Conveyancing - incompetent solicitor
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Time for an update....
Still in legals!
Had the thursday before Easter off work to tend to a trustee meeting so thought it best to stop by the office of the solicitors later that afternoon seeing as nothing had happened in 3 weeks and I'd been getting no reply to any attempts at correspondence. It got a little interesting, I had no appointment and turned up unannounced, she refused to come downstairs to speak to me, after explaining the predicament to the receptionist and stating I was happy to wait as long as it took, until home time if necessary saw the receptionist scurry back up to her.
Needless to say she refused to speak to me but did move a consultant onto my file, one of the ex-partners with his name above the door. He has been significantly better. We had a lot of progress last week, most documents had to be re-done as they were either wrong or expired and we have finalised all documentation. All was looking well until last Wednesday when the only outstanding issue was a replacement NHBC certificate (flat was built in 2007), applied for on the same day but was still awaited on Friday...
Thankfully the purchasers are still keen (so far as to have already started a Sky contract at the flat!) but one goes away on business tomorrow so looks like we won't be completing this week now (haven't been able to get through to them today...)
Joy! Yours, now 8 months in!
Still in legals!
Had the thursday before Easter off work to tend to a trustee meeting so thought it best to stop by the office of the solicitors later that afternoon seeing as nothing had happened in 3 weeks and I'd been getting no reply to any attempts at correspondence. It got a little interesting, I had no appointment and turned up unannounced, she refused to come downstairs to speak to me, after explaining the predicament to the receptionist and stating I was happy to wait as long as it took, until home time if necessary saw the receptionist scurry back up to her.
Needless to say she refused to speak to me but did move a consultant onto my file, one of the ex-partners with his name above the door. He has been significantly better. We had a lot of progress last week, most documents had to be re-done as they were either wrong or expired and we have finalised all documentation. All was looking well until last Wednesday when the only outstanding issue was a replacement NHBC certificate (flat was built in 2007), applied for on the same day but was still awaited on Friday...
Thankfully the purchasers are still keen (so far as to have already started a Sky contract at the flat!) but one goes away on business tomorrow so looks like we won't be completing this week now (haven't been able to get through to them today...)
Joy! Yours, now 8 months in!
Well we were meant to be exchanging tomorrow....
The form (standardized document) that was awaited last week as it was previously issued with a piece of wrong information and not picked up by any of the 4 solicitors still hasn't been received - its a standardized document FFS!
Now my "new" solicitor hasn't got back to my e-mails doesn't seem to have done anything all week and is now "engaged" when I try to speak to him.
All documents barring this have been completed by everybody, but the purchasers solicitor refuses to request the deposit until they have all documents completed - why not request now ahead of it i really don't know...they'd even pocket a days interest!
Thing is the flat has to exchange tomorrow, given the period taken to draw-down the mortgage mine will have expired unless we do...f
king typical!
Even if I exchange tomorrow this whole process will have taken 9 months...how the juddering fk does that happen!?!?! - more importantly why wasn't this fking document done months ago!
The form (standardized document) that was awaited last week as it was previously issued with a piece of wrong information and not picked up by any of the 4 solicitors still hasn't been received - its a standardized document FFS!
Now my "new" solicitor hasn't got back to my e-mails doesn't seem to have done anything all week and is now "engaged" when I try to speak to him.
All documents barring this have been completed by everybody, but the purchasers solicitor refuses to request the deposit until they have all documents completed - why not request now ahead of it i really don't know...they'd even pocket a days interest!
Thing is the flat has to exchange tomorrow, given the period taken to draw-down the mortgage mine will have expired unless we do...f
king typical!Even if I exchange tomorrow this whole process will have taken 9 months...how the juddering f
k does that happen!?!?! - more importantly why wasn't this fking document done months ago!- rant over - an extremely pissed off kiethon
Yep,
Problem now is not my solicitors, its those of the housing association whose dodgy document wasn't picked up by my old solicitor or my purchasers (I did boot my old one off over Easter)
Turns out that the person doing it isn't in today to issue....if I get it tomorrow apparently depending on time it could possibly happen (if i dogs body it around getting signed and my buyers transfer their deposit in time) or worst case if it went to Monday they said a friday completion may be possible if the mortgage co's play ball and release funds in 4 days....
Problem now is not my solicitors, its those of the housing association whose dodgy document wasn't picked up by my old solicitor or my purchasers (I did boot my old one off over Easter)
Turns out that the person doing it isn't in today to issue....if I get it tomorrow apparently depending on time it could possibly happen (if i dogs body it around getting signed and my buyers transfer their deposit in time) or worst case if it went to Monday they said a friday completion may be possible if the mortgage co's play ball and release funds in 4 days....
Well a bit more progress...
Exchanged on the sale of my flat yesterday, complete on Tuesday
Didn't manage to get the purchase exchanged yesterday however (needed confirmation that mortgage co. would release funds in time - mortgage offer expires on Tuesday night!) - that came through today and typically the vendors (executors) have been un-contactable - admittedly only called at 15:30 or so...so not exchanged on the purchase yet...lets hope for the morning!!!
Exchanged on the sale of my flat yesterday, complete on Tuesday
Didn't manage to get the purchase exchanged yesterday however (needed confirmation that mortgage co. would release funds in time - mortgage offer expires on Tuesday night!) - that came through today and typically the vendors (executors) have been un-contactable - admittedly only called at 15:30 or so...so not exchanged on the purchase yet...lets hope for the morning!!!
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