Is my conveyancer being useless?

pinkteapot

Ahhhhhhh jeez. Is the sale through Purple Bricks? PB + two conveyancing factories does not a happy sale make.

In an ideal world you and the vendor wouldn't be getting fraught with each other - the sales progressor at the EA should be acting as an intermediary between you (and keeping the sellers calm if they start setting deadlines and threatening), and chasing both solicitors.

We're buying and the EA phones both ours and the vendor's solicitors weekly for an update. She's spoken to my solicitor more than I have!

When you had your offer accepted, did PB give you a contact name there of someone you can talk to who's monitoring the sale?

kingstreet

It is not for your conveyancer to request the draft contract.

It is for the vendor's conveyancer to send it when the vendor has provided all the necessary information to go with it.

mrsmortgage

yes, i expected this would be a recipe for disaster. Vendor claims their solicitor said that my solicitor won't answer email / phone calls.

i've given her the direct email and reference number of our file.

I have a contact at PBs but they all seem so useless!

ethank

mrsmortgage wrote: »

Conveyancer has done nothing event hough we have paid and most documentation is in place. (they were missing a certified copy of our passports and some letter about proof of deposit (a release of a charge on my ex marital home).

They are not allowed to start work for you until they identified who you are and where your deposit is coming from. This is your fault, not theirs.

babyblade41

ethank wrote: »

They are not allowed to start work for you until they identified who you are and where your deposit is coming from. This is your fault, not theirs.

Possibly but your EA and conveyancer/solicitor is to help you along the way, especially if you haven't done it before or this is first time buying and selling.

A good agent and good solicitor are there to help..it's why once I found a good EA I keep them wherever I go and same for solicitor

mrsmortgage

But they had seen our original IDs , shouldn't that have been enough to at least start with the searches?

newsgroup_monkey

As a FYI, I used Movelink.
Interesting way of working. They give you a list of solicitors (you pick your own, although they help out) based on your mortgage (They know who is on which panel, so you don't have to do the work).


They also instruct the searches themselves. It's going to be interesting, because my conveyancer has few reasons to delay (making an assumption the searches are clear which they are likely to be), because they've done the ID checks. Mortgage has been arranged. Survey completed and clear.

Ollie67000

I know advertising is probably prohibited but my father is a solicitor and partner specialising in conveyancing with a strong reputation for getting the job done quickly and efficiently. Happy to provide his details if needed.
Best Wishes,
Ollie