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Serving notice

Sophie.s..
Sophie.s.. Posts: 2 Newbie
in Mortgages & endowments
Any advice would be apreciated ! :)
I recently bought my first house in Dec , I had the keys in my hand but the vendors where still moving out . I had a removal van waiting , wages lost due to moving house , wasted fuel etc . I was advised by my solicitor to serve notice which meant any money lost I could claim back . After gathering reciepts and a formal letter from my employer to say how much I lost out etc , my solictor forwaded me an email from the vendors solicitors saying they would not be paying back any costs . My solicitor basically did not want to help me anymore and advised me taking this case to a small claims would cost me more in the long run . Has anybody had this happen if so is it worth the hassle over the principal. ?? Thanks in advance any help on this
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  • csgohan4
    csgohan4 Posts: 10,602 Forumite
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    how much have you lost?

    Did they move out on the day of completion?
    "It is prudent when shopping for something important, not to limit yourself to Pound land/Estate Agents"

    G_M/ Bowlhead99 RIP
  • kingstreet
    kingstreet Posts: 39,439 Forumite
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    You serve notice to complete if they fail to complete on completion day.

    How many days are we saying they failed to honour the contract?
    I am a mortgage broker. You should note that this site doesn't check my status as a Mortgage Adviser, so you need to take my word for it. This signature is here as I follow MSE's Mortgage Adviser Code of Conduct. Any posts on here are for information and discussion purposes only and shouldn't be seen as financial advice. Please do not send PMs asking for one-to-one-advice, or representation.
  • McKneff
    McKneff Posts: 38,857 Forumite
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    Are you talking a couple of hours and a few litres of diesel.
    make the most of it, we are only here for the weekend.
    and we will never, ever return.
  • Sophie.s..
    Sophie.s.. Posts: 2 Newbie
    Around £400 and they were out the house by 6pm tha night which of course was dark and we couldnt do much
  • tykesi
    tykesi Posts: 2,061 Forumite
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    Were there no lights in the new house?
  • Thrugelmir
    Thrugelmir Posts: 89,546 Forumite
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    At what time were contracts exchanged and you collected the keys?
  • mrginge
    mrginge Posts: 4,843 Forumite
    Sophie.s.. wrote: »
    Around £400 and they were out the house by 6pm tha night which of course was dark and we couldnt do much

    So they moved out on the day you asked them to.
  • Guest101
    Guest101 Posts: 15,764 Forumite
    Surely this is a wind up. 6pm is too late to do anything?? So you slept in the vans?
  • davidmcn
    davidmcn Posts: 23,596 Forumite
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    I can see it being a bit irritating to be completing later in the day than expected, but it is still completion on the correct day. I've never seen a condition about there needing to be a certain amount of daylight!
  • Harryp_24
    Harryp_24 Posts: 172 Forumite
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    Sophie.s.. wrote: »
    Around £400 and they were out the house by 6pm tha night which of course was dark and we couldnt do much


    :rotfl:

    completes on stated day. wants money back. :naughty:
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