to sell before or after??

[graandjac]

We keep seeing people who's house sale fell through after there visa arrived therefore having to cancel flights, has anyone sold there house before final clearance or is this just a little to ambtious :? cant seem to work out at what stage is the biggest stummbling block any idea's
cheers gra and jac

[dglamoore]

Have seen people put their house on the market at all sorts of different stages - after skills assessment, sponsorship, putiing application in, getting CO etc

I think a lot depends on how attached you are to your house and if you are happy to rent for a while if you manage to sell quickly or if you would rather wait til its 'safe' and take a chance that the market will be good for you.

We sold our house last year and in the middle of the process decided to migrate rather than move in the uk so went into rented and left the money in the bank.


Lisa :D

[scooterdan]

We have sold our flat and only just passed the TRA!!!! Just waiting for sale to go through solicitors now! we are very lucky that my parents will put us both up for 12-18 months to give us time to save more money up!

But we are very lucky!

Dan and Steph!

[donna T]

A subject dear to my heart at the moment!
We sold privately in October, 2 months before we got our visas and 5 weeks before we were due to fly - their buyer pulled out :evil:
We are now inthe position of remarketing our house with only 3 weeks to go - but have had an offer so not all is bad.
I think it depends on how saleable your house is and how mych bottle you've got :D
Good luck whatever you decide
Donna

[likesshopping]

Hi
We decided to put our house on the market as soon as we passed the vetasses skill assesment (like TRA). We sold in November and moved into rented in January.

We just felt that the housing market is slow and that it can take ages to sell a house, we didnt want to be in a position where we had our visa and couldnt get to oz because we couldnt sell our house.

The other reason we had to sell our house before hand was because we have to pay a £40k bond for our extra 5 points - so we need some money from our house sale.

......its a roller coaster ride whatever you decide!!

sarahx

[ladybird]

Just a quick question once you get your visa how long do u have before you have to go to oz?? As this might make a difference to how soon you want your house to sell.

[dglamoore]

Not sure on other visas but with an SIR 495 you have one year from date of meds/pc's to validate the visa.

Lisa :D

[betty22]

Hi,
You will find that all visas have to be validated within one year of your police/med checks whichever you did first

Liz

[ladybird]

Thanks for that guys - helps a bit for us as there's two houses gone up for sale in our street this week so could be a while to sell ours or maybe not!!

[Angela]

My understanding of the SIR495 visa is that once you get it & validate it ie enter Australia for the 1st time, the 3 years start from that entry date. But like Lisa said you do have 1yr from the meds/pc's or sponsorship which-ever was 1st :)

Its tricky, for us we currently have 3 families with houses up for sale, we are not marketing ours with an EA as all 3 have offered me the full valuation 'verbally' that is..........still don't feel that I can agree to anything until I actually get the visa 8) I am a bit like that though, forever the optimist 8)

We are expecting the visa by March, hopefully, so fingers crossed one of our potential buyers will have had an offer on theirs to start the chain off - if not we will have to make a call about marketing with an EA or hold on a bit longer - will cross that bridge if we have to nearer the time :)

Good luck with whatever you decide
Angela