How to slow down the process ???!!!

lottee

Our house is up for sale at the mo, & it looks like we are close on receiving an offer. Our agent called this morning asking if we had arranged a solicitor yet, & if not said they recommend their own in-house one - which the buyer of our property will also be using. Our (potential) buyer has said they want to be hopefully completed by the end of May, (as that's what their buyer wants) but we were hoping more like the end of June. (we are the 'end' of the chain, FTB buying their house)

My question is... If I use a different solicitor - will this slow down the process? Or, if I do use their recommended solicitor, is everything I say to them confidential - & can I tell them to take their time? Is there any other way of 'dragging' the process a little longer? (Does it cost more the longer it takes also?)

First time sellers, so completely CLUELESS!

I appreciate most people will think I'm mad, & this is probably what most people dread!

Any suggestions???

WaveyDave_2

Have you asked if they'd mind being done by end of June? I'd be a bit cheesed off if I'd made it clear that I wanted May, and found out my vendor was dragging their heels. On the other hand, if you're up front, you might find they're very willing to wait until June.

Do you have a place lined up, or are you looking?

djm1972

Using a different solicitor would probably slow the process down slightly as there will be overnight delays on communication between them.

However my sale & purchase is doing a perfectly good job of slowing itself down and nothing could be better than if we all had the same solicitor at the moment!

lottee

WaveyDave wrote: »

Have you asked if they'd mind being done by end of June? I'd be a bit cheesed off if I'd made it clear that I wanted May, and found out my vendor was dragging their heels. On the other hand, if you're up front, you might find they're very willing to wait until June.

Do you have a place lined up, or are you looking?

Understand what you're saying Dave, but could they find out that it's taking longer because of us?

I think it's actually their buyer that wants a quick completion, but you're right, there is no harm in asking/suggesting a later date.

We are moving overseas, hence the longer it takes complete - the less time we will have to stay with oh's family !! We were anticpating late June / early July, & thought the house would take that long to sell. Although I'm aware that things sometimes 'naturally' slow down.

djm1972, swap places??!!

WaveyDave_2

lottee wrote: »

Understand what you're saying Dave, but could they find out that it's taking longer because of us?

I think it's actually their buyer that wants a quick completion, but you're right, there is no harm in asking/suggesting a later date.

We are moving overseas, hence the longer it takes complete - the less time we will have to stay with oh's family !! We were anticpating late June / early July, & thought the house would take that long to sell. Although I'm aware that things sometimes 'naturally' slow down.

djm1972, swap places??!!

tbh, I think they'd be very unreasonable to not consider a later date based on what you've said. Maybe you could exchange contracts but just complete later?

I found that solicitors all blame each other when the going is slow, but if your solicitor is slowing things down on purpose, I'd imagine it will be pretty obvious to the other solicitors, it might bring a bit of flack your way!

olly300

Agree with your buyers a rough completion date and then stick to it i.e. don't move the date by more than a week.

I found a flat I wanted to buy and wanted a later completion date. I discovered sellers also wanted a later completion date when I was viewing for the first time. On the second viewing when I made it clear I was going to put an offer in as there was no chain we both agreed on a rough date together. (I didn't pay full asking price.)

We then both told the estate agent individually our agreed completion date. I did my survey and then delayed doing my searches for a month. I had checked out the area and block of flats myself before putting in an offer and found no problems.

The estate agent wasn't happy and though he tried to hassle us we both stuck to our guns, but the solicitors didn't seem that bothered. I think it made it easier that we were up front about it.

MJMum

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