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our offer's been accepted, what's next
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"Solicitor: A friend of mine recommended a solicitor, talked to them gave the details and agreed for the fee (£1750)"
Recommendation or not you can half this figure, that is an absolute joke of an amount for a simple purchase.0 -
london.cidade wrote: »Finally, our offer has been accepted...
1) Solicitor: A friend of mine recommended a solicitor, talked to them gave the details and agreed for the fee (£1750)
2) Mortgage: (160k) Talked to Natwest, they're very keen to lend the money and promised to finish all less than two weeks. we will talk HSBC tomorrow, and go for the lower-one.
3) EA: I asked for a formal acceptance letter. he'll be sending today.
FTB here, any advice, please? I can speed up the bank and searches, what to do more? Although the vendor declared they are not part of a chain, I will ask my solicitor if we can ask the vendor to commit a completion day, like 2 months(they are aware of our 2 months request). I want to finish the purchase process ASAP.
thank you all
I'm in the same process as you but a 6 weeks ahead.
we used a financial advisor who has been brilliant.
Just had our survey back today. Got a homebuyers report. Recommend looking into the surveyors as we had a house purchase fall through and the survey company was naff.
Solicitors fees seem expensive but this may be down to location. I'm in Manchester and they are £949.
Survey fee was £240 but that was using the mortgage lenders surveyors.
our closing date is in three weeks.
our mortgage lender is the post office and they seem pretty on the ball.0 -
"Solicitor: A friend of mine recommended a solicitor, talked to them gave the details and agreed for the fee (£1750)"
Recommendation or not you can half this figure, that is an absolute joke of an amount for a simple purchase.
yes I am aware of that. it is a bit overpriced. but this is my first purchase in the uk, and I want to work with a reliable solicitor.0 -
london.cidade wrote: »yes I am aware of that. it is a bit overpriced. but this is my first purchase in the uk, and I want to work with a reliable solicitor.
Are they on your lender's panel?!
Jx2024 wins: *must start comping again!*0 -
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london.cidade wrote: »reliable solicitor.
I have not met one of those in all my purchases.0
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