Is anyone moving now?
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Seventyseven7 said:
Buyer pulled out the week of exchange because they were finding it overwhelming and stressful. 
What’s the best thing to do now, stick with the current estate agent and say to put it back up, will that mean it’s far down the pecking order on Rightmove and look like it’s been up for 3 months?
Or do I move to a new agent and do a brand new listing, so it appears fresh on RM?
Chaps any advice on this? What’s the best thing to do now, stick with the current estate agent and say to put it back up, will that mean it’s far down the pecking order on Rightmove and look like it’s been up for 3 months?
Or do I move to a new agent and do a brand new listing, so it appears fresh on RM?
Either stay with current agent, go back on with 'back to market' etc. Or come off the market for 2 weeks and go back on with a new agent, new pics etc (New agent is slightly more expensive overall)
Move 1 (to first house) - used a Fiesta
Move 2 (to 4 bed newish build plus garage) - hire a heap of a 7.5 tonner, borrowed a couple of mates, full day, £100
Interim - get married and inherit kids
Move 3 (hopefully final) just after Covid to 1800 listed farmhouse with 6 beds - pro company - 7 guys, one pantechnicon (absolutely rammed), 20 mile move, unpacked the same day - £1700. An absolute bargain, and my god did those guys work hard - I have no idea how they made any money
(Far NW of England)
Move 2 (to 4 bed newish build plus garage) - hire a heap of a 7.5 tonner, borrowed a couple of mates, full day, £100
Interim - get married and inherit kids
Move 3 (hopefully final) just after Covid to 1800 listed farmhouse with 6 beds - pro company - 7 guys, one pantechnicon (absolutely rammed), 20 mile move, unpacked the same day - £1700. An absolute bargain, and my god did those guys work hard - I have no idea how they made any money
(Far NW of England)
Seventyseven7 said:
Seventyseven7 said:
Buyer pulled out the week of exchange because they were finding it overwhelming and stressful.
What’s the best thing to do now, stick with the current estate agent and say to put it back up, will that mean it’s far down the pecking order on Rightmove and look like it’s been up for 3 months?
Or do I move to a new agent and do a brand new listing, so it appears fresh on RM?
Chaps any advice on this? What’s the best thing to do now, stick with the current estate agent and say to put it back up, will that mean it’s far down the pecking order on Rightmove and look like it’s been up for 3 months?
Or do I move to a new agent and do a brand new listing, so it appears fresh on RM?
Either stay with current agent, go back on with 'back to market' etc. Or come off the market for 2 weeks and go back on with a new agent, new pics etc (New agent is slightly more expensive overall)
I did have my first buyer pull out after the survey scared him to death (FTB, house has a couple of minor issues) so I kept with the same agent, but the next batch of viewers could see it'd been up on RM for a few months despite being in a good location etc, so it did put me on the back foot a little bit, and put them at an immediate advantage in the negotiations. It definitely moves the property down the pecking order once that new listing buzz has died down.
Decided to take it off the market today and go back on with a new agent in 2 weeks time, start fresh.
Rather depressing, we had 3 offers all over asking. Went with a cash buyer, strung along for 13 weeks by them, only to pull out at the last minute saying they were too overwhelmed and stressed with it all so decided to stay in rented. Crazy. We are around 4.5k down due to them pulling out at the last minute. Went back to the two other offers and both have now found places and were too far along.
Oh well, we go again in 2 weeks time!
Rather depressing, we had 3 offers all over asking. Went with a cash buyer, strung along for 13 weeks by them, only to pull out at the last minute saying they were too overwhelmed and stressed with it all so decided to stay in rented. Crazy. We are around 4.5k down due to them pulling out at the last minute. Went back to the two other offers and both have now found places and were too far along.
Oh well, we go again in 2 weeks time!
Seventyseven7 said:
Decided to take it off the market today and go back on with a new agent in 2 weeks time, start fresh.
