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House buying legal documents
LaineyC
Posts: 3 Newbie
I never received a copy of my purchase contract (signed or unsigned) following completion of my house purchase. The solicitor says they were not required to provide a copy of this document as part of the purchase process documentation. Is this right? They now want £42 from me to get the paperwork out of storage.
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Depends what your contract with the solicitor says, but typically the contracts are not provided as standard (ie there is no legal requirement for them to do so)0
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Is there some disagreement over what it contains, or did you just want it for posterity?
The contract has been fulfilled - you've purchased the property. The contract itself is not the primary record of what you've purchased - that's the LR registration. If that records correctly what you thought you were buying, does the contract add anything?0 -
I'm in dispute with the builders and they keep quoting clauses and sections of the contract, but I can't respond as I don't have a copy to refer to.0
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Ask them for a copy?I'm in dispute with the builders and they keep quoting clauses and sections of the contract, but I can't respond as I don't have a copy to refer to.
(and/or ask your solicitors how they justify £42 - I've never encountered solicitors making that sort of charge unless there's a significant amount of photocopying/scanning/postage involved - it ought to involve no more than emailing you a pdf)0 -
I've asked for a copy, but they said they need the £42 fee to get the papers out of storage. They also don't have an electronic copy, just the hard copy file in storage.0
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Personally, I'd want to get all the original documents myself rather than leaving them with the solicitors.
You could ask the builders for a copy of the contract if they are quoting from it. Otherwise you may need to pay the £42.0 -
It's likely that the sale contract itself is fairly standard - even for a new build, which I presume this is.I'm in dispute with the builders and they keep quoting clauses and sections of the contract, but I can't respond as I don't have a copy to refer to.
What's the actual dispute, and what are they quoting to you?0
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