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You’re lucky if you get 1% interest at the mo, so 30k for two months is £50 in interest.
If you’re really that bothered you could suggest you exchange on a 5% deposit so it’s only £25, that’s perfectly legit.
In my experience the rate of things that have exchanged not completing is something less than 0.05% so you’re pretty safe there.
I think they’re being perfectly reasonable, just get on with it.
Hefty
This advice I will take. Is nice to exchange and have it locked in so there is more certainty in life and you can get on with planning everything else, and I believe the sellers want to do it quick for that reason rather than them being being money hounds playing the market.
I could just hire a really shitty solicitor who will drag feet in the sand and delay the exchange without my intervention.