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Vendor pushing for an early exchange
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MarcusAurelius wrote: »Sounded more like a threat as the vendors came back with a message like "just FYI we want you to complete 2 weeks earlier than the agents told you, and now you don't have time to do a local authority search, just do a personal one". That was the message. !!!!!! really?
So, it didn't come through the estate agent.MarcusAurelius wrote: »No, never met them. They chose to avoid any and all contact altogether.
Both solicitors have been responsive so far.
And it wasn't direct from the vendor. So that only leaves the solicitor, who I struggle to believe would pass on a message like that and would also have told the vendors that he was legally obligated to carry out the searches.0 -
???? Really!!!!
In your position, I would be wondering what they have to hide and I would be choosing between one of these 2 responses- I'll do whatever searches are necessary. They will take as long as they take and if you don't like it, you'll have to lump it.
- OK, if you don't want me to do LA searches, I am wondering what you are hiding. But I ain't buying your house to find out.
I agree. Your solicitor may not be prepared to do personal searches instead of proper ones, because the lender is unlikely to be satisfied by that.
The average time for completion is approx. 12 weeks. Setting an enforceable deadline of half that is ambitious and probably unrealistic.0 -
Why would you not want to complete as soon as possible? Some acquaintances are selling a house with no onward chain and have found a buyer who is renting and has mortgage ducks in a row - as far as both parties are concerned, the quicker the better!
I want all searches to be done properly, however my solicitor seems to be on the vendors' side and also pushing me for partial and quick searches with rest to be covered by insurance policies. I am not comfortable with that!
Already found gaps in the searches by browsing the planningg section on the council's website.
Btw, I do not risk HS2 in my garden as I don't have one: it's a flat in a fairly large block. If anything happens we all go down
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