Just to let you all know that we have exchanged contracts today and we are moving next Friday 8th April. I can't believe how quick it has happened. After having so much trouble trying to sell our property it doesn't feel real that we will actually be moving.

Congratulations!
How long was your flat on the market before you received the offer? We've just put our flat up for sale and I can't tell you how I'll feel when we finally sell it!

We put our house on the market in August 2004, had no interest for ages, decided to change agents, had a little bit of interest from them but not much, went with another agent and he sold it within 2 days of it being on the market.

Oh cazzabob! Congrats! Once you exchange then you know it's going to happen.
It took a year to sell my flat and I finally moved on 18/3/2005 - was I glad! It really takes it out of you doesn't it? And it went to a BTL not a FTB as the first EA had insisted it would.
Hope the move goes OK.

well done - many congratulations!!

now you've just got to do the packing

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I think I remember now - was this the buyer who didn't want a survey? Did he say why he didn't want one?

We accpeted an offer in January and - hopefully, please GOD- are completing on 11th April. And this is for what has been called a 'straightforward' sale. I cannot believe how long it all takes!. Our house went on sale in June 2004 and like the poster, we had two previous sales fall through.
If all these house-price crash gloaters realised the sheer stress and agony peoploe go through, would they really be so gleeful about the market slowing down?

Hi tina48

Yes our buyer didn't have a survey done as he was paying cash and therefore didn't require a survey for mortgage purposes. He has also paid a 10% deposit on our property.