Three months to the day after I agreed the sale of my current house the sale has fallen through, just before the exchange of contracts and only a couple of weeks before I was due to move out. The buyers have decided not to leave their current house after all.

Somewhat frustrating, obviously, especially since I was well on the way towards putting most of the contents into storage and making preparations to move into a static caravan on the the building plot. Hopefully I’ll find a new buyer relatively quickly, especially since there was so much interest when the house first went on the market.

Looking on the bright side, I should at least get to stay in my current house until winter is properly over.

Well, that didn’t take long! On the market for less than a week, lots of interest in the first couple of days (which then died down somewhat). 5 viewings, 3 offers over the asking price and the end result is that I’ve agreed a sale for a price I’m happy with. The buyers are in a pretty solid position (already living nearby and selling to first-time buyers) so I’m fairly confident things will go ahead without too many hiccups.

Trouble is, I now need to move out rather sooner than I was originally planning to. I suspect both sets of buyers in the chain will want to be in before Christmas, subject to all the conveyancing going through in 10 weeks.