The NEW waiting to exchange thread...

Thrugelmir

Cookie211 said:

How often should u email your solicitor, I emailed 2days ago about the grant of probate, solicitor said she will chase other side and still haven’t heard anything, just want to know if sellers solicitor have now received grant from probate solicitor and we can start moving forward 

Probably better addressing this question through the estate agent. Shorten the line of communication. 

Thrugelmir

Martian2035 said:

Our solicitor has set a deadline for the end of today for the top of the chain to agree to our completion date next week.

To be honest I have almost zero confidence in their ability to do anything right, and I fully expect them to just ignore the deadline like they have everything else. Very tempted to pull out completely if they can't do this.

Not the solicitor that agrees the completion date. It's their clients. Everybody has their own agenda. Wasting time is a way of people getting their own way. 

WorriedKirkels

DeletedUser said:

Ok how long does answering on enquiries take 
they went to our purchaser solicitors today
(new build)
with the basic enquiries for right of ways house number etc

Unfortunately there isn't a set timescale.  Some can come back quickly, overs could take weeks.  If they are straight forward a few days if the person is proactive.  My solicitor sent 3 simple enquiries on 30 July and they still haven't had a response.  Our vendors say they have responded to their solicitor but they are now on holiday.  So frustrating!

Martian2035

Thrugelmir said:

Martian2035 said:

Our solicitor has set a deadline for the end of today for the top of the chain to agree to our completion date next week.

To be honest I have almost zero confidence in their ability to do anything right, and I fully expect them to just ignore the deadline like they have everything else. Very tempted to pull out completely if they can't do this.

Not the solicitor that agrees the completion date. It's their clients. Everybody has their own agenda. Wasting time is a way of people getting their own way. 

In this case it really does seem that it is the solicitor. All the clients have agreed, but the solicitor has been incredibly slow at dealing with some long-running issues - particularly one which was entirely caused by the solicitor - and generally very poor at communication. We've already missed agreed dates because of the solicitor. Question now is whether they can act quickly enough to meet our tight timeframe.

We've been told that they have agreed to it, but not received anything direct from our solicitor yet which is the point I'll start to feel a little calmer.

[Deleted User]

I can see exchanging end of august slipping away and i really needed to 

WorriedKirkels

So last day of the week and praying that we get some sort of update today about our buyers position plus whether my solicitors have received the responses to final enquiries 🙏 

Everyone agreed to a date 3 weeks from now to complete / move several months ago so I just want to get to exchange so that I can start sorting utilities, mail redirection and school arrangements for the boys 😬 x

Cookie211

good luck everyone today, I really hope we hear something  today as I have been so cheesed off the last couple of days, going to keep myself busy this morning and try not to look at my phone lol 🤞🤞🤞I found out probate was granted a weeks ago today and still no progress 🤯🤯 

baileykxo

Getting super nervous now! Exchange hasn’t happened yet and we’re due to complete in a week!! Provided no reassurance or updates as they won’t even reply to my emails or call me back anymore. First time buyer nervous are going crazy rn haha 

E_D_FTB

@baileykxo - oh no! Fingers crossed you'll hear something today and you can relax a bit.

WorriedKirkels

baileykxo said:

Getting super nervous now! Exchange hasn’t happened yet and we’re due to complete in a week!! Provided no reassurance or updates as they won’t even reply to my emails or call me back anymore. First time buyer nervous are going crazy rn haha 

Good luck today, got everything crossed for you🤞x