Rather depressing, we had 3 offers all over asking. Went with a cash buyer, strung along for 13 weeks by them, only to pull out at the last minute saying they were too overwhelmed and stressed with it all so decided to stay in rented. Crazy. We are around 4.5k down due to them pulling out at the last minute. Went back to the two other offers and both have now found places and were too far along.
Oh well, we go again in 2 weeks time!
What a really crap turn of events. I sold my last 2 houses to cash buyers and was always afraid they’d pull out and go for another property as they had less skin in the game compared to a mortgage buyer who’s already got their mortgage offer linked to your property. Rather depressing, we had 3 offers all over asking. Went with a cash buyer, strung along for 13 weeks by them, only to pull out at the last minute saying they were too overwhelmed and stressed with it all so decided to stay in rented. Crazy. We are around 4.5k down due to them pulling out at the last minute. Went back to the two other offers and both have now found places and were too far along.
Oh well, we go again in 2 weeks time!
t loads to pack, could do with another week really but I should manage, hopefully Some progress in ours though not sure it’ll be 7 weeks!
Valuations all fine (despite paying overs), surveys taking place this/next week. All sounding good.
Apart from the bank only wanting to lend up to a certainty percentage LTV, so having to find £70k we didn’t account for, which is proving ‘interesting’.
Valuations all fine (despite paying overs), surveys taking place this/next week. All sounding good.
Apart from the bank only wanting to lend up to a certainty percentage LTV, so having to find £70k we didn’t account for, which is proving ‘interesting’.
okgo said:
Some progress in ours though not sure it’ll be 7 weeks!
Valuations all fine (despite paying overs), surveys taking place this/next week. All sounding good.
Apart from the bank only wanting to lend up to a certainty percentage LTV, so having to find £70k we didn’t account for, which is proving ‘interesting’.
What’s the reason the bank are only wanting to lend up to a certain LTV? Valuations all fine (despite paying overs), surveys taking place this/next week. All sounding good.
Apart from the bank only wanting to lend up to a certainty percentage LTV, so having to find £70k we didn’t account for, which is proving ‘interesting’.
(Assuming you weren’t wanting to borrow 95% to begin with )
All signed ready for exchange tomorrow or Tuesday, completion early August.
Only last minute bother so far was our purchase and a potential issue with the septic tank - no specialist available to survey before exchange, so a reduction was agreed.
Removals on speed dial for after exchange. Fingers and toes crossed.
Only last minute bother so far was our purchase and a potential issue with the septic tank - no specialist available to survey before exchange, so a reduction was agreed.
Removals on speed dial for after exchange. Fingers and toes crossed.
skwdenyer said:
Little Lofty said:
Fook, It’s amazing how much you can stash away in the cupboards, garage and the loft, having 4 floors is a killer too 
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FTB here, I'll give a summarised timeline...
- Viewed house on 21st June
- Spoke to seller on 24th June (a local friend happens to know him and got me his number)
- Negotiated over the phone and agreed on a price
- Initially thought about doing the sale sans estate agent but decided against it, so it'll be done the normal way, offer submitted via EA
- Last week - spoke with 3 x different brokers, settled on L&C due to no fees, application submitted to lender via their portal (should get a final decision middle of this week); comparable quotes from 2 x solicitors, a local one and the broker's recommendation, went with the former, instructed them to start their work; ID and AML checks done through the seller's EA (£60 fee too, cheeky buggers..)
- Assuming no issues with the mortgage application, ball should well and truly be rolling
- No chain either end and all seems like a very straight forward transaction, so my aim is <3 months, so end of September, assuming no hiccups...
- Currently with parents (10 minute walk / 5 min drive from property) so no rush to actually move on a set date, in fact plan is to do some decorating, TLC etc initially and move in gradually
smithyithy said:
FTB here, I'll give a summarised timeline...
