The problem with having an online solicitor who is miles away from you is that you have to do everything by mail.
They asked for some proof of identity from us. This meant that we had to photocopy our passports and some bank statements and then go to our bank to get them verified and signed before we could send them off.
They should arrive at the solicitors tomorrow, then they can call us to get our debit card details so they can charge us a huge sum of money. :(
At least everything’s going pretty well so far, anyway. :)
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I called about a thousand solicitors yesterday to arrange the conveyancing of the new house. After all of that I ended up organising it online with SelectConveyancing telling me that Nigel Broadhead Mynard being the cheapest solicitor for what we needed. Strangely if I called the same solicitor and got a quote over the phone it was a couple of hundred pounds more expensive. I went with the online quote.
After that I called the bank to tell them the details of the solicitor, and then I did the same with the estate agent.
Now we’re pretty much just waiting for all of those guys to do their bits and get together.
The whole thing has added an extra 2 grand to the mortgage and we’ve paid just around another £1000 in various fees. Buying a house isn’t cheap even if the house itself is.
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I just got a call from the estate agents telling me that the offer of £82.5k has now been accepted for real. :)
I knew it’d happen eventually, I just thought Lizz would force us to pay more because she’s so impatient. Luckily that’s not been the case and we’ve saved paying quite a bit more money that way.
We’re going to Natwest this afternoon to sort out the mortgage and we’ve got to call the estate agent when that’s all done. Then they’ll put up a big SOLD sign outside the house. :)
So yeah, we’re well on the way to owning the house now!
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