has this company acted illegally

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suzanne

Firstly I am hoping that this is not your real first name.

Secondly, I think it would be wise to you to go through your posts and edit the amounts to things like over £70K rather than the exact amounts. Anyone searching the internet by putting the amounts in could find this thread.

Then I think you need to pull together all the paperwork you have on this sale. Any letters from the EA detailing the offer? Copies of EA details? Drafts of any legal contracts?
Did you pay off a mortgage? Speak to your old company and ask them to retain all records of payments received to settle the debt outstianding.
Speak to you bank and ask them to retain all transaction detials - proof of what was actually paid to you by whom.

Then go to your local police station and have a chat with them.

poppysarah

Get independent legal advice about this - half hour free at most places but ring up and get appt with someone who deals with this sort of thing.

And please keep us all informed as to what happens.

new_home_owner_3

the worse thing about all of this, is i reckon it happens more than what we all know.

ive phoned up about repos and ive been told a offer has been accepted and we are not taking any more offers on that one.

Another reason why to sell your house yourself.

ILW

Is the EA a small independent ot part of a national chain?

susanne2010

maninthestreet wrote: »

So we can assume the signature was not made by you? I wonder if your solicitor has knowledge of this document? On the contract documents you did actually sign, the purchaser was presumably named as the house-buying company???

yes i signed the contract document and it was the property company who were the named buyers and i signed to accept £71,500 not £109,500, i know companies like this give low offers but the house had been on the market for over a year and the e/agents kept saying at £94,950 it was over priced and with not much interest being shown to it i believed them ,i also realise these companies like a quick profit ,but £38,000!! i have phoned a few solicitors locally and there are a shortage of solicitors dealing in fraud,but there is one at the same firm as the conveyancer that i used so that counts him out.

giddypenguin

susanne2010 wrote: »

i have phoned a few solicitors locally and there are a shortage of solicitors dealing in fraud,but there is one at the same firm as the conveyancer that i used so that counts him out.

... Interesting...

terryw

OP,

You should have signed the Transfer form to the purchaser. Where did you sign this....was it at the solicitor's office or through the post? Would you have checked it and noticed the price and the name of the purchaser? Or perhaps, did you sign a blank Transfer form?

susanne2010

maninthestreet wrote: »

So we can assume the signature was not made by you? I wonder if your solicitor has knowledge of this document? On the contract documents you did actually sign, the purchaser was presumably named as the house-buying company???

i didnt sign any document to say i was reciveing £109,500, i would have though if that was what they were offering me, and i dont know if my solicitor has knowlege of my signiture against that figure if has then he must be involved, i havent mentioned it to him the land registry said not to,and yes the only document i signed had this company name

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Suzanne

There is a good chance that your EA, the "company" and the solicitor are all involved in this scam, so you need to avoid contact with any of them in the short term, yourself. The reason being that they may then destroy documents/files that relate your case and the Land regsitry would like to get hold of that evidence.

For your own satisfaction you could check whether the "company" exist here http://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk/be068784ffa028a691399a2f5bae4f46/wcframe?name=accessCompanyInfo

If they are and you want to pay few quid, you can check who the directors are.

Enfieldian

Not sure if this has been asked before.

Were you living in the property up to completion? If not, was any access granted for work?