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Making offer at closing

Ran123ran
Ran123ran Posts: 19 Forumite
in House buying, renting & selling
I will be making an offer on a property that is going to closing this Thursday.
My solicitor said she will send it 10 to 15 minutes before closing time.....but am i better off taking physical copy of the offer to the estate agents?

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  • Pixie5740
    Pixie5740 Posts: 14,515 Forumite
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    Is this Scotland? If so taking your offer to the estate agents won't make any difference. Your offer will need to go from your solicitor to the vendor's solicitor.
  • Ran123ran
    Ran123ran Posts: 19 Forumite
    Yes its in scotland....i didnt realise the offers went to vendors solicitors...thanks
  • davidmcn
    davidmcn Posts: 23,596 Forumite
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    Ran123ran wrote: »
    My solicitor said she will send it 10 to 15 minutes before closing time.....but am i better off taking physical copy of the offer to the estate agents?
    No, they'll think you're a weirdo. Leave it to your solicitor.
  • davidmcn
    davidmcn Posts: 23,596 Forumite
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    Pixie5740 wrote: »
    taking your offer to the estate agents won't make any difference. Your offer will need to go from your solicitor to the vendor's solicitor.
    They'll go to whoever they ask them to go to - but in my experience it's rare for estate agents to ask you to send offers directly to their clients' solicitor (assuming the selling agents and the solicitors aren't one and the same). Usually the sellers' solicitor don't get the offer(s) until after an offer's accepted.
  • Pixie5740
    Pixie5740 Posts: 14,515 Forumite
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    edited 16 May 2017 at 9:06PM
    Ah, every time I've bought somewhere the estate agent and solicitor are one in the same.
  • Ran123ran
    Ran123ran Posts: 19 Forumite
    I thought offers would have gone in sealed envelopes so no one can get advantage
  • davidmcn
    davidmcn Posts: 23,596 Forumite
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    Ran123ran wrote: »
    I thought offers would have gone in sealed envelopes so no one can get advantage
    That hasn't happened since the fax machine was invented.
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