Currently buying/selling a house? How is it going? READ MOD NOTE POST #1

Just gone sale agreed. House was on the market nearly 5 months. Had to drop the price unfortunately. Hopefully the buyers want to be in before Christmas. What are people averaging time wise from sale agreed to contracts signed. No chain on either side. No planning or title issues.

I'm at 11 weeks and just signed, solicitor said 4-5 more weeks. It's tedious!! But basically think it depends on the solicitors involved

Hi All,

We’re in the process of buying a new build and for some reason I was under the assumption it wouldn’t need a structural review only a snag list.

Have any folks here who have bought new builds gone for the full structural review and not just a snag list?

Trying to understand why a new build may need one but perhaps I’m putting too much faith in the developers 😅

Happens quite often I would imagine.

Our bank valuer had our house down as being timber framed (which is wasn't), which nearly collapsed our mortgage application.

Obviously just hadn't bothered checking the copy and paste properly

Have just received loan offer from the mortgage provider, surveyor going out to inspect the property tomorrow that we're sale agreed. No chain involved so hopefully myself and my partner will be spending Christmas in our first home together this year!

With all the ups, actually there's been none of them, with nothing but down's so far, I'm allowing myself a bit of hope and excitement!

Best of luck!

Question for sellers: How long do surveyors spend in your house for sale. I had one in my house for 2 and a half hours checking everything inside and out. I'd be delighted if I was the buyer getting such a good surveyor but I never witnessed a surveyor being that long in a house before. The house is not that old and in good condition with a new boiler and heating system.

We have agreed on snagging and are awaiting completion documents from the sellers solicitor. What's the expected timeline from here to keys. Everything is in place, mortgage protection, home insurance, mortgage provider aware etc. Running tight as my rental lease is ending so would be great get an idea.

We did do that, ended up with an overnight in a family members as we didn't get beds etc sorted. We used a moving company and had let our solicitor know our intention for same day turnaround.

Used a moving company to arrive at 8am to begin taking everything away and had everything bar beds to be dismantled, packed ready to go from the day before. Ended up getting confirmation of cleared funds received at the purchasers solicitors at 4pm at which point we got the keys for the new house. We also requested the movers not to come back until the next day. Bit of a PITA with timings and sitting around waiting for confirmation of cash moving while also ringing to try chase along!

I see a house for €400k on my home. How much would usually would this increase due to a bidding war?

10% over is a good estimate at the moment

that’s fast. Have you somewhere lined up?

We’re going to matket next week. But haven’t found somewhere yet. As the agents won’t take offers without being sale agreed