Moving house

[My Old Landy]

Hope everything is going as planned @RaceDiagnostics we have made the first step towards putting ours up for sale

 

[RaceDiagnostics]

Still searching for a place to rent, it's cut throat out there, very little on the market.

 

[RaceDiagnostics]

I'm viewing a basic 1970s 3 bed bungalow rental next Thursday, the agent told me that 120 had registered to view it! It is crazy that there are so many people chasing so few properties. Only 20 or so will get to view, thankfully we got a viewing.

 

[Miranda]

Still searching for a place to rent, it's cut throat out there, very little on the market.

Must must must get this annexe finished…….

 

[addjunkie]

Must must must get this annexe finished…….

If its for tourists, theres money to be made out there.

 

[Miranda]

If its for tourists, theres money to be made out there.

Loadsa cash tbh. 2 bed annexe set in a totally rural setting ….

just not totally sure we want people around us all the time though. Annexe was being built for number four daughter but half way through its build, she met up with some no job waster from Newcastle at a LARPing event and, having known him for three weeks, headed off North taking one of the grandchildren.

totally knocked the wind out of our sails which is why it’s remained unfinished for a load of years.

 

[addjunkie]

Loadsa cash tbh. 2 bed annexe set in a totally rural setting ….

just not totally sure we want people around us all the time though. Annexe was being built for number four daughter but half way through its build, she met up with some no job waster from Newcastle at a LARPing event and, having known him for three weeks, headed off North taking one of the grandchildren.

totally knocked the wind out of our sails which is why it’s remained unfinished for a load of years.

I understand the folk right next door thing. As for larpists Id get banned with my true thoughts, but each to their own.

 

[ukracer]

So I’m not the only one

My wife needs to read this thread... She thinks I am the world's worst.. lol

 

[My Old Landy]

I hope things are progressing @RaceDiagnostics we have had an offer on our place but nothing is settled as yet.
I am going to order one of the SGS 72" roll cabs (if my pension money comes through next week ) and consolidate all my tools into one large mobile box. I am hoping it will make it easier to move that way!

 

[RaceDiagnostics]

Well that rental I was going to see was a joke. They called me the day before we were supposed to view and said, it's gone.

Same day we made an offer on a house and it was accepted. Since the house is empty a moving date is no problem. Now just worrying about our buyers mortgage coming through. Tentative moving date of 27th July.

The only problem is I don't really like the house. Kim does like it. I wanted a Victorian sandstone villa. What we've got instead is a 60s bungalow that needs to be gutted and extended. Looks like it will keep me busy for two years minimum.

It also only has a single garage so plan to build a 5x6m shed/garage for the workshop and other car.

 

[badabec]

Push it over and build a decent two storey house. They usually have a large footprint so plenty of room for the workshop. Live in a caravan while it's all going on.

 

[addjunkie]

Well that rental I was going to see was a joke. They called me the day before we were supposed to view and said, it's gone.

Same day we made an offer on a house and it was accepted. Since the house is empty a moving date is no problem. Now just worrying about our buyers mortgage coming through. Tentative moving date of 27th July.

The only problem is I don't really like the house. Kim does like it. I wanted a Victorian sandstone villa. What we've got instead is a 60s bungalow that needs to be gutted and extended. Looks like it will keep me busy for two years minimum.

It also only has a single garage so plan to build a 5x6m shed/garage for the workshop and other car.

A bungalow isnt such a bad thing even if its not what you want. They sell easily and are good for you as you age.
Sadly bungalows with space for a quadruple garage, views not needing work tend to be pricey.

 

[RaceDiagnostics]

Part 1

Well the house move this week turned into a fiasco-disaster, we were due to move on Tuesday. The removers came on Monday and Tuesday morning to pack up the van (looked like a massive full size HGV) then headed off to Monifieth. We headed up soon after and expected the key exchange to happen at around mid day.

At around 12 we started to hear that our buyers were having problems with their mortgage from Santander and there would be a delay. We were told that Santander had sent the mortgage to the buyers solicitor, the solicitor said its not here. Anyway this went on for the rest of the day till at 4, the removal company said, "the lorry has to go back to the depot of there are no keys by 4". By this time I'm swearing at the solicitor and my wife is in tears. Stuck in a hotel overnight.

Next day, the removal company says, tell us when you have the keys and we will come back (two hour drive for them), but if no keys by 12 then they need to return the contents to the original location. So I tell me solicitor, key by 12 or the deal is off.