Sounds like dream scenario. Fingers crossed for you.- Viewed house on 21st June
- Spoke to seller on 24th June (a local friend happens to know him and got me his number)
- Negotiated over the phone and agreed on a price
- Initially thought about doing the sale sans estate agent but decided against it, so it'll be done the normal way, offer submitted via EA
- Last week - spoke with 3 x different brokers, settled on L&C due to no fees, application submitted to lender via their portal (should get a final decision middle of this week); comparable quotes from 2 x solicitors, a local one and the broker's recommendation, went with the former, instructed them to start their work; ID and AML checks done through the seller's EA (£60 fee too, cheeky buggers..)
- Assuming no issues with the mortgage application, ball should well and truly be rolling
- No chain either end and all seems like a very straight forward transaction, so my aim is <3 months, so end of September, assuming no hiccups...
- Currently with parents (10 minute walk / 5 min drive from property) so no rush to actually move on a set date, in fact plan is to do some decorating, TLC etc initially and move in gradually
We accepted an offer on ours end of March, had our offer accepted on our next house mid/late April.
We're away 13th-30th July, I made everyone aware of this right at the beginning of the journey, but since May I've had a feeling that everything was likely to come together just as we're going away. As suspected my solicitor got in touch last week and our buyers have asked for July 12th as the completion date. We obviously said no, and it would now have to be early/mid August, this has annoyed our buyers as they wanted to be in by the end of July.
Their solicitor did initially suggest that moving house on the 12th, then catching a 6am flight on the 13th, was more than reasonable, and was confused as it why we said no to this plan.
We're away 13th-30th July, I made everyone aware of this right at the beginning of the journey, but since May I've had a feeling that everything was likely to come together just as we're going away. As suspected my solicitor got in touch last week and our buyers have asked for July 12th as the completion date. We obviously said no, and it would now have to be early/mid August, this has annoyed our buyers as they wanted to be in by the end of July.
Their solicitor did initially suggest that moving house on the 12th, then catching a 6am flight on the 13th, was more than reasonable, and was confused as it why we said no to this plan.
skinnyman said:
We accepted an offer on ours end of March, had our offer accepted on our next house mid/late April.
We're away 13th-30th July, I made everyone aware of this right at the beginning of the journey, but since May I've had a feeling that everything was likely to come together just as we're going away. As suspected my solicitor got in touch last week and our buyers have asked for July 12th as the completion date. We obviously said no, and it would now have to be early/mid August, this has annoyed our buyers as they wanted to be in by the end of July.
Their solicitor did initially suggest that moving house on the 12th, then catching a 6am flight on the 13th, was more than reasonable, and was confused as it why we said no to this plan.
We've been on the other side of this before - we stated we needed to be in by Christmas one year (3 months notice) and we ended up moving on 3rd January. Turns out the estate agents and solicitors don't really care much about your specific dates or needs.We're away 13th-30th July, I made everyone aware of this right at the beginning of the journey, but since May I've had a feeling that everything was likely to come together just as we're going away. As suspected my solicitor got in touch last week and our buyers have asked for July 12th as the completion date. We obviously said no, and it would now have to be early/mid August, this has annoyed our buyers as they wanted to be in by the end of July.
Their solicitor did initially suggest that moving house on the 12th, then catching a 6am flight on the 13th, was more than reasonable, and was confused as it why we said no to this plan.
pb8g09 said:
Sounds like dream scenario. Fingers crossed for you.
Thanks! I'm not counting my chickens though..To be fair I think I've done things a bit backwards, rather than getting the mortgage and everything sorted first and then hitting the market to view properties, I've waiting for a house to come on that I actually want, and then gone for it.. A bit like buying a car, just a much bigger financial commitment
pb8g09 said:
We've been on the other side of this before - we stated we needed to be in by Christmas one year (3 months notice) and we ended up moving on 3rd January. Turns out the estate agents and solicitors don't really care much about your specific dates or needs.
I personally don't mind when we move, but what I find odd is my solicitor pushing for 12th July when they haven't sent out our contract pack yetGassing Station | Homes, Gardens and DIY | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff