midwife2be

Just wondered -

• Do you wait till you've got visa's?
• Or put it on before?

Hoping to go jan 08, never sold a house before so not sure how long process takes from sale to moving out etc. Hopefully it should sell quickly (famous last words )

brad

Hi
When we put our house up for sale it sold within 5days ended up renting for 6months.Didnt cost us anything really cause the interest we made covered the cost of renting'

Brad

lfc4eva

houses probably sell better when the weather's good and you don't want to be waiting here trying to sell your house and letting it go cheaper. without any problems the sale should take around 6-8 weeks to completion . HIP's come in on 1st august on houses with 4+ bedrooms. I'm going over for a reccie next month and all being well will put the house up for sale as soon as we get back. good luck

robertnhelen

Hi, we have had family and freinds that have ended up paying UK mortgage and OZ rent and found it very stressfull, therefore we have sold prior to getting Visa (checked with agent that we were 99% sure of Visa first) and are now in rented which is costing a lot less than our mortgage and the money is in the bank in a high interest acount paying for the rent, it is a gamble I know but one we think is worth taking, its what you think will be best for you, we have also had that many people pull out of buying our last 2 houses that it made it the best choice for us.

Hope this gives you some food for thought.

aston man

if you have rellies you can live with after you have sold then i would sell as soon as you can,we sold and i must admit i have hated every second in this rental..you have also all the hassle of changing over all you cards,accounts etc,
if i had my time over i would of sold the house and gone staight after the money was in the bank..

oh and we have had to pay for two removals and all the hassle that goes with it..

tony s

we put our house on b 4 as ours at the minute has sold and when we complete it will b 4 months.Selling a house is always a nightmare good luckxx

goingozwards2007

We put ours up for sale in Feb, with the intention of going over in July, but was honest with buyers and told them we wouldn't exchange until visa was through. Luckily they really wanted the house, so are waiting for us to confirm visa, which should be through in 2-3 weeks.
We were really lucky in the fact that lady buyer lived on her own and was downsizing, and was happy to wait.

Good luck.

dave7370

We were granted our Visa the end of April just gone, and putting our house on the market next week even though we're not moving until January next year due to some prior commitments.

With any luck we maybe able to move into the father in-laws for a few months (fingers crossed ours sells quickly), but he's selling up as well in the next few months to retire to Majorca so may have to find some where else to live again..... or go to Majorca for a few weeks, my parents place in France for a bit, then back to the mother in-laws for Xmas and New Year before we go.

Our only concern is that the house is the one biggest sticking point to stop us from going when we want so the sooner it's gone the better, if we have to rent then yes, you pay someone else's mortgage but it's only short term.

At the end of the day, everyones options are different but from looking on here, getting shot of the house quick-smart is the safest route.

ATB,

Dave, Chez and Jacob

Edit: deffo wait till you have your visa, you may look a bit daft if you sell your home and not get it. Usual house selling time from start to finish is about 8 - 12 weeks.

aston man

your right there dave,we wanted to move anyway and i did fail the medical,so it can go pear shaped..

Kapri

We're hoping to go Jan 08 too.
House has just gone on the market then we're hoping to move into a short term rental.

dave7370

Are you not going now then Aston?

I missed the last Midlands meet so out of touch with all the goss.

Apologies to the OP for slight thread hi-jack. lol

midwife2be

No worries

thanks to all who have replied, you've given me many ideas and maybe that push I needed to put it up for sale!!

xx

eddie007

we've still got alot of work to do before we put ours on the market... also not 100% sure of visa so a little reluctant to sell before I get it..

I anm in the position that if I don't get the visa and have to live here in the uk I will have to relocate for work anyway as there are no jobs at my grade locally...

midwife2be

We too have some jobs to do on the house but hopefully should be ready to put it on in the next month or so.

As regards jobs I've only had a few to even apply to (reasonably local) in the UK and havent any luck with those up to now, not even any bank work available