Update - house buying drama

[mrsukyankee]

So, last I posted, our sellers were waiting for building regulations to be passed on the house they were buying as well as a special new build guarantee. Everything has ended up working out in terms of the house stuff WE were waiting for. 

The seller got the building regs on that house but did not get the new build guarantee because someone from the building company fucked things up. Ugh. But they found someone who would do a guarantee as long as they got a building inspection done. So, the sellers have found a surveyor and they are hoping to get the survey done this week or early next week at the latest. Once everything is found to be satisfactory (oh, please be satisfactory), then the guarantee (10 yr) would be given. Once this is done, both the sellers and us will be able to exchange contracts and then we'll be able to finalise everything a week or two later.

The hoped for timeline is that we'll be exchanging contracts by the end of the month and completing the sale a week later. That would give us time to get it cleaned, get new carpet put in, etc before we the end of our current contract (22 Feb). We're crossing our fingers.

The worst case scenario is that this all goes to hell because the builders were super shady and did everything wrong and so the sellers don't end up buying the house and pull out of the sale and then we move into a long-term rental. It's unlikely to happen.

So, I guess, some good news but being cautious about being optimistic due to everything else that has gone wrong in this transaction.

[Wallflower]

Oh, mrsukyankee, I have so many fingers crossed for you it's hard to type!!!!!!

[laterz]

fingers crossed - it's time for you to get good news - you've had to deal with enough frustrating things in this process.

[pumpkin]

fingers crossed!!
2020 is going to be your year for housing! (Putting the positive thoughts out there)

[nicolewi]

I just can't get over how crazy and difficult this process is! I hope this part finally works out.

[Deleted]

I have everything crossed for you. You've been through so much with this process, you so deserve to finally have things go your way.

[ssmjlm]

Crossing everything for you! The ordeal of buying/selling in the UK is both fascinating and frustrating from your posts.

[jamaicam]

I really hope that this is the year when things flow smoothly for you!!!

[Wallflower]

Jan 6, 2020 10:13:47 GMT -5 ssmjlm said:

Crossing everything for you! The ordeal of buying/selling in the UK is both fascinating and frustrating from your posts.

I find it especially curious given how many American legal/financial structures are based on their UK counterparts. I'm curious when/where/why we diverged so radically. I have friends in Canada and I'm going to see if they're closer to US or UK processes.

[winecat]

Everything crossed!

I can't remember all that you said that the sellers wanted to take but some of it seemed odd. Are they still trying to pull that nonsense or are they going to leave them since it's been such a shit show?

[Saudade]

mrsukyankee, fingers crossed! You've handled this situation with such grace. It's been such an awful journey! I never dreamed it would be so difficult.

[mrsukyankee]

Jan 6, 2020 15:03:11 GMT -5 Saudade said:

mrsukyankee , fingers crossed! You've handled this situation with such grace. It's been such an awful journey! I never dreamed it would be so difficult.

Hahaha...my hockey team and my husband would disagree with the grace statement (I've had some serious hissy fits during my more anxious times). But thanks.

[winecat]

Jan 6, 2020 16:04:46 GMT -5 mrsukyankee said:

Jan 6, 2020 15:03:11 GMT -5 Saudade said:

mrsukyankee , fingers crossed! You've handled this situation with such grace. It's been such an awful journey! I never dreamed it would be so difficult.

Hahaha...my hockey team and my husband would disagree with the grace statement (I've had some serious hissy fits during my more anxious times). But thanks.

I think most people would have more than a few hissy fits going through this process. 

[k3am]

Jan 6, 2020 16:04:46 GMT -5 mrsukyankee said:

Jan 6, 2020 15:03:11 GMT -5 Saudade said:

mrsukyankee , fingers crossed! You've handled this situation with such grace. It's been such an awful journey! I never dreamed it would be so difficult.

Hahaha...my hockey team and my husband would disagree with the grace statement (I've had some serious hissy fits during my more anxious times). But thanks.

I have had my share of house related hissy fits lately, and our situation is just one room, not having to move whole houses and everything else that you've been through, so color me impressed. 

[lolalolalola]

Jan 6, 2020 11:24:02 GMT -5 Wallflower said:

Jan 6, 2020 10:13:47 GMT -5 ssmjlm said:

Crossing everything for you! The ordeal of buying/selling in the UK is both fascinating and frustrating from your posts.

I find it especially curious given how many American legal/financial structures are based on their UK counterparts. I'm curious when/where/why we diverged so radically. I have friends in Canada and I'm going to see if they're closer to US or UK processes.

Canada is much closer to US processes. Thank goodness!

[mrsukyankee]

Jan 6, 2020 14:32:08 GMT -5 winecat said:

Everything crossed!

I can't remember all that you said that the sellers wanted to take but some of it seemed odd. Are they still trying to pull that nonsense or are they going to leave them since it's been such a shit show?

I have no idea. This part of the idiocy is not their fault. I'm not angry with them about this going wrong. But, we may ask that they at least include the two items we were going to buy from them (fridge and a light). They may also not have the time to sell the items that they would normally sell due to the fact that we're going to have them move quickly between contract signing and final sale (normally 2 weeks, we're going to push for one week now).


Wallflower, the Scots are also much better with this process. I don't know it as I haven't lived it, but every Scot I know who has purchased in London hates doing it here a lot more.