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Location: South East UK
Joined: Mar 2005
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Oh dear Sheree, sorry to hear you're starting to go through some of what I did over the past 8 weeks, it's not good for your health, let alone your sanity, but I'm all over it now, only one more day and the money's in the bank, then it all comes out again sadly, and we're left with a bit which will buy Zena some dog food lol!
I'd be questioning those agents of yours about the validity of your buyer, coz 7 weeks is a long time to not have had that survey done on your property. My only advice to you is, don't do anything, until your buyer has committed in some way, and either forked out for her building society survey or her own. Nowadays agents check and double check what's going on with their buyers (i.e. your buyer), they are constantly in touch with their solicitors, same as the agent will be doing with your purchase, so they know exactly where the land lies. It's far cheaper to keep pestering your agent than it is to phone your solicitor, coz they charge £25 just to read an e-mail nowadays, let alone spend 6 mins at God knows how much each time on the phone to you. I know that now to my cost, although I haven't actually got the bill, the amount of e-mails, letters and phone calls I've been doing, it aint gonna be cheap!
I also know that a building society can take up to 3 weeks to organise a survey, and they don't actually give you an offer until they have done that survey either. I know this through my own buyers who took out a small mortgage on this house, my agents said although it was only a small mortgage on a big price, they told me not to do anything until the survey had been done and the "offer" was on the table, so I would again, ring your agents and see what's going on with your buyer's mortgage.
Although mine has been very, very stressful and very, very different (due to the psycho I've been dealing with on our purchase), all in all it's only taken 8 weeks to get the job done and we can move out. Good luck with it all Sheree, keep on top of it, by whichever means you can. Don't forget, I had to hang on to these buyers of mine for 3 months before we even went down the route of solicitors, just because I knew they loved it enough to buy it eventually when they found a buyer for theirs, and they did.
Removal men rang to say they're coming at 2 pm tomorrow to load what they can, so that it makes their life easier for Friday morning.
It's really hit home now
Had a lovely 3 hour lunch out with the girls, they wouldn't let me pay, they all bought me a card and wrote some lovely words in them, they're all gonna miss me so much.........
it hasn't really sunk in yet what I'm actually doing here, but I'm sure I will find a new life over there with new friends, who are just as caring and just as nutty as the ones I have here. They are all coming over for a visit in the summer anyway, and they're always at the end of the phone or the puter via e-mail, but I really will miss them all.
Anyway, they were all dead jealous about my lovely new house overlooking the woods, and are pleased to see that my reputation will remain intact coz of the posh road it's in with the posh neighbours!!!
Oh Lordy, just wait till they meet me huh?!!! They won't know what's hit'em!!!!!