The NEW waiting to exchange thread...

Domaco16

Dealing with solicitors can be so frustrating!
Our solicitors, our estate agents, our buyers solicitors and estate agents have been working these past 2 days trying to contact our buyers buyer solicitors to check we are still on with exchange tomorrow that was agreed by everyone last week- honestly just a simple email saying yes would be great- but no- radio silence for 2 days, doesn't look great for tomorrow! 
Our solicitors have been amazing and we would of completed 7 weeks ago if it wasn't for our buyers buyer! 

DO you think after exchange and completion you can send a letter to the crap solicitors saying how rubbish they are and the stress they have caused lol! I know they are busy but I do feel many just take on sooooo many and too many  clients they have so much to do.

trakky14

Hello, joining in the hope that we are hopefully soon going to exchange?!!

Went though this process a year ago and the chain collapsed so we decided to stay put and try again...this time around we're hoping for more luck! 

Chain of 5 I think so not ideal...vendors of our purchase have said they'll break the chain and move out once we are ready our end but who knows...bottom of the chain sounds ready ish....however...every solicitor bar ours seems to be on holiday so goodness knows! Waiting on enquiry responses on our purchase but sale seems good to go (barring any more stupid questions). We'd love to say early to mid September but who knows...its never that straightforward is it?! 🤪

hpsauce86

thelastofman said:

Had a bit of typical “he said/she said”. I spoke to the estate agent legal liaison who chased everyone up and managed to get concrete next steps for everyone… with possible exchange on Monday. Seller needs to sign draft transfer.

Our solicitor emailed end of today saying all enquiries done and completion date agreed and we can exchange tomorrow. Told me to send the deposit over which I did on Monday and they confirmed I did…

So which one is it? Are we exchanging tomorrow or not?

Sometimes I feel I’ve received someone else’s email.

What happens on the actual day of exchange nowadays?

It’s a bit of an anticlimax. Basically the solicitors just read through the contracts over the phone and then let you know it’s done. Nothing really but it’s just the relief that the house is definitely yours! Fingers crossed for today for you! 

SlinkyWeevil

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We can finally join this thread now.  Searches are all done, so just waiting on the vendors solicitors to answer the enquiries.  They insist only on postal contact so please pray for us  . We have emailed the estate agent today and said we would like to complete by 31st August considering this is a no chain purchase of the rental house we’re currently living in.  It’s all dependent on the incompetence of the vendors solicitors (who took 6 weeks to send the draft contracts), but we live in hope! 

Enquiries back, and just received the contract and TR1 form to sign and return.  Name spelt wrong on the contract 🙈, but seems like exchange might be on the horizon! 

Currently waiting for our solicitor to confirm whether they are waiting for anything else from the vendors solicitors, with the exception of their agreeing to a rent refund depending on our completion date.  We’re buying direct from the landlord, so can’t see how they could insist we pay a purchase price and rent on the same house but who knows.  Didn’t fancy letting the sale go through without getting it in writing that we’ll be refunded on a pro rata basis. Just want it to be ours now so we can rip up the rotten decking and get things fixed 😫

Spoke to estate agent today who advised that our solicitor needs to follow up their email in writing to agree a completion date thanks to the absolute ******* the vendors are using insisting that they will only communicate by post.

Completion of 19/08 has been proposed by our solicitors, apparently the vendors are unhappy now it’s dragging on as well as us thanks to their own solicitors insisting on acting like it’s 1850. 

Our solicitor phoned me yesterday to say they’ve responded by email !!!!! To agree completion asap and refund of our rent based on when we complete.  Ours sols hoping for next Friday so keep your fingers crossed!

I might be slightly starting to lose my mind though because I had a dream last night our solicitor had gone on holiday to Portugal and not told us 🤣

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bambi1980_2 said:

Hi everyone - I'm jumping in on the action as we are having a mare with our solicitors re enquiries and that mysterious 'black hole' all the responses keep going down and not arriving! Sorry for long post!

