It's really happening!

It started with a missed call from the vendors estate agent, then an email from our solicitor. She had indicated that everything was in place ready for an exchange. I was still under the assumption that there were the outstanding access right issues, so replied asking whether conditions had been agreed and that this would just be a conditional exchange.

Off I went to lunch, thinking that would be it - though I'd just sat down to start tucking in to my lunch when my phone rang. Guessing it was related to my email I answered, to discover the access rights had actually been completed and the exchange was to be unconditional with a completion date planned for April 24th! Not only was today going to be a celebratory drink for my last day in the current job, but it was also going to be celebrating 6 months of getting this land purchase completed!

However, now we needed to get the deposit transferred, so I had to head into the closest branch of our bank... it all seems to be happening now, let's hope the planning permission doesn't take quite as long.