We found out on Monday that the mortgage has finally been approved wtihout a problem. So today I am going to the solicitors to hand over the signed contract and the remaining 7,250. Which will be hard. All that money….
We are happier with the contract now that we know all the restrictions are pretty standard [...]
Archive for June, 2006
Contract Exchange day
Contractual restrictions
We received the contract that is due for exchange on 30th June yesterday, and I am very annoyed. Firstly it seems that the solicitors are charging a 100+VAT (why can’t they just say 117.50!) ‘engrossment fee’ for printing out the contracts. Scandalous!
Also Crest have put in the contract that we can’t erect any structures [...]
Snagging
I was reading through the Crest homebuyers folder over the weekend and I found out that they accompany you on a ‘300 point inspection of your home’ before completion. I presume this is some form of snagging, but they don’t actually use the word.
I am so glad I found out about snagging though, it is [...]
Visit to the solicitors
Yesterday we went to the solictiors and gave him copies of our ID (and paid him 169 for the Council Searches and Environmental Search), went to the bank and opened a joint account and went to the Crest Nicholson office again to see exactly the kitchen and tile choices that have been made.
We are a [...]
Hello Lewis
I am in the process of buying a house from Crest Nicholson in Somerset. Considering the fall in the ...
I used New Build Inspections. What a change it made to the builder's attitidue! 
I bought a Redrow home and had many problems getting my small faults ammended. This was mostly my fault because ...