Completing First Time Buyer Declaration

sugarbabe84

I got sent the First Time Buyer Declaration today by my Solicitor.

Unfortunately, the one she sent me is terribly misaligned in Word format. Unfortunately, it opens badly on my Macbook Pages.

I found a copy of the Help to Buy website which has got exactly the same content as the one the solicitor's sent. The only difference is that the one on the Help to Buy website has got an HM Treasury stamp on it.

I wondered if it would be bad to complete and send my conveyancer the one from the Help to Buy website instead? It's got all the same content. It just looks more professional and at least I don't have to start playing around with the alignment on the Word version.

sal_III

Ask your solicitor to send you a PDF (good luck with that knowing how technically illiterate most of them are) or convert the Word document to a PDF yourself, or fill it in on a PC with Office installed (in the office etc.)

kinger101

sal_III wrote: »

Ask your solicitor to send you a PDF (good luck with that knowing how technically illiterate most of them are) or convert the Word document to a PDF yourself, or fill it in on a PC with Office installed (in the office etc.)

I remember one conveyancer telling they couldn't accept any electronic copies of documents. So I printed them all out and posted them. They then scanned them in again before sending them to the buyers' solicitor.

mangog

Our solicitor sent me a hard copy to complete. You could explain the compatibility issue and ask them to post it out, or if they're local just pop in and collect them?

You could also try downloading Open Office - that's how I open and edit Word docs on my Mac (it's free). Sometimes the fonts come out a bit weird though so it might not solve your problem!

sugarbabe84

Thanks all.

I resorted to using my work computer to open it in MS office. It still had alignment issues, but I was able to fix them.

I don!!!8217;t understand why the law firm would choose to create their own word document, instead of using the well formatted pdf from the Help To Buy website.

These solicitors perplex me.