And So Sets In The Expectation

The bank holiday has flown by and for most the holidays have come to and end and so comes the monotony of work. Due to the fact that we thought completion would have happened by now, I have the rest of the week off. So, tomorrow brings the people involved with the house sales back to their desks and the pile of work that somewhere has what needs to be done for our completion.  Even with all the let downs that have happened to this point, I am assured the only thing we are waiting on is from the sellers solicitors and so... it will happen tomorrow.  I have to say I am getting a bit excited by this prospect, all I am worrying about is getting that completion date in the diary.

4 Day Weekend - Relaxing... For Most

I'm not going to start by saying the 4 day weekend hasn't been welcomed by most, myself included. In fact I, like many, have taken advantage of the 4 days off, booked 3 "standard" work days off and reaped the rewards of a 9 day holiday with a Jubilee 66% extra free! Fantastic!

All Blockbusters Need A Twist!

Phone starts ringing at 17:25! Surely it's not the solicitors... Surely? But... If its not, I have no idea who it could be!

So I answer and it was the solicitor. The lender is fine with the debit card bit now, but we can't exchange. We have been waiting all day on a fax from the sellers solicitor and it's not getting there today.

Our solicitor will try again Monday, but more than likely they will be enjoying the festivities. I have been advised we may get the keys Thursday. May and advised being the optimum words.

I'm starting to think that solicitors are useless as a whole. Not just ours!

It's all fine, let's exchange.... WAIT A MINUTE!!

I was worried when I started this blog, I thought I had left it far too late, we were so deep into the process and the signs were pointing to actually getting something done soon. I didn't think anything would happen today, as per my previous post, but I'm an optimist, after all your lucks gotta change at some point right?

Will We Ever Exchange?

So, welcome to the Blog. People say that buying a house is the most stressful thing that you can do, well we are definitely experiencing that. It all started on the 14th February 2012 so that is around 14 weeks ago, seems like such a long time... Well in all honesty, it is!

It's not a complicated transaction, in fact it is probably one of the most straightforward transactions there is. Me and my Fiancee being first time buyers and the house has absolutely no chain with it.  Simple right? Wrong!