The bid was sharply rebuffed by the State Department, and one state election official threatened criminal action if Russian monitors showed up, according to state-controlled Izvestia daily and broadcaster RT. 1  State Department deputy spokesman Mark Toner called the Russian effort a PR stunt..
Where you are buying and selling at the same time then the length of time it takes you to move will inevitably be longer than just a sale or purchase. Assuming there are 2 to 3 people in the chain (and no-one changes their minds for whatever reason and pulls out) then a reasonable time frame would be 8-12 weeks.
Â· just now. Report Abuse. it normally takes 3 months but it all depends on how good your agents and solicitors are my mother in law has bought a house last month but that was meant to have been no chain and quick move but now there completion is end of January.eport Abuse. it normally takes 3 months but it all depends on how good your agents and solicitors are my mother in law has bought a house last month but that was meant to have been no chain and quick move but now there completion is end of January.