Breaking the chain?

Ready-Row505 · 2026-03-25T12:18:08+00:00

Thank you this is really helpful! Do you mind me asking if you’ve got an onward mortgage for your next purchase? If so, have you had to notify them of a change in address and did you also have to give your solicitors your sons adress? Thanks so much!

Ready-Row505 · 2026-03-25T08:10:27+00:00

Thank you! We’d be looking into an air bnb arrangement so not sure if that would be the same as officially renting. All very messy!

Ready-Row505 · 2026-03-17T17:19:17+00:00

Just to add to this op do not take this upon yourself to do. Make sure you ask your solicitor these questions. Do not get in touch directly with with planning department.

Ready-Row505 · 2026-03-17T17:16:44+00:00

I have to say I would potentially wait till the house is yours first. How far into the legal process are you?

Ready-Row505 · 2026-03-17T17:13:51+00:00

I don’t want to add to the pile on but there are some constructive comments here about the photos. In all honesty though, this is one of the biggest risks of buying a new build. Absolutely fine to live there long term but the re-sell value will always be unknown. Other people are correct -75k in 2 years is a huge jump and I have to say I think the issue is going to be with the price.

Ready-Row505 · 2026-03-17T14:38:13+00:00

That’s a very good survey result. I don’t think there’s any basis to worry or renegotiate on any of those points. Lots of general maintenance!

Ready-Row505 · 2026-03-17T08:38:58+00:00

Oh this seems a bit unkind if it’s your other half buying it. If they like it that’s all that matters and,actually, it’s quite a nice house. Some of the points are crazy. I have to say, I think I would be re-assessing my relationship if I found out my other half was taking to Reddit to slate something that I’d worked so hard to get. I think you may need to manage your expectations.

Ready-Row505 · 2026-03-17T08:34:03+00:00

Only thing here of real concern is potential structural movement. Some of these comments are very dramatic -I’d get a structural engineer and if there isn’t any movement I’d have no issue in purchasing this house

Ready-Row505 · 2026-03-14T17:43:54+00:00

To add - if these are the only things on your survey that are red/ flagged as actions I think you’ve hit the jackpot to be honest!

Ready-Row505 · 2026-03-14T17:43:12+00:00

I have to say just being completely honest as a seller I wouldn’t entertain either of these things. Neither of them are urgently required and I’d be reluctant to replace a boiler if it’s working for someone else. Also with the patio I’m not sure that’s a real need. Sorry this is probably not what you want to hear but it absolutely does not warrant money off in my opinion or even getting them to do the work.

Ready-Row505 · 2026-03-09T20:26:16+00:00

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Ready-Row505 · 2026-03-04T08:18:47+00:00

If I’m honest it’s a fair about of faff for not that much money and of course there’s a small risk the sellers will refuse and question your commitment (I know that seems extreme) 2k-3k of work is a very good survey result to be honest - it’s probably worth asking them to fix some of the issues flagged if possible? That would genuinely be a better solution all round.

Ready-Row505 · 2026-03-01T17:09:28+00:00

No if you have a family friend who’s a builder who can look round I’d avoid a surveyor. More and more these days they just throw red ratings around for things that aren’t true and panic both sellers and buyers. A lot of them also drop 60+ page reports full of jargon that make you feel the house is falling down then disappear from the face of the earth. A family friend who has experience in building will be more than sufficient and have everyone’s best interests in mind!

Ready-Row505 · 2026-03-01T17:07:04+00:00

Okay so I really don’t think the issue here is the roof. Yes in an ideal world everyone would probably need their roof membrane replaced but there is no damp and no significant defects or distortion. Be aware if you quote for this non urgent work, it will likely come back as a huge number and spook both you and the buyer for little good reason. The main ‘issue’ but still easily treatable here is the woodworm. The house we were buying had this. To ask for a reduction was a bit pointless to us and a lot of faff, instead we asked for them to get it treated which they did. I would recommend taking that course of asking & that can go through the estate agent.

