We’d like to remind Forumites to please avoid political debate on the Forum.

This is to keep it a safe and useful space for MoneySaving discussions. Threads that are – or become – political in nature may be removed in line with the Forum’s rules. Thank you for your understanding.

PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING: Hello Forumites! In order to help keep the Forum a useful, safe and friendly place for our users, discussions around non-MoneySaving matters are not permitted per the Forum rules. While we understand that mentioning house prices may sometimes be relevant to a user's specific MoneySaving situation, we ask that you please avoid veering into broad, general debates about the market, the economy and politics, as these can unfortunately lead to abusive or hateful behaviour. Threads that are found to have derailed into wider discussions may be removed. Users who repeatedly disregard this may have their Forum account banned. Please also avoid posting personally identifiable information, including links to your own online property listing which may reveal your address. Thank you for your understanding.

📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!

Is it normal for a solicitor not to reply or return calls ?

WorriedFTB_2 · 2016-03-25 10:05:35

We received a text at 4am this morning from the vendor asking us to sort our solicitor out . The vendor said "this is dragging now " . The reason being , the vendor has moved (his own decision ) he is now paying rent and a mortgage elsewhere so he wants us to hurry things up ... we've been going since Jan. Our solicitor…

Comments

Thrugelmir Posts: 89,546 Forumite

25 March 2016 at 5:51PM

Is your vendor aware that you've only just had your mortgage offer through. Blaming your solicitor sounds not.

Personally I would avoid direct contact with the vendor as fr as possible. Leave it to the professionals to get on with their job.

0