Can I can incur the cost from solicitors

CampNou

Hi All,
I need some advise here.
I have submitted all necessary docs to my solicitors on 18th Nov 2014 in order to do searches, conveyancing & complete the sale. They have done necessary & forwarded inquires to Seller’s Solicitor to find out & reply. Meantime I have already signed my side of the contract & we were ready for the completion but some of the inquires have not been submitted yet. My issue is that I have given 2 months noticed to my current landlord & have to leave by 31 January. Now I have to find a temporary accommodation & place to store my belongings & it cost lot of money.

Is there any way that I can incur this cost from solicitors end ?

Thanks in advance.

princeofpounds

No. The normal practice is not to give notice on a rental until you have exchanged. This is your fault.

Of course you can always try to lower your offer anyway, but that might cause the whole deal to break apart.

G_M

No.

You have been very rash in giving notice on your tenancy before you have Exchanged Contracts on your purchase. What if the purchase falls through completely? Or is delayed?

And are you sure you needed to give 2 months notice? Describe your tenancy, with dates, and any relevant clauses in the ontract.

m0bov

Your seller may yet pull out or ask for more money.

agrinnall

CampNou wrote: »

My issue is that I have given 2 months noticed to my current landlord & have to leave by 31 January.

No you don't.

Hoploz

Perhaps you could come to an agreement with your LL?

G_M

=agrinnall;67561615]No you don't.

Assuming tenant has a periodic tenancy and has given a valid NTQ, yes he does, unless the landlord agrees otherwise.

If he does not move out, LL can charge double rent and seek court order for possession from a 'tresspasser'.

( as per the link artful supplied in this thread here!)

SerialRenter

G_M is right, as it's the tenant thats given the notice to quit, not the landlord issuing a notice to seek possession then double rent will be due.

However, Landlords are people, and you could always ask to mutually end the tenancy on another date. If they don't already have another tenant lined up i'm sure they'd be happy to fill the tenancy void.
Just make sure you put everything in writing.

TBagpuss

I assume you mean can you recover the cost from the solicitor, and as others have said, the answer is no.

If you have not already done so, speak to your solicitor or conveyancer and ask them to chase the other side, try to get a realistic time scale from them (bearing in mind that nothing is set until you have actually exchanged contracts)

Your best bet is to speak to your landlord and see whether they will agree to you staying a bit longer.

agrinnall

G_M wrote: »

Assuming tenant has a periodic tenancy and has given a valid NTQ, yes he does, unless the landlord agrees otherwise.

If he does not move out, LL can charge double rent and seek court order for possession from a 'tresspasser'.

( as per the link artful supplied in this thread here!)

SerialRenter wrote: »

G_M is right, as it's the tenant thats given the notice to quit, not the landlord issuing a notice to seek possession then double rent will be due.

However, Landlords are people, and you could always ask to mutually end the tenancy on another date. If they don't already have another tenant lined up i'm sure they'd be happy to fill the tenancy void.
Just make sure you put everything in writing.

Sorry, I'm so used to people leaving at the LLs request that I didn't think about the other way round.

CampNou

Now the situation terrifying. My conveyancer & solicitors were waiting for s106 planning permission doc from sellers end (which actually to obtained from the council) for few days & they supplied it yesterday morning. Then I followed this up with my solicitors but they said conveyancer off for the day & have to look at tomorrow. Then I got a another email from seller’s agent & he said sellers property valuation is about to expire on the same day(which means yesterday), therefore we have to do the exchange on the same day. I informed my solicitors but they said they can’t help. Seller’s agent told me they have asked for an extension of valuation but no reply from building society yet.

I am homeless & in big a trouble now. What direction should I need to take now? If things fall over what options I have?

Thanks All.