advice on buying a house with a trust fund involved

apurplemind

OH and I put an offer on a property back in July. Survey had been done,mortgage is in place and we have instructed solicited for the searches. As I had not got the contract etc yet I chased my sol who said they keep chasing vendors sol.I decided to ask the estate agent if they knew anything (it's an old lady who is going to live with family and I was worried she had died!),they have told me that she sold the property to he daughter and out into a trust and they are awaiting the trust's agreement to sell.
Anyone any idea what we can do to speed it as they have had two month to sort this out? I don't want to loose the house,but have thought of asking for reduction for delay (survey valued it a £5k less than offer as needs a bit of work), or do I just have to keep pushing agents and solicitors?

AdrianC

Keep pushing, but there's probably several people who all have to think about it and agree. Yes, they should have sorted that out earlier.

If you think there's scope or justification for a reduction, do that separately. Don't muddy the waters by mixing the two together.