Buyer Solicitors Queries - FTB

davidmcn

mazibee wrote: »

Any implication other than late as Solicitor said they will post the copy of the mortgage deed next week.

You said they've already told you "our purchase transaction will not be delayed as still the searches are being done and results are not back." That's the answer to your question. They don't need your signed mortgage deed any earlier than the completion date.

mazibee

davidmcn wrote: »

You said they've already told you "our purchase transaction will not be delayed as still the searches are being done and results are not back." That's the answer to your question. They don't need your signed mortgage deed any earlier than the completion date.

Thanks David

mazibee

Here is my time line with solicitor

12/04/2019 Client Care Pack Issued By Email
13/04/2019 Client has accessed the Client Care Letters
15/04/2019 File Opened, Purchase Client Care Letter Sent
17/04/2019 Client has advised that he would like to wait until the valuation has been done until he returns the paperwork to us
17/04/2019 Memornadum of Sale received from Estate Agents, Contract pack requested from Sellers Solicitors
23/04/2019 Receive Contract
30/04/2019 Searches returned: EnviroSearch Residential
30/04/2019 Searches ordered: EnviroSearch Residential
30/04/2019 Searches ordered: Regulated Drainage & Water Report
30/04/2019 Searches ordered: Regulated Local Authority Search (2016)
30/04/2019 Mortgage Report & Mortgage Deed sent to client
08/05/2019 Mortgage deed to be reposted to client along with informing lender of occupier
14/05/2019 Searches returned: Regulated Drainage & Water Report
14/05/2019 Searches returned: Regulated Local Authority Search (2016)
16/05/2019 Signed Deed of Consent received

I emailed solicitor for an update and they replied

Further to your e-mail of the 14th May, I can confirm I have now received the signed Deed of Consent and Charge.

I am in the process of checking through the proof of funds you have supplied to me.

With regards to approximate dates for exchange, as I am still awaiting the results of your Local and Water Search before being in a position to raise my inquiries, we are not yet at a stage where this can be discussed.

I replied them

Thank you for your email,

Sorry for my ignorance as the First Time Buyer but the updates we are receiving fromm the tracking software shows that

Regulated Local Authority Search (2016)
Regulated Drainage & Water Report

were returned on May 14, 2019

I have also attached the screen shot of the tracking system for your reference.

after that Solicitor replied back

Please accept my apologies. The search results were caught in our spam filter. These will now be reviewed along with the rest of the papers received and enquiries raised shortly.

Kind regards.

Yours sincerely

Someone experienced before that searches caught in the spam filter.

I am assuming if i have not reminded what will happen in that case? more delays. Any suggestions for speeding up my solicitors

In a perplex situation and confused what to do?

How long it will take to reach at the stage of exchanging contracts and completion

Thanks in advance

mazibee

Please can anyone comment/ suggest.


Thanks in advance.

mazibee

Please can some tell me at stage the Solicitors normally send paper work


1) Property Information Forms
2) Furniture & Fixture Form

As when I emailed EA, they got reply back that the seller has sent that information to their solicitors weeks ago but we have no received any information :mad:

OR

Might be they are waiting to raise the enquiries after the seraches and will send us all the information in a bundle

We have only received a mortgage deed from our solicitors which we have signed and posted then back

Tiglet2

The solicitor will review the paperwork they have and raise enquiries with the seller's solicitor. At this time, they should also write to you enclosing a copy of the title plan, fixtures & fittings and EPC. You will be asked to check that the title plan is a true reflection of the boundaries of the property as seen. You can look through the fixtures & fittings form to check what the seller is removing from the property and what the seller is leaving behind. There may also be items listed which are negotiable and a suggested price to purchase. The EPC will show you the efficiency of appliances at the property.

When enquiries are raised, there will be a slow down in progress as enquiries may need to be sent to third parties for responses and will therefore take time to come back to your solicitor. Some responses to enquiries may not be satisfactory and more information is needed. There may be some enquiries that you wish to raise with the sellers.

Once all enquiries (or most enquiries) are satisfactory, then the solicitor will "report" to you. This is a long letter which will contain various documents, including those for your signature. You will need to read through the documentation and sign and return any outstanding documents along with your deposit.

When the solicitor holds all signed documentation and your deposit, they will then be ready to progress to exchange and set a completion date, but of course this is dependent upon everyone else in the chain also being ready.

mazibee

Rang the solicitors office 4 times but no luck in getting hold of them, left voices messages no luck.

Last time when I rang their office today was told that they have finished for today.


Received an email from EA asking to chase our solicotors, I have forwarded the email to Solicitors.

[FONT="]Further to your emails with xxxxx I can confirm that after speaking with the sellers solicitors they await 2 replies on the sellers purchase before having all they need.[/FONT]

[FONT="]Please can you help chase your solicitors as I have tried and not been able to speak with anyone. They do need to urgently raise enquiries with your sellers solicitors so they can look into replies asap to keep all moving along.[/FONT]

[FONT="]I can confirm that above in the chain are also looking for a completion the first week in June so as long as all is in place with the solcitoers the completion date can be set in stone.[/FONT]

Any suggestions what shouuld be my plan of action?

Thrugelmir

mazibee wrote: »

Rang the solicitors office 4 times but no luck in getting hold of them, left voices messages no luck.

They do have other clients to service. Doubt that they are sitting around waiting for the telephone to ring.

Non urgent enquiries are best made by email. Otherwise constant pestering will simply make it harder to contact them when you really need to.

Tiglet2

sellers solicitors they await 2 replies on the sellers purchase before having all they need.

This is advising that there are two outstanding enquiries on your seller's onward purchase. There will be no exchange until these are satisfactorily dealt with. No plan of action for you here.

They do need to urgently raise enquiries with your sellers solicitors so they can look into replies asap to keep all moving along

This is advising that your solicitor has not yet raised enquiries with your seller's solicitor, according to the EA. Your plan of action here would just to find out if enquiries have been raised and whether any responses have been received.

I can confirm that above in the chain are also looking for a completion the first week in June so as long as all is in place with the solcitoers the completion date can be set in stone.

If your solicitor hasn't yet raised enquiries, it would be highly unlikely that you will be ready for completion in the first week in June. No plan of action for you here.

Rang the solicitors office 4 times but no luck in getting hold of them, left voices messages no luck.

A clue. There is no further progress since your last communication on 14th May and they don't have the time to spend 15 minutes on the phone to you when they could be getting on with their work. You are paying them to do a job for you, but they don't want you to micro-manage them.

mazibee

Its almost a month and the solicitors have not raised the enquiries. We have not received anuthing form them except a mortgage deed which we have signed and returned to then next day.

Yesterday I emailed them asking about the progress and received the reply from the solicitors secretary.

Afternoon,

I can confirm receipt of your e-mail. This has been placed for xxxxxxxx attention along with your file to progress as I am unable to comment on the same.

Kind regards.

Yours sincerely

Now I have no idea what they plan to do , they are too slow, I have no idea whether this whole conveyancing process works likethis way or my its my solicitors who are too slow.

Any ideas to expedite the process without being harsh to them.