thanks for letting the interwebs know where all your valuables will be

Seriously though, congrats on getting in!

I haven’t got any valuables luckily. So far so good.

Seem to be able to get hot water and have just worked out that the little hand sign on the boiler means “manual”

 

[moonsi til]

Yay congratulations Elpenor

I think your purchase has gone smoothly & very much within the average time. It all seemed to just tick along nicely.

 

[steveseagull]

Their solicitors now have draft contracts from ours, searches happening this week, survey back with no major issues and bank survey next week although it’s a desk survey…

How long are UK (Lambeth) surveys taking roughly?

Can't speak for Lambeth but Croydon took three days back in February. (might be useless info but I was impressed)

 

[Cat Fan]

Their solicitors now have draft contracts from ours, searches happening this week, survey back with no major issues and bank survey next week although it’s a desk survey…

How long are UK (Lambeth) surveys taking roughly?

If it's a desktop survey from the bank it should be PFQ (pretty quick)

 

[cesare]

JGTFK!

House is more or less as I remembered - second bedroom a lot smaller than I recalled.

First discoveries - they’d helpfully turned off the water and electric so turned them on. About to tackle the meter readings as well.

BT phone connection is in cupboard underneath the stairs which explains the snorting shelf

View attachment 329736

Sadly no cash or drugs left in this hidden safe in the airing cupboard

View attachment 329732

It pissed it down with rain as I’m just a few miles off the end of Dartmoor (Possible brown Willy effect) when I got here so the back garden flooded quickly

But it’s mine and I’m very happy

Hurray! So happy for you

 

[hash tag]

JGTFK!

House is more or less as I remembered - second bedroom a lot smaller than I recalled.

First discoveries - they’d helpfully turned off the water and electric so turned them on. About to tackle the meter readings as well.

BT phone connection is in cupboard underneath the stairs which explains the snorting shelf

View attachment 329736

Sadly no cash or drugs left in this hidden safe in the airing cupboard

View attachment 329732

It pissed it down with rain as I’m just a few miles off the end of Dartmoor (Possible brown Willy effect) when I got here so the back garden flooded quickly

But it’s mine and I’m very happy

I'm looking forward to the housewarming party next weekend followed by a walk over Haytor. Congrats. Be happy.

 

[WouldBe]

I haven’t got any valuables luckily. So far so good.

Keep the keys to the safe in the safe.

Congrats.

 

[Elpenor]

Mood for the day is this

 

[Elpenor]

The lads doing a great job



This is how my mate and I packed up a van last year

 

[Elpenor]

Sitting in the front garden with a view of Dartmoor (just about between the gap in the houses opposite) while the lads unpack the van

 

[Artaxerxes]

Mystery email with a letter asking me to return the signed and witnessed transfer from the solicitor this morning.

Phoned them, left a vm and emailed back. We’ve returned everything they’ve sent us so far.

Solicitor has her out of office on from 1st till 8th.


curls fists

 

[hash tag]

Sitting in the front garden with a view of Dartmoor (just about between the gap in the houses opposite) while the lads unpack the van

Bastard. Not that I am the slightest bit jealous.

 

[Artaxerxes]

Broker is going to check with solicitors, thinks it might be a TR1 form but from what I can see online that’s mostly a buyer thing? Random.


The other news from broker is our sellers finally made an offer on a place and oh god I can’t imagine how horrific it is to be a part of an actual chain of sales so glad to be renting for that at least

 

[Cat Fan]

Broker is going to check with solicitors, thinks it might be a TR1 form but from what I can see online that’s mostly a buyer thing? Random.


The other news from broker is our sellers finally made an offer on a place and oh god I can’t imagine how horrific it is to be a part of an actual chain of sales so glad to be renting for that at least

1) both buyer and seller need to sign the TR1 form
2) if you're buying from them then you're still part of the chain, no?

 

[Artaxerxes]

1) both buyer and seller need to sign the TR1 form
2) if you're buying from them then you're still part of the chain, no?

1) Still its not something we've received. Annoying.
2) I guess but we're renting so we don't have to unpack that particular web quite as delicately as if we already owned a place.

 

[Cat Fan]

Any recommendations for removals companies in S London?

 

[shakespearegirl]

Any recommendations for removals companies in S London?

We used Gentleman & A Van | The Smarter Way to Move in London & Surrey and they were brilliant, it was 10 years ago mind…

 

[shakespearegirl]

Any recommendations for removals companies in S London?

We used Gentleman & A Van | The Smarter Way to Move in London & Surrey and they were brilliant, it was 10 years ago mind.