Is this Doomsday or a New Beginning?

Congratulations on your offer being accepted it is possible for the 3 week exchange maybe not completion though time is very tight
Paying a wee bit extra for searches to be done by hand may speed up the process I have heard of this being done before to save time,wishing you all the luck in the world .

Congratulations

Fingers crossed for you, hopefully you will be able to show that you have a buyer and sale is going through and that will be enough. The searches often hold things up. Make sure you have all the necessary paperwork ready for the Solicitors. I wonder why this condition has been made?

Fingers,eyes and legs crossed for you Granny23.

She's in Scotland. Formal notes of interest might be enough to demonstrate that the sale is highly likely.

Hate to put a dampner on this - but THREE WEEKS for Completion is virtually impossible. Even if you managed to find a real cash buyer for your cottage (so, no mortgage needed), solicitors will hardly have started to get together all the searches, etc required in three weeks - three months would be more realistic (with a good Solicitor and a lot of Good Luck).

Yay, congratulations, hope you enjoy your new home???

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So pleased for you Granny23. Please don’t exhaust yourself trying to get everything done alone. Accept all offers of help and even ask for it from friends and family.
I wish you all the best and lang may yer new lum leak. ?

Good luck Granny23. It is Doomsday. Hopefully a new start with a financial burden lifted from you.
Sounds like you will have a lot of stress or hoops to go through before you can settle. First hurdle getting the flat is done so fingers crossed for everything else to fall into place soon for you.

Congratulations on having your offer accepted! I hope they are not making it a condition of the sale that you complete in three weeks?! For a house that isn't even on the market yet, that is impossible!

Congratulations on having your offer accepted. Hope you have a quick sale. ?

Complete within three weeks?
And they have only just told you this?
Be careful.

Great news indeed. That's a lot of pressure to sell though. Mind you properties are being snapped up right now. I'm sure your family will help with the cleaning and tidying.
Good luck with it all and every happiness in your new home.

Good News! My offer was accepted. Not so good News - there is a condition attached that my current house has to be put on the market immediately, with a view to be able to complete the sale within 3 weeks. So Agent coming tomorrow to take photographs and I'll be up all night cleaning and tidying [shame]

I hope you get your flat Granny23. I moved from my big cash guzzling old house to a flat and it was a big relief to be somewhere I could manage.

Yes, good luck. A big wrench but it would make life so much easier and less worrying. Worrying about how to maintain an old property and big garden and how to pay the bills takes so much of the joy out of life. Will you let us know how you get on?

You are doing a wise thing Granny23, I wish I had done it after my H died.
We have been in our house 44 years and it is far too big but my GD came to live with me 6 months after he died and my dysfunctional S has a room here for when his life goes pear shaped, long and personal story.
I also feel too old for the disruption, I had decorators in 3 weeks ago and I am not totally over the stress of that.
Good luck with your offer and I hope everything goes well for you.

Fingers crossed for you, keep us updated, positive result or otherwise, we have all been there!

You'll never look back. We moved from a big house and huge garden - both of which I loved. Paid off the mortgage. Life became so much easier.

Fingers crossed here too Granny life will be easier and less stressful in your new home.

Although your heart will be sore to leave your family home Granny23, you know in your head, moving into a flat is the sensible thing to do, financially and maintenance free of the upkeep required for a larger property and large garden.

I hope this wise moves goes smoothly for you. Less worry for you and you will still have your DDs and family around you. I wish you all the best for the future.

Definitely a new beginning for you but I do understand your feelings of course . Hope all runs smoothly for you ??

I hope you’re successful too, it’s definitely a new beginning ?.

It's a horrible stage you're at Granny23. I really hope you get the flat. Once the upheaval of it all settles down I bet you'll feel a lot better. The family will be glad you're in a better place too and with far fewer worries about upkeep.
On the brighter side, your cottage will be available to another family to love and look after. You will be giving them the opportunity to make it a family home going into the future.
Fingers crossed for this afternoon.