Probate Delays

nyermen

Same boat here (18th April submission). Doesn't sound like "date order" is being adhered to

nyermen

Update: Just had a call from the EA, probate is apparently granted.

Lubelle94

We are in a situation where we are purchasing a house awaiting probate.

The sellers solicitors have been absolutely abysmal (multiple lost documents & mistakes, 3 week delay in assigning a conveyancer, I could go on..), however if they are to be believed probate application was submitted on 12th April. We have had no updates whatsoever. We have asked for proof that it was applied for on this date as we are in week 18 now which seems excessive even accounting of the delays! We will have to vacate our rental at the end of the month and are getting pretty anxious...

I believe it would be the London Probate Office... does 18 weeks sound plausible or are we being suspicious unnecessarily? Any insight would be appreciated!

Kazham

We have been waiting for a Grant of Probate to be given by a different probate registry than London, Cardiff. We submitted our application on 9 April 2019, had a quick query on 19 June, replied same day. It has now been 18 weeks and we have still not received the Grant of Probate. We are in a similar situation to you, we are in the process of selling the house and at the beginning of the chain first time buyers want the sale to go through within 6 weeks. Unfortunately, until we get the Grant, the sale cannot go ahead. The Cardiff Registry has given no indication of when we can receive this and are taking no phone calls or emails until after the backlog of applications have been cleared, this is according to our solicitors today. I do sympathise with you but I feel that your sellers are telling you the truth if the London Registry has delays like the Cardiff Registry. I hope your sellers get the Grant as soon as possible for you (and for their sakes to stop any further stress). Good luck.

Lubelle94

Kazham wrote: »

We have been waiting for a Grant of Probate to be given by a different probate registry than London, Cardiff. We submitted our application on 9 April 2019, had a quick query on 19 June, replied same day. It has now been 18 weeks and we have still not received the Grant of Probate. We are in a similar situation to you, we are in the process of selling the house and at the beginning of the chain first time buyers want the sale to go through within 6 weeks. Unfortunately, until we get the Grant, the sale cannot go ahead. The Cardiff Registry has given no indication of when we can receive this and are taking no phone calls or emails until after the backlog of applications have been cleared, this is according to our solicitors today. I do sympathise with you but I feel that your sellers are telling you the truth if the London Registry has delays like the Cardiff Registry. I hope your sellers get the Grant as soon as possible for you (and for their sakes to stop any further stress). Good luck.

Thank you Kazham for taking the time to respond. It sounds silly, but it is reassuring to know that it is just the delay! Hopefully both our sales go through quickly - good luck to you also!

Doobs_111

I'm also wanting to purchase a house awaiting probate and have waited 16.5 weeks so far....

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Lubelle94 wrote: »

does 18 weeks sound plausible or are we being suspicious unnecessarily?

Both. .

xylophone

But 18 weeks is excessive.....

https://www.lawsociety.org.uk/news/stories/law-society-reviews-proabte-service-delays/

Lubelle94

xylophone wrote: »

But 18 weeks is excessive.....

I found the same article xylophone... I wouldn't be so quick to think something suspicious is going on if the sellers solicitor hadn't lost multiple documents, taken weeks to send over documents and kept making basic errors such as incorrect address throughout the whole conveyancing process!

I had been suspecting that they had not in fact applied for the grant on the day they claim to have... however it looks like there are others who have been waiting a similar length of time. It's so frustrating as we need to know whether we need to make temporary living arrangements!

xylophone

taken weeks to send over documents and kept making basic errors such as incorrect address throughout the whole conveyancing process!

And you have no means of knowing whether there were errors with the submissions.....

https://www.express.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/1124483/probate-delay-probate-fee-hike-ministry-of-justice

“As well as the delays themselves, we now know that if mistakes were made on an original application for probate, the corrected forms risk being put to the back of the queue, meaning people may have to wait up to 15 weeks for a grant of probate.”

But still, getting on for five months?