Buyer's solicitor failed to register purchase

davidmcn

kazwookie wrote: »

Why not scan it , attach to an email and send?

Because it might be that they need to produce the principal document? Or at least a certified copy. OP isn't giving us any clues though.

epinjy

Sit on it a few weeks and eventually let them know your price. That's all some people deserve.

poppybrighton

oh please, life is too short for this nonsense. Be the bigger person, put the document in the post and move on with your life. It isn't healthy.

Skiddaw1

I can well understand the temptation to get your own back but to be honest I'm with the 'life's too short' camp. As has been said, karma will catch up with them in the end.

PixelPound

Surely this is Karma catching back up to them. Let them stew for a few weeks/months. As there is no requirement to provide it, just file it at the bottom of the "to do at some point" pile and get on with life. If the request comes again then supply the list of costs for you to provide as outlined above.

Brexit_Fan

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Make them wait, and wait, and wait...

...and then charge them way over the odds.:)

kerri_gt

Just sort it so you can put the whole episode behind you and move on with your life in your new house. What are you going to gain by dragging this out.

HockeyGB19

Thanks all for the replies and opinions.

Sorry, should have said originally: the document is our marriage certificate. We got married after purchasing the house and so the buyers' solicitor needs the marriage certificate as proof of name change on the title deed.

Our solicitor tells us that we need to hand over the original document, not a scanned copy. Neither of us feel comfortable letting it out of our possession as there is no guarantee of how/when it will be returned to us.

I'm in favour of just doing it (at a time convenient to us, which may very well be in several weeks time) to move past this nasty business once and for all, but my husband is still very angry about how we were treated and is a lot more hesitant.

I'll update if/when we ever reach an agreement!

davidmcn

Oh, that's not important at all in that case. Anybody can get an official copy easily from the registers, assuming you were married in the UK.

pinkteapot

OK. I wouldn’t want to hand over the original either. I did have to send my original off for certain company’s name change process but it was me sending it off (not a third party) and I was more in control of the process.

Two options to explore:

1. Ask the buyer’s solicitor if a solicitor-certified photocopy is acceptable. If so, pass on all costs of getting that done.

2. As above, you may be able to buy official duplicates from the relevant registry office (though I have a vague feeling that when we got married in 2010, there was an option to buy extra copies at the time and something about them not being available later).