51 weeks but we’ve done it! Moving day today.

Congratulations! You must be very happy it’s finally done and you are now home.

Good luck to you M0nica. Hope it all goes well. 🙏

I shall be thinking of you Monica.
I'll keep in touch and let you know when I have moved back to Shrewsbury.
Wishing you both a long, happy life in your new home.

Wishing you happiness in your new home. 🥰

MOnica I hope all goes well for you.

Good luck with it all M0nica!

We hae just heard today that our buyers want to exchange early next week - we hadn't expected it to happen for two or three weeks. Panic stations has settled in as we start to realise we need to got our quite complicated move sorted iut NOW

FranP

Best wishes for the future.

My tips:
look for an inherited property or a new build.
Sell to a first time buyer, preferably still living at home

That's what I did - when I moved from my starter house in my home city to a bungalow in better area over in Wales.

I was basically hoping for an empty house - so I didn't get any knock-on effect of anything going wrong for the sellers...but impacting back onto me too.

So I bought a probate house in the event. I knew that would mean it would be old-fashioned and need gutting basically. Not sure whether I would have done the same if I'd known that houses are often at a lower standard here than I'm used to/way more old-fashioned (how on earth did a 1970s house have a 1950s fireplace in the sitting room was a puzzle to me) and there is a thing called the "Pembrokeshire Promise" here (ie many workmen promise and promise and promise - and keep letting you down).

Anyway - at long last it's "normal" (ie modern and well-maintained) - even though there was so much work to be done that I even had to get a Rayburn cooker in the kitchen and an oil storage tank in the garden removed before I could get started on the renovation proper.

My mother-in-law was held up by family who were selling their mother's home too.
I think there was no sense of urgency and too many people discussing everything and nobody chasing!

It was an inherited property that caused the delay.

Same for our purchase of our retirement flat Sago.

We were cash buyers, not selling our house.
The vendor was selling a deceased parent's empty property.

The whole process took thirteen months.
There were complications caused by lack of Power of Attorney, and historic problems with the information held by the Land Registry.

FranP

Best wishes for the future.

My tips:
look for an inherited property or a new build.
Sell to a first time buyer, preferably still living at home

It was an inherited property that caused the delay.

Congratulations and Happy New Home 🏡
Our move was a nightmare as it took 9 months to sellout house, and then our new house owners postponed completion date by 2 weeks as they booked a last minute cruise! Our buyer threatened to pull out if we moved the date forward. We ended up with everything in storage and lived in our touring caravan for the 2 weeks. Very happy here now living on the coast of Devon.

Much happiness in your new home

Oh wishing you good luck in your new home. I’ve moved home so many times that I’ve lost count. Had to rope in DS and GF last time. Getting everything on eBay or Schpock to make next move a little easier.

Best wishes for the future.

My tips:
look for an inherited property or a new build.
Sell to a first time buyer, preferably still living at home

Yes I too am going through this.. I'm going to be downsizing when I've sold my late mums house.
We had a buyer and was about to go to contract and our buyers buyer pulled out of the chain. Not the best of news , so had to put the house back on the market as I've an apartment I've reserved
It's been very stressful but now thankfully we have a cash buyer , so hoping for a quick sale so I can move out of my 3 bed rental and into my new apartment. I will keep you all posted.
Enjoy your new home 💐

CariadAgain

Sago - are you in now?

Fingers crossed it's all worked out okay..

Yes, we moved in Friday with a few belongings, the removal vans arrive tomorrow😱!

It’s been good to have the weekend to get to know the house and figure out where everything will go.

The hard work starts tomorrow!!

Thanks all for your warm wishes.

Sago - are you in now?

Fingers crossed it's all worked out okay..

Wishing you all the best in your new home 😊

We so,d up in the UK and moved out gophers to Australia. We have since moved twice. The ‘chain’ system doesn’t exist here. You buy, agree a date and that’s that! It doesn’t matter if the seller has an issue with their purchase, it’s their problem. It might sound harsh but it’s so much easier. We had a nightmare when we bought our house in the UK 😡

Yippee!!!

Congratulations, Sago, I can feel all the aches and pains you’ve been going through! My house was sold on 31 March – buyer anxious to complete before the rise in stamp duty – and the bungalow I’m buying is just 2 minutes’ drive away from my daughter’s flat, where, like you, I’ve been living out of a suitcase with my dog, for nearly two months. I’m ready to exchange and so are my sellers, and so are the sellers of the house they’re moving on to – everything signed and ready, but… bloomin’ probate! The owner of my sellers’ next home died suddenly in November just when they were all ready to move, they lost their sale, but gained me and m’dawg, and I wave at my new home every day but I can’t move in.

So you’ve given me a bit of reassurance: all we hear from the probate lawyers is “it’s progressing according to plan”.

Life’s standing still, but I know that all of a sudden it’s going to happen so fast that my feet won’t touch the ground!

Congratulations and good wishes 🏡

Well done! Wishing you many happy years in your new home.

I'm way behind you - still decluttering. I had a home report last week and it's beginning to feel real.

I don't know where I'll move to yet. I
will have to find a rental for a while.
I'm by myself too and sometimes feel very alone.

We moved here together 45 years ago

Congratulations Sago and good luck in your new home.