Our Timeline:

19th May - instructed solicitor
20th May - pilot call from conveyancer
25th May - accepted an offer on our property
27th May - had our offer accepted on purchase. 
31st May - all forms and ID completed on conveyancing portal.
18th June - We end up pulling out of our purchase and having an offer accepted on a new property - conveyancer updated with full details.
23rd June - end up having to obtain the memo of sale for our purchase and sending to conveyancer.
23rd June - our buyers still not received draft contract from our side - after much chasing I am told this has been sent over.
27th June - Sent a draft contract with buyer's name spelt wrong. Also sends an invoice with £363 in charges for Land Registry/title documents? When queried an amended one sent with £183 of charges.
Then see an out of office - conveyancer on annual leave (not even told us) until 15th July. Asked who is looking at our case in our absence and no response.
30th June - draft contracts still not received by buyers side (30 days since instruction)
Emailed conveyancer's supervisor but no response.
1st July - portal shows draft contracts been sent to buyers.
5th July - still no draft contracts been received from purchase side 
6th July - mortgage offer received and sent to conveyancer.
7th July - Had to request leasehold management pack myself, pay for it (received within day!) and sent to conveyancer.
11th July - Draft contract chased again for purchase  - when I checked, the memo of sale had incorrect conveyancer details. This was sorted with several calls and emails (from me) If these conveyancers just picked up the phone and rang each other, we would probably have a faster service!
12th July - email from someone saying draft contracts now received for purchase and sent to title checking dept.
13th July - paid for searches, received mortgage deeds, signed and returned in post.
14th July - Email from EA that buyers side sent enquiries over on 11th July and no acknowledgement.
19th July - after numerous emails one enquiry is sent to us to answer and we send this back straight away.
27th July - email from a different conveyancer saying she is now taking over the purchase side of our transaction?
All searches returned but we need a mining search so that is paid for and requested.
28th July - Call from EA - No response to buyers enquiries sent 11th July
29th July - final search back and sent to new conveyancer.
1st August - buying conveyancer reckons she's tried to call other side solicitor re enquiries. Deed transfer and contract sent to us for signing. 
8th August - email from EA again stating the buyers have 19 outstanding enquiries which haven't been answered!
9th August - Call from EA re same - I ask for a call from conveyancer's supervisor
10th August - conveyancer calls and says she has spoke to solicitor and now has the enquiries - sent to us to answer.
11th August - responded to enquiries....
Still waiting for reports re our purchase.

Was hoping for exchange/completion end of August but I can't see it with these cowboys!

We're over a month longer than you and still waiting (FTB and no forward chain).

Others are waiting months.

Someone will come in here and say "Oh, but we exchanged and completed within a month of buying our house" and bully for them.

Most solicitors are absolutely bonkers busy at the moment and taking much longer than usual. But as my point above, I feel if they can't do the job properly, they shouldn't take on the work.

My Mum is trying to sell a house to a close family member (so obviously no chains anywhere). That's been going on since April too. It should have been the easiest thing in the world.

GreenCat80

I’m buying my ex out of the family home, he is buying a chain free property, it’s been going on since March 😩 I signed 3 documents (transfer of deeds, something for the mortgage, and maybe something for the land registry) and sent them to my solicitor 1st class yesterday, I think my ex will send his documents back today hopefully. Do we have to wait until the solicitors receive these before we can agree a completion date?  I desperately want this to be over and to be free now 😩

trakky14

We're over a month longer than you and still waiting (FTB and no forward chain).

Others are waiting months.

Someone will come in here and say "Oh, but we exchanged and completed within a month of buying our house" and bully for them.

Most solicitors are absolutely bonkers busy at the moment and taking much longer than usual. But as my point above, I feel if they can't do the job properly, they shouldn't take on the work.

My Mum is trying to sell a house to a close family member (so obviously no chains anywhere). That's been going on since April too. It should have been the easiest thing in the world.

I totally agree, they need to set a limit at which they can take on work, the volume they have is madness and it just means they do a lesser job and clients get frustrated!

Domaco16

So today should be exchange day- all
 agreed, all forms done- now just waiting as per usual for the first in the chain that has been an absolute **** with all this! Never seems to be in a rush- 2 week holiday , delays as forgot to do survey, never answers phone (their estate agent or solicitors). And these are the people we are supposed to wait for so we can change our lives for the better !?!? Honestly just want to go and tell them to just get on with it! All dates agreed with solicitors so surely it’s on their to do list?!? 

GTR_King

I have been waiting since 26th June to complete & get keys to rental flat I moving into, 

Tenants EA took their sweet !!!!!! time in exchanging finally done yay 😊 

Completion date 26/8 yay but get keys 26/9 due to other issues 🤬🤬🤬🤬 no wonder you guys have to go all through this lol, have a great day Everyone

euphoriik

EA advised the enquiry responses were sent earlier this week, still awaiting an email back from my solicitor to confirm if they were sent back, if I need to do anything, etc

Definitely on the side of everyone else, I wish solicitors wouldn’t take on too much! ☹️