Waterloo Farm: a country living blog

So, in theory this is the week that we will exchange and complete on Waterloo Farm and finally become owners of our ‘house in the country’, after almost 3 years of searching! We are aiming to complete on Thursday all being well (exchanging on the same day) which would be great because when we get back from our holiday on Friday, we will be home owners! I arranged for the transfer of the deposit/fees today so that should be with the solicitor by the end of play today, and our IFA is organising buildings insurance for us, although he has indicated that some of the quotes are a little ’scary’ because of the age and construction of the house – thank goodness it isn’t thatched too

Well, we got the contracts signed and witnessed and posted off, and the solicitor should receive those tomorrow (Thursday 31st July), and then we’re off on holiday on Friday.  No idea when/if the Broadband issue is going to be resolved which is incredibly frustrating. I can’t believe we’ve come this far (and already spent a fair bit of money!) and there’s still a chance that we won’t be buying Waterloo Farm after all. Mostly I’m refusing to believe that would be the case but there is a part of me that can’t help but think about the possibility that we just won’t be able to get Broadband and that this will all have been a waste of time. (more…)

The contracts arrived in the post today so it’s all getting closer now! There is so much paperwork to wade through, and it all seems terribly complicated. The solicitor says ‘read such and such a document carefully’ but frankly they might as well be written in Mandarin for all the sense they make with all the weirdo legal speak, e.g. hereby and hitherto subject therein but without prejudice to the generality thereof!! Anyway, we have basically figured out what they all mean but will just call to clarify a few points on Monday morning. Then we need to get them signed and witnessed and sent back, and all the conveyancing side of things is then done and dusted … it’ll just be the Broadband that we will still be waiting for then, and we can’t even get the next update on that situation until Tuesday morning. Let’s just hope they have good news for us when we ring. I guess there’s a very slim chance that we might be able to exchange/complete next week depending on the Broadband issue, but as we go on holiday on Friday, I very much doubt it. Ho Hum.