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should i contact vendors solicitors?

koksrob
koksrob Posts: 88 Forumite
in House buying, renting & selling
Currently i have been talking directly to my solicitors and when i have been chasing the vendors solicitors i have been going through the estate agent.

I need things to move ASAP, is it the done thing to help with the productivity to calling the vendors solicitors straight?
(im waiting for them to answer a query)

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  • Doozergirl
    Doozergirl Posts: 34,082 Forumite
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    It is not the done thing. Most solicitors would direct you straight back to your own solicitor. :o

    Just give the EA a kick on a regular basis. If you can be annoying enough they will push the sale through just to see the back of you!
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  • mr.broderick
    mr.broderick Posts: 3,778 Forumite
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    Doozergirl wrote: »
    It is not the done thing. Most solicitors would direct you straight back to your own solicitor. :o

    Just give the EA a kick on a regular basis. If you can be annoying enough they will push the sale through just to see the back of you!

    I get the impression you could be very annoying...:A
  • Doozergirl
    Doozergirl Posts: 34,082 Forumite
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    Wrathful, mr. b
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  • david29dpo
    david29dpo Posts: 3,986 Forumite
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    correct. most if not all solicitors will not entertain calls from the other side. and i dont mean the empire!
  • koksrob
    koksrob Posts: 88 Forumite
    thats what i thought. and yes im being very annoying to the Estate agent...she has even basically told me so :).
    thought i would try and cut out the middle man.
    thanks anyway
  • Parallel_Universe
    Parallel_Universe Posts: 244 Forumite
    I don't blame you for thinking of it though, I would want to be chasing the "other sides" solicitors if they were being too slow!

    Let the EA find out just how annoying you can be ;)
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  • RabbitMad
    RabbitMad Posts: 2,069 Forumite
    You can always ask your solicitors to speak to the other side.

    That's what I did recently when I felt the buyers solicitors were fobbing the EA off as I felt they were more likely to be honest with another solicitor (professional courtesy etc)
  • olly300
    olly300 Posts: 14,738 Forumite
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    OP remember the EA doesn't get paid until completion and they work on commission.

    As they want their money too I wouldn't worry about them harassing both sides solicitors.
    I'm not cynical I'm realistic :p

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