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Conveyancing - How long did yours take for a purchase?
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Not actually completed as such but wanted sympathy:
5 weeks from acceptance of offer to imminent exchange (no chain -we're in rented and vendor was in care home). Thought we were doing brilliantly but then, 2 days or so before exchange, vendor dies (how inconvenient!) and house is now in probate
Might be a while.....
Ooooh you poor thing 0 -
Oooh. Thanks for the heads up on that. Can they insist on a private search?
They might do if it is in their ts & cs as private searches are generally easier to do. Ask them.RICHARD WEBSTER
As a retired conveyancing solicitor I believe the information given in the post to be useful assuming any properties concerned are in England/Wales but I accept no liability for it.0 -
Very few conveyancers will risk having their client use a persona;/private local authority search as HIPs really showed how many mistakes they can contain. It is not out of the question that the solicitor could also be blamed for errors in usuing such a company. The lawyer has a duty to both client and lender too.
Using an official search duirect from the Council uis getting it from the horse's mouth, and no solicitor can be blamed for the Council's mistake.
The only case I would consider a personal search is if the deal had to be done fast and the client was fully aware of what I was doing and the risk with such searches.My posts are just my opinions and are not offered as legal advice - though I consider them darn fine opinions none the less.:cool2:
My bad spelling...well I rush type these opinions on my own time, so sorry, but they are free.:o0
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