The NEW waiting to exchange thread...

AnnexeRegular

I don't know whether to laugh or cry at this. My solicitor raised a load of enquiries at the start of May which the vendors solicitor still hasn't answered to a satisfactory level, despite repeated chasing from the EA and my solicitor. Today they emailed my solicitor giving us a weeks notice that if we haven't completed before June 29th the vendor will pull out! Given the vendors solicitor STILL hasn't even answered the enquiries, this is baffling. I am ready to complete here! I suspect the vendors solicitor is not telling the vendor the entire story as they have repeatedly told fibs to the EA about having answered enquiries when they have sent nothing to my solicitor.

This date has never been mentioned before, and i'm a FTB, below the stamp duty threshold, buying an empty flat with no chain (that has been mentioned).

I'm so fed up right now.

BountyBlink

@NotHydra oh no... did you get it resolved?? 

BountyBlink

AnnexeRegular said:

I don't know whether to laugh or cry at this. My solicitor raised a load of enquiries at the start of May which the vendors solicitor still hasn't answered to a satisfactory level, despite repeated chasing from the EA and my solicitor. Today they emailed my solicitor giving us a weeks notice that if we haven't completed before June 29th the vendor will pull out! Given the vendors solicitor STILL hasn't even answered the enquiries, this is baffling. I am ready to complete here! I suspect the vendors solicitor is not telling the vendor the entire story as they have repeatedly told fibs to the EA about having answered enquiries when they have sent nothing to my solicitor.

This date has never been mentioned before, and i'm a FTB, below the stamp duty threshold, buying an empty flat with no chain (that has been mentioned).

I'm so fed up right now.

Oh I would be totally fed up too. What is the overview if the enquires waiting back to be answered by them? You don’t have to go into detail... 

BountyBlink

Reddington85 said:

I feel the pain of others with their Solicitor. I feel like I'm a pest (an uneducated pest at that!) which is a strange feeling.

I dread seeing my EA's name pop up - truly dread it. I think I'm conditioned to the worst happening. I just want to get going now

Last week I told my vendors agent to email me with the reason I need to call them rather than call for this very reason. My nerves couldn’t take it... 

BountyBlink

CLJ2986 said:

Vkz said:

CLJ2986 said:

Vkz said:

@laura_lau Yep and he’s quite a placid person. 

He only wanted a response to an email he sent a week prior asking if she had started the searches they discussed and how he was to pay because she never sent anything and she bit his head off “I’m busy - you’re not my only client you know” was what came out from her mouth apparently according to him. 

Which is why I’m surfing the web for time scales from you all.  

I’m going to wait until after the 30th of June for all the Stamp duty cases to be prioritised, then I’m really going to start chasing 😆. 

I thought about waiting until next week but I want to complete by 9th July now and don't want to risk leaving it so late. I'm going to call again... wish me luck 🤣

Good Luck 🤞 xxx

Still no answer. I've tried 3 times today. Frustration kicked in and I sent an email to the EA instead. Back at the end of April we asked if 14th June was realistic and we're told it was "probably do-able" here we are over a week past that date and still none the wiser as to when it will be! 

Are you local to the agent? If so knock on their door, it’s awkward but at least you can get further with them and I found they didn’t want me “popping by unannounced again” so always got back to me promptly 🤣

BountyBlink

metalloz said:

I've been following this thread religiously, especially since I had an offer on a property accepted by the vendor mid last week (FTB).

I've been told by the EA I need to have submitted the mortgage application, started solicitor searches and paid for a survey all within 8 working days otherwise they will consider putting it back on the market. This seems a little unfair? I have applied for my mortgage and want to wait for the outcome of the valuation, which I should get back next week before spending any more money (£1k+ for searches/survey)

Does this just seem like a pressure tactic or is it quite usual?

Oh this would get on my wick right from
the start. Micromanaging the start would get right on my nerves 

My reply would be 

dear “agent”

Solicitor instructed, mortgage application in-train. 

Survey will be instructed in due course.  

Regards 

CLJ2986

BountyBlink said:

CLJ2986 said:

Vkz said:

CLJ2986 said:

Vkz said:

@laura_lau Yep and he’s quite a placid person. 

He only wanted a response to an email he sent a week prior asking if she had started the searches they discussed and how he was to pay because she never sent anything and she bit his head off “I’m busy - you’re not my only client you know” was what came out from her mouth apparently according to him. 

Which is why I’m surfing the web for time scales from you all.  

I’m going to wait until after the 30th of June for all the Stamp duty cases to be prioritised, then I’m really going to start chasing 😆. 

I thought about waiting until next week but I want to complete by 9th July now and don't want to risk leaving it so late. I'm going to call again... wish me luck 🤣

Good Luck 🤞 xxx

Still no answer. I've tried 3 times today. Frustration kicked in and I sent an email to the EA instead. Back at the end of April we asked if 14th June was realistic and we're told it was "probably do-able" here we are over a week past that date and still none the wiser as to when it will be! 

Are you local to the agent? If so knock on their door, it’s awkward but at least you can get further with them and I found they didn’t want me “popping by unannounced again” so always got back to me promptly 🤣

They aren't too far away, I might give this a go. She did email me back 2 hours later saying there was no news today but she would see what she could do. I mentioned the enquiries and asked if she has spoken to the vendor/my solicitor/ their solicitor as we really need to think about removals etc. If I haven't heard from anyone by lunchtime tomorrow I'll have to be a big girl and ring them both until someone can give me an actual update 🤣

BountyBlink

justwanttomove said:

I've now had 3 days with no-one responding to me. I'm a complete overthinker so now I think something bad is going to happen. My solicitor is normally excellent at responding but I haven't had an update from her, we also asked if we could potentially ask the question to our sellers if they would break the chain so we can complete buy the end of June and we would pay for their removals and storage for a month or so until their purchase goes through and no response to that either. I emailed the EA to get another viewing round our purchased house as we haven't seen it in 14 weeks and no reply from them either.I am so unbelievably fed up. I have a new job looming which I had to take and we really want to start trying for baby number 2 but this house move is taking foreverrrrr!

Oh bless you, I hope you got some kind of meaningful reply from agent/solicitor today... hold on in there... and if you are panicking just send another email to chase... 

BountyBlink

laura_lau said:

So many people expecting to exchange today, this is amazing! Fingers crossed it happens smoothly for everybody!
Don't really know if it's an update, but I've called the agent and they said the documents from property management, according to the seller's solicitor, have arrived, so it's just a matter of lender confirming they will be releasing funds in 5 days and, of course, of the solicitors doing their bit in time. She said her colleague emailed both solicitors today as they were kind of expecting to exchange today. Not holding my breath, as I haven't heard anything from my solicitor, but let's call it a glimmer of hope!

Been thinking about you all day hoping for some good news from you... what’s the current  update? 

NotHydra

BountyBlink said:

@NotHydra oh no... did you get it resolved?? 

Broker forwarded email from lender because lender could not get a hold of conveyancer

I then emailed conveyancer + head of conveyancing.

No one got a response