It's really frustrating how long it takes for a house sale to close here.

I put my house on the market in August and accepted an offer in the third week of September. There was an issue becsuse the couple buying it were borrowing the price between them and they're not married. Back they went to the bank and borrowed the money in one name. I signed the contracts two weeks before Christmas.

My solicitor advised me that the banks tend to pause issuing mortgage cheques the week before Christmas which is perfectly fine.

However, we're now heading to the third week of January and not a dicky bird. It's just annoying how bloody long it takes.