WWYD Solicitor exchanged on wrong house!!!!

CBeardsworth

I'm a little bit too annoyed to form decent arguments right now so I need help.

We are buying a house, due to exchange yesterday. Our vendors are selling two houses, mine (an empty rental with no chain), their house (house they live in, has a chain. that is not yet complete). Same solicitor dealing with both house sales, has been relatively useless throughout but today she's taken the biscuit. Yesterday she exchanged on the WRONG HOUSE!!!! So on Wednesday, when we were supposed to be completing, they are going to be homeless and have said that they are now going to move into the house (not even in the same city as the other house) we are buying until their chain is complete. Having not exchanged yet due to their tool of a solicitor I know that legally we can't do much. How do you suggest I hit the fan?

Our situation is that we will be homeless too on the 31st of this month (currently in rented) but we haven't booked any movers because we aren't moving far and were going to do it gradually after decorating. Personally I think that their solicitor should be paying for somewhere for them to live in the meantime instead of mucking up our house purchase. Any suggestions?

Pixie5740

I'm slightly confused. Are you using the same solicitor as your vendor?

If you are renting why will you be homeless come 1st February?

Bluebirdman_of_Alcathays

I suggest you explain to your solicitor how important this is, and get them to apply as much pressure as possible. That is what you're paying them for!

CBeardsworth

Pixie5740 wrote: »

I'm slightly confused. Are you using the same solicitor as your vendor? No, my solicitor is just dealing with my purchase. Their solicitor is dealing with the sale of the house I am buying, the sale of the house that the vendor currently lives in and I assume his onward purchase too.

If you are renting why will you be homeless come 1st February?

We have already given our notice in because contracts were signed and we were ready with no chain.

Nick_C

Did you sign a contract to buy the wrong house?

david1951

Sorry just to clarify as I'm not sure this makes sense:

House #1 - currently empty; you are due to buy this but haven't yet exchanged contracts

House #2 - currently lived in by vendor; selling to a third party; meant to exchange, but contract listed house #1 instead

If no transaction has completed (i.e., no exchange of contracts) on house #2, why is the vendor homeless?

In any case, if you haven't exchanged contracts, there isn't much you can do other than threaten to pull out.

Maybe I'm missing something..

sparky130a

cbeardsworth wrote: »

i'm a little bit too annoyed to form decent arguments right now so i need help.

We are buying a house, due to exchange yesterday. Our vendors are selling two houses, mine (an empty rental with no chain), their house (house they live in, has a chain. That is not yet complete). Same solicitor dealing with both house sales, has been relatively useless throughout but today she's taken the biscuit. Yesterday she exchanged on the wrong house!!!! So on wednesday, when we were supposed to be completing, they are going to be homeless and have said that they are now going to move into the house (not even in the same city as the other house) we are buying until their chain is complete. Having not exchanged yet due to their tool of a solicitor i know that legally we can't do much. How do you suggest i hit the fan?

Our situation is that we will be homeless too on the 31st of this month (currently in rented) but we haven't booked any movers because we aren't moving far and were going to do it gradually after decorating. Personally i think that their solicitor should be paying for somewhere for them to live in the meantime instead of mucking up our house purchase. Any suggestions?

wtff?! ....

CBeardsworth

david1951 wrote: »

Sorry just to clarify as I'm not sure this makes sense:

House #1 - currently empty; you are due to buy this but haven't yet exchanged contracts Correct, exchange was supposed to be yesterday but solicitor exchanged on house 2 instead.

House #2 - currently lived in by vendor; selling to a third party; NOT meant to exchange, but contract listed house #1 instead No listings were wrong, contracts were exchanged for this house when onward purchase for vendor not ready

If no transaction has completed on house #2, why is the vendor homeless? His buyer moving into his house when he has no house to move into, apart from a 'convenient' rental property in a different city that has not yet exchanged due to an error,

If you haven't exchanged contracts, there isn't much you can do other than threaten to pull out.

Maybe I'm missing something..

I hope that makes more sense.

CBeardsworth

Nick_C wrote: »

Did you sign a contract to buy the wrong house?

No, we signed the contract on our house, it just hasn't exchanged as planned as the vendor has decided to move into it for x amount of time until the chain on the house he currently lives in completes. The vendor's other house sales/purchases had nothing to do with us until today.

david1951

CBeardsworth wrote: »

I hope that makes more sense.

So basically the exchange of contracts for House #2 happened prematurely (or so you are led to believe).

Personally I can't see how this would happen - the solicitor for the third party would surely question why they are exchanging contracts early if they were not due to do this. This must have been deliberate.

Could it be that the vendor is having problems with the house they are purchasing, and need an excuse to move into the empty property?

CBeardsworth

david1951 wrote: »

So basically the exchange of contracts for House #2 happened prematurely (or so you are led to believe).

Personally I can't see how this would happen - the solicitor for the third party would surely question why they are exchanging contracts early if they were not due to do this. This must have been deliberate.

Could it be that the vendor is having problems with the house they are purchasing, and need an excuse to move into the empty property?

I believe the buyers of house 2 were ready and therefore didn't question it. The onward purchase is not ready.