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Ok to directly contact sellers solicitor?
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tb440167
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Quick back story,
We were "supposed" to exchange last week.
We signed our contracts on Monday, then our solicitor spoke to the sellers' and they agreed time scale and sellers solicitor suggested it should be in "a day or so", so we paid our 10% to our solicitor and waited.
Nothing. Our solicitor had heard nothing on the Friday and had not had a call back.
We rang estate agent on Friday, but the person dealing with our purchase was out of office.
We're clearly a bit miffed about it all, and a little frustrated (we need to give tenancy notice to our rented soon) :mad:
Is it out of order to contact the sellers solicitor directly?
We were "supposed" to exchange last week.
We signed our contracts on Monday, then our solicitor spoke to the sellers' and they agreed time scale and sellers solicitor suggested it should be in "a day or so", so we paid our 10% to our solicitor and waited.
Nothing. Our solicitor had heard nothing on the Friday and had not had a call back.
We rang estate agent on Friday, but the person dealing with our purchase was out of office.
We're clearly a bit miffed about it all, and a little frustrated (we need to give tenancy notice to our rented soon) :mad:
Is it out of order to contact the sellers solicitor directly?
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I don't think you should. You've contacted your solicitor and the EA both of whom do deal directly with the other party's solicitor. They should be doing it for you.0
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I doubt they would talk to you, you are not their client.
I would spend the time chasing your solicitor and get them to push the sellers solicitorHouse Buying Tracker:
Offer Accepted: 8th March Mortgage Application: 8th March Survey Completed: 20th March Survey Report: 22nd March Mortgage Offer: 26th March Exchange: 25th April Completion 22nd May - 11 Weeks0 -
They won't talk to you because you are not their client. You need to ask your solicitor if they can find out from the other side what the hold up is."Put the kettle on Turkish, lets have a nice cup of tea.....no sugars for me.....I'm sweet enough"0
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There is no law that says you cant contact them.
You probably wont get much more than your solicitor is getting but its worth a bash, why not?
You dont get if you dont ask - thats my take on things.I am a Mortgage AdviserYou should note that this site doesn't check my status as a mortgage adviser, so you need to take my word for it. This signature is here as I follow MSE's Mortgage Adviser Code of Conduct. Any posts on here are for information and discussion purposes only and shouldn't be seen as financial advice.0 -
Cheers for the advice.
Sounds like I'll leave it and just chase our solicitor & EA.0 -
Cheers for the advice.
Sounds like I'll leave it and just chase our solicitor & EA.
Contact the seller directly and ask what the hold up is.
Using 3rd parties means you will not get information quickly.I'm not cynical I'm realistic
(If a link I give opens pop ups I won't know I don't use windows)0
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