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Totally anecdotal, but I've bought two houses and the only way I ever got anything done was relentless (like daily) chasing of solicitors and estate agents; I'm sure they hated me, I didn't care.
One we did in a month (no chain, seller emigrating) the other took about six, but was horrifically complex.
I found if they (solicitors) were left alone they simply wouldn't do anything. I had to drive exchange and completion dates out of them.
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if it makes you feel better, I exchanged at 4.30 pm one day, completed midday the next. Right up to the wire of someone up the chain clusterfucking everyone. Still waiting on the contractually obliged deed of variation bits and bobs from our sellers 3 months down the line, but the move happened and our solicitor was a hardass but allowed it all to happen. I never want to move house again after the whole experience, but yeah - all is not lost.
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Three months is pretty average on a reasonably straightforward buy.
If it's an empty house you're moving into and you're ready to go you could exchange and complete on the same day or a couple of days afterwards.
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We're in a similar boat. Offer accepted mid October, and no exchange in sight. For us it was bullshit from the banks meaning that mortgage has taken forever to come through. Only just getting around to getting the survey done. Long
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Buying a house takes an unnecessary length of time.
31 October offers were accepted.
(Bit of background, we are buying an empty house, the seller of the empty house is buying our flat to rent out)
Tomorrow will be 3 months since this was started and still have no move date.
Initially when we instructed solicitors we asked if 7 Feb was doable, and told yeah no dramas. That's next week and we haven't heard much from them in the last few weeks.
How soon can exchanges and complete happen? (As in, do you get a call from the sols saying "ready when you are, chump" or do they milk more time)