Help! Completion date won’t be met - New Buyuer

blue_max_3

bethan11 said:

You very well may be correct and I’ve been led to believe otherwise - I shall confirm once I hear back from my solicitor (whenever the heck that’ll be I don’t know)

What a nightmare! Best of luck! 

bethan11

blue_max_3 said:

bethan11 said:

You very well may be correct and I’ve been led to believe otherwise - I shall confirm once I hear back from my solicitor (whenever the heck that’ll be I don’t know)

What a nightmare! Best of luck! 

Thank you!! Can’t believe it got to the point of completion dates being discussed before finding out that the tenant was still there. I appreciate its more difficult for solicitors now with social distancing and working from home etc but I expected more with the amount they charge!

Thrugelmir

Doesn't sound like a tenant. Just a divorcing couple. You'll never know the full facts of the situation. Unfortunately Covid has got in the way. That's life. Sooner or later will be resolved. 

blue_max_3

I suppose if the ex has said he would leave when it's sold, he has until the completion date to move. Maybe your solicitor didn't feel comfortable with that arrangement. 

bethan11

Thrugelmir said:

Doesn't sound like a tenant. Just a divorcing couple. You'll never know the full facts of the situation. Unfortunately Covid has got in the way. That's life. Sooner or later will be resolved. 

They are a divorced/divorcing couple but she hasn’t lived at the property for a number of years, just he has. I’d say COVID has got in the way and be really understanding if it was the genuine reason for the delay but it isn’t, the tenant is lying 

bethan11

blue_max_3 said:

I suppose if the ex has said he would leave when it's sold, he has until the completion date to move. Maybe your solicitor didn't feel comfortable with that arrangement. 

I thought that would be the case but I think he’s now playing the COVID isolation card to stay longer. He’s made no attempt to look for another property since I made the offer at the start of the year so I don’t think he has any intention of leaving anytime soon 

babyblade41

I think you have a couple of options, sit and wait it out as you would have had a specific call from your solicitor to ask you if you are OK to exchange on that day , ..a completion date would have been agreed and will be written in the contract as soon as confirmed.

My solicitor follows up with an email when exchange has happened and usually a letter from the agent (that isn't always the case) 
Secondly you can walk away .. but actually mean it and start looking at other properties and explain to the agent that they have a couple of weeks of isolation and that's it 

Timotei75

You would have had a telephone call to tell you that you had exchanged  - and possibly one before confirming you still wanted to exchange.  The reason cited by the ex is exactly why most solicitors are only offering simultaneous exchange and completion.

Hope you can get it sorted soon. 

bethan11

Timotei75 said:

You would have had a telephone call to tell you that you had exchanged  - and possibly one before confirming you still wanted to exchange.  The reason cited by the ex is exactly why most solicitors are only offering simultaneous exchange and completion.

Hope you can get it sorted soon. 

My solicitor has been particularly useless in terms of contacting me about anything.. the first time I ever spoke to her directly was when she told me the seller can no longer meet the date. I had a letter confirming that the sellers solicitor had instructed that completion takes place on the 8th a day before she called me up telling me it can no longer go ahead. 

Thank you!

bethan11

babyblade41 said:

I think you have a couple of options, sit and wait it out as you would have had a specific call from your solicitor to ask you if you are OK to exchange on that day , ..a completion date would have been agreed and will be written in the contract as soon as confirmed.

My solicitor follows up with an email when exchange has happened and usually a letter from the agent (that isn't always the case) 
Secondly you can walk away .. but actually mean it and start looking at other properties and explain to the agent that they have a couple of weeks of isolation and that's it 

I would of walked away if I knew the situation but I wasn’t told anything until I’d paid up my deposit and fees which is what’s angered me the most I feel like I’ve been duped into a payment