Do I have to push my solicitor (AKA how long is a piece of string)

Richard_Webster

If the oslicitors closed over Chrsitmas and they only had the cheque for the search fees just before they shut for Christmas, it is quite likely that they weren't able to send off the searches until the New Year and typcially they take about 2 weeks.

They can only send off searches if they have had papers from the seller's solciitors and they may not have come through. So first question to ask is if/when they had the papers from the seller's solicitors.

However in most cases people instruct their solicitors within days of agreeing in principle to buy a property, and do not wait until their lender has done its survey. So by leaving it that long to instruct them in the first place you are building in a delay anyway!

anggrrr

Richard_Webster wrote: »

However in most cases people instruct their solicitors within days of agreeing in principle to buy a property, and do not wait until their lender has done its survey. So by leaving it that long to instruct them in the first place you are building in a delay anyway!

I spoke to my solicitor by phone on the day the offer was accepted to arrange a quote for their fees, a day or so later I spoke to the mortgage company and a couple of days later the survey was done. I sent the paperwork back to the solicitor within 5 days which I don't *think* was that tardy!

fannyanna

klolav wrote: »

I hope you don't lose your buyers and things go through to completion for you. Good luck

anggrrr wrote: »

Urgh. The firm acted very well and promptly in my previous dealing with them (sadly a sale that didn't go through) so I was happy with them, I hope everything goes okay with you.

Thanks.

Although it appears that I have started World War 3 with my solicitor. She's just had a hissy fit :eek:

anggrrr

timmyt wrote: »

So annoying when people say 'solicitors', when most people are not savvy enough to secure one. Most people think they have one.

OP sounds like you have chosen badly with the conveyancer.

Why did you do ID again if they acted previously for you. Few firms wait for search fees nowadays - or is that just my firm? -talk about slowing down your own clients deal.

Conveyancing solicitor then. It was over 6 months ago, I queried it by phone, I was told to come in again and I did.

anggrrr

Update: a call to the conveyancing solicitor told me they were waiting for the contract pack from the vendor's people. So I called the Estate Agent (because I remain slightly worried about the state of the sale), who then called the vendor's team, who told me there was a query about the deeds. I think this purchase might take a while.

Richard_Webster

Update: a call to the conveyancing solicitor told me they were waiting for the contract pack from the vendor's people. So I called the Estate Agent (because I remain slightly worried about the state of the sale), who then called the vendor's team, who told me there was a query about the deeds. I think this purchase might take a while.

See what I mean - you were getting all uptight and your poor solicitor was still waiting for the seller's solicitor to send him the contract pack.

Dan:_4

Having to deal with conveyancing solicitors is my worst nightmare

anggrrr

I emailed the firm handling my conveyancing today having not heard from them since I rang on Jan 17th. It turns out that the originals are missing and although the vendors have copies of the deeds, the property was not registered with Land Registry.

In an ideal world: copy of the grant of probate will satisfy LR and they will be granted full rights and will be able to sell it to me.

My worry: that LR will only grant possessory title requiring further application.

My conveyancer doesn't seem to be worried by this (well, they haven't been in touch to tell me this is a problem) so I guess they expect them to be granted full title.

If only possessory title is granted what does that mean for me? does it mean that for the next ten years after I purchase it someone could, potentially, appear out of the woodwork with the title deeds and create a costly problem?

EDIT: Just found a forum post talking about this which has answered my question with "yes, very unlikely and the vendor should take insurance against it"