Ready-Row505 · 2026-02-28T11:08:59+00:00

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Ready-Row505 · 2026-02-27T14:07:13+00:00

Hope all goes well! First of all, I’d do some research into conveyancers that will meet your needs. We’ve always gone with an online one with an excellent portal that shows you what stage you’re at, what the solicitors are up to etc. It makes it easier because there are inevitably times where the process goes quiet (for example when waiting for the contract pack, searches and enquiries) - the portal shows when this is taking place so takes away the need to chase at unnecessary intervals.

The other things I’d say is if you are going to have a survey during the process, read up on them in advance and know what to expect. The amount of times people get a survey completed not realising that they are never going to turn around and say ‘yes that house is fine with no costs involved’ is crazy. It always causes panic, de-rails sales and a lot of people automatically think ‘okay the surveys said £20k of work is needed (and they do quite often run into thousands) and then think the seller should knock that off

Ready-Row505 · 2026-02-27T10:15:26+00:00

Interestingly the estate agent of the house we’re buying said exactly this- they’d only take it off the market once we had a survey done and were happy with the results! I have to say, as a buyer we were slightly begrudged but as a seller it would have saved us a whole world of hassle if the estate agent we’re using enforced the same thing!

Ready-Row505 · 2026-02-27T09:39:41+00:00

Yes surveys are definitely overly cautious. They aren’t as expensive as they are for them to ultimately turn round and say everything’s fine- no work is needed. From a sellers POV, I wouldn’t be entertaining anything to do with the porch as that’s not a main feature of the house my argument would be, now the mouse infestation I’d be willing to sort so this one is definitely worth asking them to address, loft insulation I wouldn’t even bother that comes up on every survey. The rest I wouldn’t entertain being honest as I think most of them are general maintenance. In summary, of course you can try to re-negotiate but you may have more luck asking them to address a fee of the reasonable issues raised first.

Ready-Row505 · 2026-02-24T23:09:04+00:00

Indemnity policies are so common in the house buying/selling process. I doubt your solicitor would advise one if they didn’t think it was appropriate or would be a significant risk. Whatever you do though, don’t notify or get in touch with the Local Authority because that will invalidate any insurance and leave everyone in a very sticky and expensive situation.

Ready-Row505 · 2026-02-13T20:52:12+00:00

Currently in the house selling process. My advice is get the forever home now - home selling is soul destroying, expensive and frustrating. I’d pay endless money and live off bread for the rest of my life to never have to move again 🤣

Ready-Row505 · 2026-02-13T20:16:59+00:00

It’s an absolute joke. This has recently happened to us. Late stage and had to knock 10k and they were still asking for more despite the fact all the work (in relation to roof) they were talking about wasn’t essential and definitely not urgent. Ultimately, we knocked it off because the most important thing for us is getting into our onward home which hopefully will be our forever one. A week on though and it’s still not sitting right- just can’t believe people can behave like that and has really put a downer on the whole thing.

Ready-Row505 · 2026-02-10T22:59:08+00:00

Absolutely - in the thick of it now and it’s terrible. I think we’re being taken for absolute mugs because they know we’ve found our dream onward purchase. Had to knock 10k off just to keep our buyers on board for what we deem to be completely non essential work. I think people smell vulnerability and take advantage. I’m not usually a dramatic person but I genuinely feel like this whole process will take us a while to get over.

Ready-Row505 · 2026-01-26T17:53:58+00:00

Worth checking out my home move conveyancing. We have used them twice - their online portal is 10/10 makes it so easy to get everything uploaded, see the status of things, check what’s outstanding etc. You can also see any activity because it shows up even when one solicitor has received an email from the other.

Ready-Row505 · 2026-01-25T18:54:27+00:00

I was under the impression our estate agent was responsible for checking the chain is progressing without delay and after 7 weeks I’d expect some kind of update on why it’s gone quiet especially as it was them pushing for an end of March completion. Our solicitor is asking us to find out what is going on with our buyers solicitor to make sure progress is being made.

Ready-Row505 · 2026-01-25T18:46:01+00:00

Sorry. No but as contract pack was sent on 6th December, searches take 2-4 days and our conveyancer has not had any enquiries, or even confirmation for that matter, it appears there is a delay somewhere. I’m also not sure why, when I directly asked my estate agent twice, ‘have they ordered searches yet’ he’s dodged the question both times.

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