More ******* about till 12 and still the buyers mortgage cant be found, so deal off and we head back to Dunfermline, wife virtually hysterical.

Finally at about three when the removal van was half emptied back into our place in Dunfermline, we get a call saying, the motgage has been found, can we complete the sale today. Given it take about 6 house to load/unload the van and that it was just too late, we had to say no, it too late. The deal is off.

Wife devastated and £2500 down the drain for the false start removal that should have taken 2 days and ended up as 3 back where we started.

 

[AlexBrown_1]

Part 1

Well the house move this week turned into a fiasco-disaster, we were due to move on Tuesday. The removers came on Monday and Tuesday morning to pack up the van (looked like a massive full size HGV) then headed off to Monifieth. We headed up soon after and expected the key exchange to happen at around mid day.

At around 12 we started to hear that our buyers were having problems with their mortgage from Santander and there would be a delay. We were told that Santander had sent the mortgage to the buyers solicitor, the solicitor said its not here. Anyway this went on for the rest of the day till at 4, the removal company said, "the lorry has to go back to the depot of there are no keys by 4". By this time I'm swearing at the solicitor and my wife is in tears. Stuck in a hotel overnight.

Next day, the removal company says, tell us when you have the keys and we will come back (two hour drive for them), but if no keys by 12 then they need to return the contents to the original location. So I tell me solicitor, key by 12 or the deal is off.

More ******* about till 12 and still the buyers mortgage cant be found, so deal off and we head back to Dunfermline, wife virtually hysterical.

Finally at about three when the removal van was half emptied back into our place in Dunfermline, we get a call saying, the motgage has been found, can we complete the sale today. Given it take about 6 house to load/unload the van and that it was just too late, we had to say no, it too late. The deal is off.

Wife devastated and £2500 down the drain for the false start removal that should have taken 2 days and ended up as 3 back where we started.

Wow. Genuinely gutted for you, what a miserable experience.

I can only hope there's a property round the corner that you get that makes you glad you didn't get this one.

Seems insane how the lawyers can be so inept and not face consequences

 

[8ob]

Dont think I would have laid on a removals team and packed anything until completion
Is being 2.5k down at this stage a deal breaker? I would have thought this pails into insignificance considering all the other expenses involved in a house move.

Bob

 

[My Old Landy]

Sorry to hear this! I hope you can find somewhere as good. It is such a minefield

 

[Melvyn Best]

Sounds a bit like when my mum moved a few years ago, arrived at her new bungalow with all of her possessions on a lorry only to be told by the woman in the bungalow that mum couldn’t move in until the woman had received a phone call from her solicitor, silly cow had had the phone line disconnected!
Fortunately one of my brothers rang mums solicitor to be told everything had gone through so all of the woman’s possessions were taken out of the bungalow and placed on a grass verge, her washing machine was half way through a cycle when it was removed

 

[RaceDiagnostics]

Dont think I would have laid on a removals team and packed anything until completion
Is being 2.5k down at this stage a deal breaker? I would have thought this pails into insignificance considering all the other expenses involved in a house move.

Bob

The Scottish system is fecked up, full completion doesn't happen until the last minute these days, it works 99.99% of the time, we were the 0.01%

There was no way to restart the move at 3pm on the Wednesday, the next slot the removers had is 10th August, and at that point the buyers had to return their Mortgage to Santander as the deal couldn't go through.

 

[RaceDiagnostics]

Part 2

On Thursday, we contacted the the buyers and said, lets try again on the next free available date for the removal company, 10th August, they said yes, and they also agreed to sign a binding contact to buy which they hadn't done up to that point.

Now I had never really been 100% convinced about the place we were going to buy as it needed a ton of work, Mrs RD really liked it though, I guesstimated £100,000 of work was needed to realise the dream and two years of my time. Anyway after the debacle of the prior two days, Mrs RD said, if your not 100% then neither am I, so lets pull out of that purchase. I would normally feel bad about doing this to the seller, but given the place has been empty for a year, they are clearly not in that much of a hurry.

On Thursday afternoon we went to have a look at another house in Broughty Ferry, it looks really nice, double garage and needs no work.

On Friday we completed the sale contract with our buyers with a committed moving date of 10th August, that mean we will be homeless 9 days from now.

Friday afternoon we put in an offer for the place we visited on Thursday. 6 minute walk to the beach is a real bonus.

 

[My Old Landy]

Here's hoping for a good resolution. I take it you will need to rent somewhere in 9 days time?