We had a screw up where we were told that it would be ready by the 21st. We had movers booked etc and had given that date to the people buying our house (who've already been waiting about three months) and then went up on the 8th of this month to find the place nowhere near finished. It's really just fixtures that need to be done but lord knows how long that'll take them (and they're telling us at least the end of October now). If it goes on any longer than that we'll probably have to finalise our sale and rent somewhere (which will mean losing the deposit as we wouldn't be there for a year).
On the bright side, I still really like the place and it's nice to know there are other families moving there. Also because of the diversion, we got to see considerably more of the county than we'd planned and now know where the other two roads out of the village go.