Owning your own home

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christianSpaceman in reply to @DethBeard

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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DethBeard in reply to @christianSpaceman

Cheers, we let it slip since the Christmas break, should have been on their case from 2nd Jan, but you live and learn.
The ministry of home affairs has the reigns on this one though, so she will be on their case now.

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christianSpaceman in reply to @DethBeard

Understandable - to be fair you'd have got nowhere over Christmas in any case I imagine. It sounds like in your case (which looks unusual!) you're at relatively low risk of being gazumped or anything like that. It's a horribly stressful thing to go through though.

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