Kneeza
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Whereabouts are you moving to, if you don't mind me asking?
Whereabouts are you moving to, if you don't mind me asking?That's exactly what my missus just said. She's done with it all.
I don't think we ever would anyway. We have found a really nice place and it's only 8 mins walk from the beach and town centre and 10 mins walk from the train station.
It's been very stressful, but hopefully all worth it in the end.
Move next Thursday.
Is it Folkestone where there's a hotel by the sea that looks like a ferry?Folkestone.
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We love it there. The Old High Street and Harbour Arm. So much going on and great for music and events.
High speed train to London too. 54 mins.
Yup.Is it Folkestone where there's a hotel by the sea that looks like a ferry?
Folkestone is also the head office for SAGA, well it was in 1993!, do you get preferential rates as a local?Yup.
The Grand Burstin. The source of great merriment for the locals.
I'm so old I can't rememberFolkestone is also the head office for SAGA, well it was in 1993!, do you get preferential rates as a local?
You're the day after me then, because I am the 30th.So now the final completion date is 1st December instead of Friday.After me getting final meter readings and sending them to the suppliers today.The fun never ends.
Hopefully all goes well for us both now Otis.Its starting to wind me up.You're the day after me then, because I am the 30th.
Same.Hopefully all goes well for us both now Otis.Its starting to wind me up.
Christ thats some delay and heres me moaning about a weeks delay.Im lucky i suppose as im only selling and not buying.Absolute pain in the arse for us and the buyers though,with both conveyencers dicking about.Same.
We were supposed to be moving at the end of August and it kept getting put back
Then we were given the 7th November, so we packed everything a few days before and started living out of boxes. We are still living out of boxes.
Someone at the top of the chain decided they weren't budging until the 30th.
FWIW when we were buying we were told the chain would be broken as the people two above us were happy to rent while they looked for a house. Always seemed too good to be true and it was, they decided to buy and wanted to put the date back three months. As Mrs Wisdom was expecting a baby(!) I said I'd pull out and also pointed out prices had fallen since we'd had our offer accepted, so they'd never get the same again. Focussed minds, but only as much as my seller ended up the one renting!Same.
We were supposed to be moving at the end of August and it kept getting put back
Then we were given the 7th November, so we packed everything a few days before and started living out of boxes. We are still living out of boxes.
Someone at the top of the chain decided they weren't budging until the 30th.
Yes, definitelyFWIW when we were buying we were told the chain would be broken as the people two above us were happy to rent while they looked for a house. Always seemed too good to be true and it was, they decided to buy and wanted to put the date back three months. As Mrs Wisdom was expecting a baby(!) I said I'd pull out and also pointed out prices had fallen since we'd had our offer accepted, so they'd never get the same again. Focussed minds, but only as much as my seller ended up the one renting!
I think my buyers are renting.Makes sense for them to put it back a week i suppose.Yes, definitely
We threatened to pull out too, well the missus did. It's her house.
The people at the top were renting and wanted to wait until the end of the month, when their rental agreement ran out.
We threatened to pull out, but they wouldn't budge.
Nice. One of my cousin's used to live there with her husband many years ago - before she decided she was gayFolkestone.
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We love it there. The Old High Street and Harbour Arm. So much going on and great for music and events.
High speed train to London too. 54 mins.
Thanks for the warning.Nice. One of my cousin's used to live there with her husband many years ago - before she decided she was gay
Old dog, new tricks?Thanks for the warning.
Anything could happen I suppose, but I reckon I am too old to try it now.
Blimey you dont have much luckOurs is in limbo.
Supposed to complete and move on Thursday. There's been a cyber attack and up to 200 solicitors have been affected. No exchanges, no completions.
Wonderful.
It's our buyer's solicitor that has been affected. Ours is fine. Don't know about the rest of the chain, but nothing moving at all right now.Blimey you dont have much luckNot heard anything from mine,so hoping everythings still ok for Friday.
Fingers crossed it's sorted, but they haven't requested funds from our buyer yet and that's supposed to be 5 days notice.Thats rotten luck Otis
Ahhh, yes. You would have thought, but apparently for case files, for security reasons, many don't even use names for clients, they all have computer generated file names...... all stored on servers they can't access because of the cyber attack..Use paper pen and phones!
I need better glasses.The perspective is the lag will last 18-24
months.
Its taken me from accepting an offer in July,till 1st December for completion.Parents house was on the market for about for about 2 months.Had a few offers but were getting low balled until an acceptable offer was made.I dont envy you,its all a stressful pain in the arse.Just a quick post to have a moan how difficult it is selling a house in this current property market. Currently in a state of limbo after a relationship coming to an end and it's very difficult to keep the confidence up that the house will be sold anytime soon!
Praying for a little post Christmas activity and some buyers being tempted by the interest rates ever so slightly dropping
Jesus that’s horrendous newsNo, it looks like it's not going to happen.
The solicitor involved still can't get into his system, so they are saying the move cannot go ahead. They are at least a week behind with backlogs.
How annoying. We have booked removals, changed our address, my missus has booked days off, we have booked for broadband to be fitted, booked the dogs into a kennel. We are going to lose hundreds of pounds unfortunately.
My daughter was coming over from Bristol too (train paid for) and we are booked to see a show in Folkestone on Friday night.
Everything is packed, beds have been dismantled and taken down. It's a disaster.
We think everyone in the chain will sue to be honest.
One of people will are buying off is a nurse and she had to fight tooth and nail to get Thursday off unfortunately. She is going to be mightily miffed
We are now not even sure we can move before Christmas.
We have so much now booked for things going on in Folkstone around Christmas, so it's a real pain.
Hope no-one else on here has been hit.
As a small aside (and I appreciate this may be bad timing for me to say!!) I was told by my solicitor always pay extra for the insurance for removal companies for if dates change.We have booked removals
Nope. It was my missus who did it. She says they are just a small firm and they themselves didn't offer any insurance option.As a small aside (and I appreciate this may be bad timing for me to say!!) I was told by my solicitor always pay extra for the insurance for removal companies for if dates change.
I guess you have proved why it is a worthwhile cost(!) but I'm a bit scared to ask if you did or not...
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