Pen notes and Name spelt wrong on my house contract!?

Percent

Yesterday I was sent a house contract from my solicitor. I was asked to sign it and return it to them. However, the contract looks like a photocopy and contains lots of biro notes and even my sir name is spelt wrong. In some instances words have been scribbled out and new notes have been added.

I questioned my solicitor about this and they just said change your name, sign it and send it back.

Is this normal!? legal?!

Thanks

Percent

bumperrrrr

lisa110rry

Absolutely appalling. A clean copy should be made.

As an absolute minimum any amendments to contract should be initialed by the parties.

G_M

Very common these days. Initial any changes you make.

Is your knighthood inherited or earned?

Percent

G_M wrote: »

Is your knighthood inherited or earned?

What does that even mean dom?

kingstreet

Surname, not sir name.

Attempted humour, I expect.

agrinnall

Percent wrote: »

What does that even mean dom?

Does this mean that part of G_M's real name is actually "dom"? And how does the OP know? I think we should be told!

G_M

and I thought I had secrets............

Richard_Webster

Not easy to make a clean copy because it would have been supplied by the seller's solicitors.

Normal practice is for buyer's solicitor to send it back to seller's solicitor with the amendments and names written in and to ask for a clean copy embodying all the alterations. if the seller's solicitors are too lazy to do this there's not alot buyer's solictor can do.